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How the Holocaust created a new field of science - social psychology
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The Decade of Distrust
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Call Up: The Story of National Service
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Lights, Camera, Inaction: An Existential Guide to the Movies
Matthew Sweet looks at why mainstream cinema and existentialism seem so fond of each other
The End of the Thirty Year Itch
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Riot Remembered
The St Paul's Riots in Bristol in 1980 remembered by those who took part.
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Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.
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The Phoney War
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Malcolm McLaren: Spectacular Failure
Paul Gorman assesses the exceptional achievement of Malcolm McLaren, who died 10 years ago
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So Bad It's Good?
Steve Punt and guests share the joy of films, songs and books that are so bad they're good
The Wellness Phenomenon
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Anthony Blunt: A Question of Retribution?
David Cannadine on the controversy caused by the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as a spy.
Girl Power RIP
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Poetry For Sale?
Poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar on the relationship between poetry and advertising.
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Campaigner Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.
The Crunch Convention
A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke
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David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.
The End of Coming Out?
Dustin Lance Black asks whether LGBTQ+ people still need to come out publicly.
Spitfire: From the Ashes
How an icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor.
Raise Your Game
Jay-Ann Lopez asks if toxic gaming culture can change.
A Broadcasting Life
Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.
The Day Brexit Hit Boiling Point
Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit
The Quebec Emergency
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A Media Divided
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Play for Today
Alison Steadman celebrates 50 years of BBC television's seminal drama series.
Trump: Backwards
Scrolling backwards through the archive to tell the Trump story in reverse.
Our Sacred Story
Alec Ryrie argues that the Second World War is our modern sacred narrative.
14/11/2020
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All Things Must Pass at 50
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Da da da DAAAAA!
Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Disorienting
Phil Wang investigates the representation of East and South East Asians in western media.
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The Alliance
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Easier than curing a toothache? The Story of Lobotomy.
Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.
A Backwards Catastrophe
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