Shhhhhhh

Lucy Powell offers a quiet celebration of the rich and various virtues of silence.

• 58 mins

Cradle to Grave

The history of the NHS told through one hospital - the QEII in Welwyn Garden City.

• 58 mins

Misunderstanding Japan

What impact have western media representations had on our view of Japan and its people?

• 60 mins

Stadium Rock at 50

50 years after the Beatles played Shea Stadium, Kate Mossman plots a history of Arena rock

• 58 mins

Dickie Attenborough: A Life in Film

Susan Marling celebrates Richard Attenborough’s legacy a year on from his death.

• 60 mins

New Orleans: The Crescent and the Shadow

Harry Shearer lives in New Orleans. He looks back at the last ten years in the city.

• 58 mins

The Power of Political Forgetting

What happens when a major past crisis slips from public memory? With David Aaronovitch.

• 58 mins

MP for Penrith and the Border

Programme following a year in the life of Rory Stewart - an MP with an unusual profile.

• 58 mins

From the Self to the Selfie

Lauren Laverne on the origins and effects of the obsession with selfies.

• 58 mins

Kindertransport

How 10,000 unaccompanied children, mostly Jewish, escaped from Nazi Europe to Britain.

• 60 mins

John Lennon: Verbatim

John Lennon's extraordinary life and career told in his own words.

• 57 mins

Bernstein, My Mentor

Acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop remembers her mentor, the great Leonard Bernstein.

• 58 mins

Attention Must Be Paid - Arthur Miller's Centenary

Christopher Bigsby traces the life and work of Arthur Miller, mostly in Miller's own words

• 58 mins

The Future of the BBC: A History

Steve Hewlett explores the troubled past behind today's debates on the future of the BBC.

• 58 mins

The Time Machine

Comedian Doc Brown activates the flux capacitor back to the world of 21 January 1981.

• 57 mins

07/11/2015

Fifty years after abolition, John Tusa reviews the history of the death penalty debate.

• 58 mins

A Sympathetic Eye

Simon Farquhar examines how Man Alive reflected changing TV and social values in the 1960s

• 58 mins

Lives in a Landscape

Alan Dein tells the story of ten years of Radio 4's observational documentary series.

• 60 mins

Racial Equality Enshrined

Ritula Shah explores Britain's first Race Relations Act, fifty years on.

• 58 mins

When Britain Had the Right Stuff

Richard Hollingham uncovers the forgotten history of Britons in space.

• 58 mins

The Selling of Sinatra

Jazz singer Kurt Elling doffs his trilby as he explores the life of Frank Sinatra.

• 60 mins

Jay Rayner Pigs Out

Jay Rayner, self-confessed greedy pig, gets serious about porkers.

• 58 mins

The Stranger in the Mirror

Does the history of our ideas about autism reveal more about ourselves than about autism?

• 58 mins

Utopias

Michael Symmons Roberts examines the book behind one of our most influential ideas: Utopia

• 60 mins

David Bowie: Verbatim (2016)

Bowie’s extraordinary life and unparalleled career told in his own words.

• 60 mins

Decimal Day - What's That in Old Money?

Peter Day considers the events and impact of Britain's currency going decimal in 1971.

• 60 mins

In the Bluff

Poet Paul Farley shows his hand in a celebration of bluffing, from poker to geo-politics.

• 60 mins

SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK

Naomi Alderman presents a history of interactive fiction in which YOU are the Listener!

• 58 mins

A Brief History of Disobedience

Joe Queenan offers a Brief History of Disobedience, follow up to Blame, Anger and Shame.

• 58 mins

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Anarchy Must Be Organised

Neil Innes looks at the collision of art, humour, music and anarchy in the Bonzo Dog Band.

• 60 mins