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Puritans and God-given government
Andrew Marr with Paul Lay, Lisa Mullen, Stephen Tomkins and Lindsay Newman
- 41 mins
- 20 Jan 2020
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Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
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No work, rest and play
Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Susskind, Suzi Gage, Anoosh Chakelian and Sir John Strang
- 41 mins
- 13 Jan 2020
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A house and a home
Andrew Marr with David Mikhail, Jude Yawson, Ben Ansell and Christina Hardyment.
- 41 mins
- 06 Jan 2020
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Westminster Abbey
Andrew Marr at Westminster Abbey with David Cannadine, Lucy Worsley and Richard Harries.
- 41 mins
- 23 Dec 2019
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Numbers, nightmares and nanotech
Kirsty Wark with Hannah Fry, Sonia Contera, Tim Harford and Izabella Kaminska
- 42 mins
- 16 Dec 2019
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Living near water
Andrew Marr with David Lerner, Edward Platt, Tania Kovats and Leaf Arbuthnot.
- 43 mins
- 09 Dec 2019
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India past and present
Amol Rajan with William Dalrymple, Anita Anand and Sumantra Bose.
- 42 mins
- 02 Dec 2019
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Love and unreason
Andrew Marr with Bettany Hughes, Clare Carlisle, Emma Lewis and Mark Padmore.
- 43 mins
- 25 Nov 2019
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Life, death and taxes
Tom Sutcliffe with Vicky Pryce, Dominic Frisby, Alexander Zevin and Judith Hawley.
- 41 mins
- 18 Nov 2019
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Animals and us
Andrew Marr with Karsten Brensing, Emma Napper, Fritz Vollrath and Diana Donald.
- 41 mins
- 11 Nov 2019
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Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo
Nobel prize-winner Esther Duflo, Julian Barnes and Richard Evans with Tom Sutcliffe.
- 42 mins
- 04 Nov 2019
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The artist - warts and all
Andrew Marr with William Feaver, Humphrey Ocean and Kate Grandjouan
- 42 mins
- 28 Oct 2019
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Breaking bread together
Kirsty Wark with Shamil Thakrar, Priya Basil, Joanna Blythman and Thomas Harding.
- 42 mins
- 21 Oct 2019
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Global culture
Andrew Marr with Fatima Bhutto, Erica Whyman, Sook-Kyung Lee and John Burnside.
- 42 mins
- 14 Oct 2019
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Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry, Tessa McWatt, Matthew Syed and Keon West with Kirsty Wark
- 41 mins
- 07 Oct 2019
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Where is power now?
Andrew Marr with Steve Richards, Ruth Kinna, Catherine Haddon and Eleanor Rhode.
- 41 mins
- 30 Sep 2019
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Antony Gormley: challenging conventions
Tom Sutcliffe with Antony Gormley, Laura Wade, Charles Hazlewood and Daniel Rachel.
- 42 mins
- 23 Sep 2019
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Escaping the past
Andrew Marr with Susan Neiman, David Howell, Jane Green and Stuart Ward.
- 42 mins
- 16 Sep 2019
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Epic quests and Greek myths
Stephen Fry, Alison Balsom, David Hare and Lucy Hughes-Hallett with Tom Sutcliffe
- 41 mins
- 01 Jul 2019
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The power of poetry
Andrew Marr with Rowan Williams, Martin Sixsmith, Jay Bernard and Kate Clanchy
- 42 mins
- 24 Jun 2019