Tolkien: The Lost Recordings

Joss Ackland narrates a search through BBC archives for unheard gems from JRR Tolkien.

• 60 mins

Dimbleby on Dimbleby

Jonathan Dimbleby tells the story of his legendary broadcaster father, Richard Dimbleby.

• 58 mins

Star Trek - The Undiscovered Future

Kevin Fong boldly goes in search of Star Trek's 50-year-old vision of the future.

• 60 mins

Period Drama Politics

Steven Fielding on relations between upstairs and downstairs in dramas like Downton Abbey.

• 60 mins

Don't Be Rude on the Road

Alan Dein takes a breakneck tour through the history of the public information film.

• 58 mins

The Villain in 6 Chapters

Toby Jones celebrates the mercurial world of the villain.

• 57 mins

Radio Dada

Alexei Sayle on the cultural impact of the Dada movement, 100 years since it was founded.

• 57 mins

The Black Panthers

The rise and fall of the Black Panther Party and its legacy for American black insurgency.

• 57 mins

Song of the Singer Sewing Machine

The Singer sewing machine has whirred its way through history as Maria Margaronis unravels

• 60 mins

A Natural History of the Banker

Andrew Ross Sorkin traces the reputation of UK and USA bankers through history.

• 58 mins

Speaking in Public: Archive on 4 Goes Live!

David Bramwell sets out to prove that anyone can be a good public speaker.

• 58 mins

No Platform

Andrew Hussey on the history of the 'no platform' debates raging on university campuses.

• 60 mins

Being Bored: The Importance Of Doing Nothing

Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.

• 58 mins

Logan's Run and Intergenerational War

Ed Howker looks at the world depicted in the science fiction novel Logan's Run.

• 57 mins

Lloyd George's Revolution

Peter Hennessy tells how Lloyd George galvanised Britain as war leader a century ago.

• 60 mins

Instant History

University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.

• 57 mins

The Bathrooms Are Coming: An Internal History of Corporate Comms

In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.

• 57 mins

Old Year's Night

James Naughtie investigates the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.

• 60 mins

Asa Briggs: The Last Victorian Improver

Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.

• 57 mins

The Politician and the Judge

Geoffrey Robertson QC on the changing relationship between the courts and the government.

• 58 mins

How Marx Made the Right

Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.

• 58 mins

Ovid in Changing Times

Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.

• 57 mins

A Brief History of Failure

Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.

• 57 mins

A Brief History of Lust

American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.

• 60 mins

1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

• 58 mins

The Shape of Things That Came

Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.

• 57 mins

The Mind in the Media

How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

• 57 mins

Torrey Canyon and the Toxic Tides

50 years after the Torrey Canyon, the story of Britain's worst environmental disaster.

• 58 mins

Seventy Years in the Planning

Will Self walks the London green belt in search of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

• 60 mins

Reporting Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines

Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism.

• 58 mins