Scandinavia
Danish author Dorthe Nors gives her view of the British from across the North Sea.
08 Apr 2016,·15 mins
The story of last night's momentous vote on Brexit through the eyes of six backbench MPs.
16 Jan 2019,·43 mins
Reem Kelani explores the role of music in the Egyptian revolution of early 2011.
18 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Episode 3
Young people from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales share their vision of devolution.
04 Oct 2013,·28 mins
Bracing for 2024
Owen Bennett-Jones explores the risk of a constitutional crisis after the next US election
04 Nov 2022,·14 mins
The inside story of Keir Starmer's turbulent first year as Labour prime minister.
30 Jun 2025,·42 mins
Ukraine: Tetiana Chornovol
Lucy Ash talks Tetiana Chrnovol, a Ukrainian opposition journalist.
21 Feb 2014,·15 mins
David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.
29 Aug 2022,·28 mins
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
31 May 2011,·30 mins
James Naughtie hosts discussion about Scotland's future, from the Edinburgh Festival.
13 Aug 2014,·45 mins
Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if a citizen of the world is a citizen of nowhere.
27 Mar 2018,·44 mins
Series 5
20/01/2016
Top journalists debate live with Andrew Rawnsley what leading opinion articles should say.
20 Jan 2016,·43 mins
Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt.
04 Feb 2011,·30 mins
Manifestos
Why a manifesto is so important in the race to run the country.
25 Jun 2024,·5 mins
Iran is now calling the shots in Iraq. How did the clerics outmanoeuvre the US?
21 Apr 2020,·37 mins
Nick Robinson reflects on the reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its repercussions
28 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)
Jeremy Bowen hears from people who have witnessed the repression in Syria.
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Five writers reflect on the recent momentous events in the Middle East and North Africa.
19 Mar 2011,·60 mins
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
18 Aug 2020,·37 mins
Water safety and anti-knife campaign
Your chance to put questions directly to West Yorkshire's Deputy Mayor, Alison Lowe.
02 Jun 2026,·43 mins
The newspaper columnist Steve Richards goes on stage with 'pro-politics comedy'
29 Sep 2013,·30 mins
The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.
19 May 2011,·30 mins
Is now the point when the structure of British party politics will fundamentally change?
10 Aug 2016,·48 mins
As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?
25 Jul 2011,·28 mins
Omnibus
After the US election, five acclaimed writers give their view on where America goes next.
27 Nov 2016,·58 mins
The Battle for Batley
A week before the Batley and Spen By-Election the team talk to those in the constituency.
26 Jun 2021,·31 mins
Three Booker Prize winners give their view on Margaret Thatcher's influence on fiction.
18 Jun 2015,·30 mins
David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.
05 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.
28 Feb 2023,·28 mins
Former government chief scientist, Lord May, looks at the role of politics in science.
15 Feb 2007,·30 mins
