22/08/2009

Ben Wright explores the growth of direct democracy.

• 30 mins

29/08/2009

Iain Martin investigates the political parties' plans for improving the transport network.

• 30 mins

05/09/2009

Mark Devenport examines the track record of devolved government in Northern Ireland.

• 30 mins

12/09/2009

Jim Hancock examines calls from trade union activists to end their payments to Labour.

• 30 mins

19/09/2009

Ben Wright asks how much power politicians really have over anti-social behaviour.

• 30 mins

26/09/2009

Andrew Rawnsley asks how UK defence will be reshaped when public money is tight.

• 30 mins

10/10/2009

Are personalities eclipsing politics? Andrew Rawnsley investigates.

• 30 mins

26/12/2009

A special edition of the programme to mark the bicentenary of Gladstone's birth.

• 30 mins

02/01/2010

Jim Hancock considers what lies in store for a former parliamentarian outside Westminster.

• 30 mins

20/02/2010

Denis Murray finds out what Northern Irish voters really think about their representatives

• 30 mins

03/04/2010

What can Scotland's government teach Westminster about hung parliaments?

• 30 mins

07/08/2010

Anne McElvoy looks at ways of pepping up political parties to attract new members.

• 30 mins

14/08/2010

As public spending cuts loom, how can voters influence where the axe may fall?

• 30 mins

A Touch of Ermine

Michael Dobbs asks how much patronage influences our political system.

• 30 mins

21/08/2010

John Kampfner asks what makes a perfect coalition.

• 30 mins

Inside the Star Chamber

Andrew Rawnsley on the Star Chamber, which decides where the public spending axe falls.

• 30 mins

What makes a good political leader?

As Labour's new supremo emerges, John Kampfner asks: are great leaders born or created?

• 30 mins

02/10/2010

Ahead of the Conservative Party conference, John Kampfner asks what it means to be a Tory.

• 30 mins

09/10/2010

Andrew Rawnsley on how the main parties are repositioning in unchartered political waters.

• 30 mins

Lessons learned from Coalitions past

What do past coalitions tell us about how politics may develop in and out of Westminster?

• 30 mins

In Search of the Big Society

Big Society is the most radical idea in politics in a generation, but what does it mean?

• 30 mins

New to the Lords

Four new peers from outside politics talk about their first impressions of the Lords.

• 30 mins

Delivering Devolution

Sheena McDonald takes stock of devolution in Scotland and Wales ahead of the elections.

• 30 mins

23/04/2011

Mary Ann Sieghart asks if the coalition's foreign and defence policies are contradictory.

• 30 mins

The Perils of Planning

John Kampfner examines what the Coalition's proposals for planning mean for 'localism'.

• 30 mins

04/06/2011

Beyond Westminster visits Scotland to find out how the SNP won the election.

• 30 mins

30/07/2011

Can campaigners exert too much power with modern techniques? David Grossman reports.

• 30 mins

Police Commissioners

Anita Anand asks if elected commissioners will make the police more accountable.

• 30 mins

Northern Ireland

How do you govern a divided society? Nick Watt travels to Northern Ireland to find out.

• 30 mins

4/6. The Blue Line Thins

John Kampfner finds out the lasting lessons of the English street disturbances this month.

• 30 mins