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The Reith Lectures
Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012
The Human Hive
Niall Ferguson argues that institutions determine the success or failure of nations.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012
The Darwinian Economy
Niall Ferguson reflects on the causes and lessons of the global financial crisis.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012
The Landscape of the Law
Niall Ferguson asks if different systems of law are key to economic success.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Niall Ferguson: The Rule of Law and Its Enemies: 2012
Civil and Uncivil Societies
Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society.
58 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013
Democracy Has Bad Taste
Grayson Perry analyses the complex process of judging quality in contemporary art.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013
Beating the Bounds
Grayson Perry questions the often-heard assertion that anything can be art.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013
Nice Rebellion, Welcome In!
Grayson Perry asks if revolution is a defining idea in art, or has it met its end?
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery: 2013
I Found Myself in the Art World
Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
Why Do Doctors Fail?
Surgeon and writer Dr Atul Gawande explores the nature of fallibility in medicine.
42 mins
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Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
The Century of the System
Atul Gawande calls for a radical rethink of medical systems to transform healthcare.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
The Problem of Hubris
Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Dr Atul Gawande: The Future of Medicine
The Idea of Wellbeing
Atul Gawande calls for a new focus on systems to ensure doctors work more effectively.
42 mins
The Reith Lectures
Professor Stephen Hawking: Black Holes
Do black holes have no hair?
Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Professor Stephen Hawking: Black Holes
Black holes ain't as black as they are painted
Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Creed
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says we overestimate scripture in our view of faith.
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Country
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood
60 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Colour
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.
43 mins
The Reith Lectures
Kwame Anthony Appiah: Mistaken Identities
Culture
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
58 mins
The Reith Lectures
Hilary Mantel
The Day Is for the Living
Art can bring the dead back to life argues novelist Hilary Mantel.
42 mins
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Hilary Mantel
The Iron Maiden
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
43 mins
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Hilary Mantel
Silence Grips the Town
The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
43 mins
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Hilary Mantel
Can These Bones Live?
Hilary Mantel on how historical fiction can make the past come to life.
43 mins
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Hilary Mantel
Adaptation
Hilary Mantel on how fiction changes when adapted for stage or screen.
43 mins
The Reith Lectures
Michael Sandel on Bertrand Russell
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
21 mins
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Anand Menon on Robert Birley
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
15 mins
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Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
Grayson Perry on Nikolaus Pevsner
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
15 mins
The Reith Lectures
Angela Stent on George Kennan
Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
14 mins
The Reith Lectures
Margaret MacMillan
War and Humanity
Margaret MacMillan asks if war is an essential part of being human.
45 mins
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Margaret MacMillan
Fearing and Loving: Making Sense of the Warrior
Margaret MacMillan explores our complex relationship with the people who go to war.
44 mins
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Margaret MacMillan
Civilians and War
Margaret MacMillan examines the role of civilians as supporters and victims of conflict.
60 mins
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Margaret MacMillan
Managing the Unmanageable
Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.
60 mins
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Margaret MacMillan
War's Fatal Attraction
Margaret MacMillan examines how we remember and represent war in art.
28 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
1/5. Law's Expanding Empire
Jonathan Sumption argues that the law is taking over the space once occupied by politics
57 mins
The Reith Lectures
2019: Jonathan Sumption
2/5. In Praise of Politics
Jonathan Sumption explains how democracy can accommodate opposing opinions and interests
42 mins
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2019: Jonathan Sumption
3/5. Human Rights and Wrongs
Jonathan Sumption argues that courts have usurped power via human rights law
42 mins
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2019: Jonathan Sumption
4/5. Rights and the Ideal Constitution
Jonathan Sumption assess the pros and cons of written and unwritten constitutions
42 mins
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2019: Jonathan Sumption
5/5. Shifting the Foundations
Jonathan Sumption argues against Britain adopting a written constitution
42 mins
Mobeen Azhar
Dealing with Grief
How can we deal with the pain of losing someone?
120 mins
Sarah Brett
18/06/2019
Sarah Brett with reaction to today's televised Tory leadership debate.
180 mins
Multi Story
Generations
People with at least four decades between them, share and compare their life experiences.
32 mins
Mayhem at the Ritz
In the 60s, cinemas opened their doors to the latest music sensations. With Andrew Collins
30 mins
Only Artists
Nick Knight meets David Chipperfield
The photographer Nick Knight meets the architect David Chipperfield.
28 mins