The Decade of Distrust

Laura Kuenssberg explores the foundations of the scandals that shook faith in elites.

• 57 mins

Call Up: The Story of National Service

Sixty years after the call-up ended, Richard Vinen looks back at National Service.

• 57 mins

After The Fallout

The human fall out from the Pacific Nuclear tests - dramatically revisited.

• 57 mins

Lights, Camera, Inaction: An Existential Guide to the Movies

Matthew Sweet looks at why mainstream cinema and existentialism seem so fond of each other

• 57 mins

The End of the Thirty Year Itch

Phil Tinline explores whether we are seeing the emergence of a new political orthodoxy.

• 57 mins

Riot Remembered

The St Paul's Riots in Bristol in 1980 remembered by those who took part.

• 57 mins

I'm Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air

Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.

• 57 mins

The Hubble Legacy

Astronaut Nicole Stott celebrates the cultural legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope.

• 57 mins

The Phoney War

The story of the BBC in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today

• 57 mins

Malcolm McLaren: Spectacular Failure

Paul Gorman assesses the exceptional achievement of Malcolm McLaren, who died 10 years ago

• 57 mins

Four Dead in Ohio

Michael Goldfarb explores America at the time of the Kent State massacre, 50 years ago.

• 57 mins

The Empire Strikes Back

40 years ago George Lucas risked everything on making The Empire Strikes Back. Here's how.

• 57 mins

So Bad It's Good?

Steve Punt and guests share the joy of films, songs and books that are so bad they're good

• 57 mins

The Wellness Phenomenon

Claudia Hammond explores the wellness phenomenon, from its start in California to today.

• 57 mins

Anthony Blunt: A Question of Retribution?

David Cannadine on the controversy caused by the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as a spy.

• 57 mins

Girl Power RIP

Journalist and author Ella Whelan asks if contemporary feminism is - well - dead.

• 57 mins

Poetry For Sale?

Poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar on the relationship between poetry and advertising.

• 57 mins

Apollo 13: The Rescue

Houston, we've had a problem. How the mission of Apollo 13 was saved

• 57 mins

Summer with Greta

Campaigner Greta Thunberg describes the remarkable and tumultuous past year of her life.

• 80 mins

The Crunch Convention

A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke

• 57 mins

LOLs on LPs

David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to write and perform.

• 57 mins

The End of Coming Out?

Dustin Lance Black asks whether LGBTQ+ people still need to come out publicly.

• 57 mins

Spitfire: From the Ashes

How an icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor.

• 57 mins

Raise Your Game

Jay-Ann Lopez asks if toxic gaming culture can change.

• 57 mins

A Broadcasting Life

Sue MacGregor looks back on five decades of broadcasting in this final goodbye to Radio 4.

• 57 mins

The Day Brexit Hit Boiling Point

Carolyn Quinn recalls the intense and bitter Parliamentary confrontations over Brexit

• 57 mins

The Quebec Emergency

Margaret Macmillan recalls the 1970 crisis when kidnappings threw Canada into turmoil.

• 57 mins

A Media Divided

The end of the Fairness Doctrine and the rise of political polarisation in US broadcasting

• 57 mins

Play for Today

Alison Steadman celebrates 50 years of BBC television's seminal drama series.

• 57 mins

Trump: Backwards

Scrolling backwards through the archive to tell the Trump story in reverse.

• 57 mins

Our Sacred Story

Alec Ryrie argues that the Second World War is our modern sacred narrative.

• 57 mins

14/11/2020

Steve Fielding explores how political parties have recovered from big election defeats.

• 57 mins

All Things Must Pass at 50

Composer Nitin Sawhney tells the story of George Harrison’s most famous album.

• 57 mins

Da da da DAAAAA!

Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

• 57 mins

Disorienting

Phil Wang investigates the representation of East and South East Asians in western media.

• 57 mins

It's Behind You! The weird and wonderful story of British pantomime

Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.

• 57 mins