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Tales from the Lobby (Omnibus)
Episode 2
More adventures in the world of lobbying with Michael Crick.
19 Jul 2019,·57 mins
Striking gold (Radio version)
“This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment
04 Nov 2023,·17 mins
Bonus: Evan Gershkovich - a year since my friend was jailed in Russia
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
29 Mar 2024,·24 mins
Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
18 Jan 2019,·57 mins
What Goes Around...
Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
09 Jan 2015,·15 mins
Series 7
Should national service be reintroduced? - with former defence minister Tobias Ellwood and president of the NUS Amira Campbell
Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood & NUS president Amira Campbell on national service.
22 Aug 2024,·28 mins
Robert Wilfort and Laura Aikman: 'It feels very very special'
Gavin and Stacey actors speak to PM about the impact of the final ever episode.
26 Dec 2024,·7 mins
Deeper Not Wider
Allan examines new resentments and divisions within the EU exposed by the crisis.
12 Feb 2012,·30 mins
Omnibus
After the US election, five acclaimed writers give their view on where America goes next.
27 Nov 2016,·58 mins
The Ethics of AI
Professor Michael Sandel and an audience at the Hay Festival consider the ethics of AI.
11 Jun 2024,·37 mins
Abortion
James Naughtie examines the backdrop to this year's United States presidential election.
29 Sep 2024,·28 mins
The Party's Over
Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain.
02 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Series 1
Episode 5
Matthew Parris on valedictories which embarrassed ministers.
17 Nov 2009,·15 mins
Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.
01 Oct 2012,·28 mins
Scandinavia
Danish author Dorthe Nors gives her view of the British from across the North Sea.
08 Apr 2016,·15 mins
Margot Kaessmann
German cleric and theologian Margot Kaessmann writes about her country's shifting image.
29 Nov 2012,·15 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
19 Feb 2021,·57 mins
Le Divide - Fraternite
How is facing the challenges of liberty, fraternity and equality. Today: fraternite
25 Mar 2020,·28 mins
23/05/2025
Susan Hulme reports as the government set out reforms to sentencing in England and Wales.
23 May 2025,·28 mins
Justice
Tom Fletcher examines how democracies can offer better opportunities than autocracies.
31 Mar 2023,·28 mins
3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Episode 3
The fall of the Shah led to the creation of the world's first Islamic republic.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures
Former Downing Street adviser Cleo Watson examines the dark arts of political campaigning.
24 Oct 2023,·14 mins
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar aig 50
Sgioba naidheachdan a' BhBC a' toirt sùil air 50 bliadhna de Chomhairle nan Eilean Siar
30 May 2025,·51 mins
The story of one man's toxic obsession and the battle for South Africa's future.
17 Dec 2021,·57 mins
Carolyn Quinn looks at the science behind successful leadership.
11 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Letter eight
The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds
22 Aug 2020,·8 mins
Series 5
Science
Satellites, malaria and polar ice caps, how is Brexit affecting UK science?
23 Jun 2023,·14 mins
Maxwell's Genius
Will Self concludes his 600-mile road trip on the trail of physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
27 Nov 2015,·15 mins
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
08 Feb 2022,·14 mins
