Poetry For Sale?

Poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar on the relationship between poetry and advertising.

• 57 mins

Apollo 13: The Rescue

Houston, we've had a problem. How the mission of Apollo 13 was saved

• 57 mins

Summer with Greta

Campaigner Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.

• 80 mins

The Crunch Convention

A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke

• 57 mins

LOLs on LPs

David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.

• 57 mins

The End of Coming Out?

Dustin Lance Black asks whether LGBTQ+ people still need to come out publicly.

• 57 mins

Spitfire: From the Ashes

How an icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds.

• 57 mins

Raise Your Game

Jay-Ann Lopez asks if toxic gaming culture can change.

• 57 mins

A Broadcasting Life - Sue MacGregor

Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.

• 57 mins

The Day Brexit Hit Boiling Point

Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit

• 57 mins

The Quebec Emergency

Margaret Macmillan recalls the 1970 crisis when kidnappings threw Canada into turmoil.

• 57 mins

A Media Divided

The end of the Fairness Doctrine and the rise of political polarisation in US broadcasting

• 57 mins

Play for Today

Alison Steadman celebrates 50 years since BBC TV's seminal drama series began.

• 57 mins

Trump: Backwards

Scrolling backwards through the archive to tell the Trump story in reverse.

• 57 mins

Our Sacred Story

Alec Ryrie argues that the Second World War is our modern sacred narrative.

• 57 mins

14/11/2020

Steve Fielding explores how political parties have recovered from big election defeats.

• 57 mins

All Things Must Pass at 50

Discover the story of George Harrison’s most famous album.

• 57 mins

Da da da DAAAAA!

Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony

• 57 mins

Disorienting: Asians on Screen

Phil Wang investigates the representation of East and South East Asians in western media.

• 57 mins

It's Behind You! The weird and wonderful story of British pantomime

Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.

• 57 mins

The Alliance

How close were Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War?

• 57 mins

Easier Than Curing a Toothache? The Story of Lobotomy

Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.

• 57 mins

A Backwards Catastrophe

Travelling in reverse through the archives to trace the roots of the environmental crisis.

• 57 mins

Search for a Common Culture

Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?

• 57 mins

The Forgotten Referendum

Bust-ups, bums and Brexit's beginning? - Chris Mason tells the story of the AV referendum.

• 57 mins

A Year on the NHS Frontline

Dr John Wright shares recordings made over the last year on the covid wards in Bradford.

• 57 mins

A Writer and His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades

Who was the real John le Carré and what was his relationship with Britain?

• 57 mins

Gagarin and the Lost Moon

Kevin Fong tells the story of Yuri Gagarin's historic 1961 Earth orbit

• 57 mins

A Night with Prince

Music critic Ann Powers reflects on time spent with Prince in his Hollywood mansion.

• 57 mins

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Five decades on, Laura Barton looks back at a revolutionary text for women's liberation.

• 57 mins