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1989: Day by Day
58. 1st December 1989Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the Vatican.
1989: Day by Day
57. 30th November 1989Record libel damages are awarded to the Conservative peer Lord Aldington.
1989: Day by Day
56. 29th November 1989Margaret Thatcher and Anthony Meyer submit their nominations for the Tory leadership.
1989: Day by Day
55. 28th November 1989Czech PM Ladislav Adamec formally announces the end of the communists' monopoly on power.
1989: Day by Day
53. 26th November 1989Czechoslovakia's prime minister has his first meeting with leading dissident Vaclav Havel.
1989: Day by Day Omnibus
8. Week ending 28th November 1989The Czech leadership are forced to resign but demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure
Arts, Classical and Jazz Zone
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ShowcaseStephen Duffy showcases recent work from our very own BBC SSO.
Assignment
Malvinas War CrimesDid Argentine officers commit war crimes against their own troops in the Falklands War?
Book of the Week - Family Britain
5. A Pretty MessAn increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 3Donald Macleod and Karen Henson explore the influence of Napoleon on Opera-Comique.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 2Donald Macleod and Karen Henson on Opera-Comique's roots in the 18th century.
Composer of the Week - Opera-Comique
Episode 1Donald Macleod defines some of the characteristics of the Opera-Comique genre.
Daughters of Britannia
7. Playing by the RulesFrom quarrelsome fundraising to being affable to bores.
Daughters of Britannia
6. On DisplayFrom Alexander the Third's coronation to encountering China's Dowager Empress.
Daughters of Britannia
4. ArrivalsKatie Hickman tells how diplomats' wives were welcomed to new homes.
Daughters of Britannia
3. AdventuresFlirtatious games of musical chairs, sea-sickness and a tragic typhoon.
Document
Mon, 30 Nov 2009Mike Thomson on Churchill's desperate efforts to keep Spain out of the Second World War.
Eachdraidh na h-Alba
Wed, 02 Dec 2009The land war as it happened in Glendale, Skye, introduced by Allan Campbell.
The Early Music Show
Renaissance SwansongsStile Antico perform Renaissance swansongs at the 2009 York Early Music Festival.
The Early Music Show
John StanleyLucie Skeaping profiles the blind 18th-century organist and composer John Stanley.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 5Sandi Toksvig on the appeal of Mary Wollstonecraft's book Letters Written in Sweden.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Mary Wollstonecraft - Part 4Janet Todd traces Mary Wollstonecraft's reactions to the events of the French Revolution.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 3Vince Cable MP wonders what Adam Smith would make of today's global financial crisis.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 2James Buchan looks back at the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The Essay - Enlightenment Voices
Smith/Hume - Part 1Alexander Brodie examines Adam Smith's observations on morality and human behaviour.
History Zone
Billy Kay People's HistoryBilly Kay revisits some of his archive features exploring the Scottish diaspora.
In Living Memory - Series 11
1. MoorgateJolyon Jenkins investigates the Moorgate tube crash of February 1975.
Men of Stone - Series 1
3. The Choice of the ProfessionalsFrom Jones to Parry via Wren and Lutyens - Julian Richards on Portland Stone in Dorset.
Men of Stone - Series 1
2. Quarrying, Cruelty and the CrownJulian Richards looks back at quarrying for Portland Stone and its royal connections.
Men of Stone - Series 1
1. Portland - The Jurassic ParkThe story of Portland Rock and the quarrying of its famous stone in Dorset.
Night Waves - Free Thinking 2009
Michael Brearley: Narcissism and LeadershipPsychoanalyst Michael Brearley delivers a talk about the nature of leadership.
Rebels Cymreig
Wed, 02 Dec 2009Gwrthryfelwyr Cymreig ar hyd y canrifoedd. Welsh rebels over the centuries.
Short History of Ireland
Fri, 27 Nov 2009The events and characters of Ireland's history are brought to life.
Short History of Ireland
Thu, 26 Nov 2009The events and characters of Ireland's history are brought to life.
The Spies Who Knew Too Much
Fri, 27 Nov 2009Mark Stephen explores the Highlands lodge that inspired the village in TV's The Prisoner.
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