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Archive on 4 Episodes

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    Apocalypse Nigh

    Broadcaster Robin Ince explores our longstanding obsession with the end of days.

  2. The Thirty Year Itch

    Phil Tinline explores what the turmoil of the 1970s tells us about British politics today.

  3. 06/07/2002

    Surprising history and compelling testimonies of US immigrants using Ellis Island gateway.

  4. 999 - Which Service Do You Require?

    Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, launched in 1937.

  5. Father's Day

    Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.

  6. Dictators on the Couch

    For decades, the CIA profiled the minds of foreign leaders. Daniel Pick investigates.

  7. Femmes Fatales

    Screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the film noir femme fatale's enduring mystique.

  8. Blinded by War

    Adam Scourfield interviews three British veterans blinded in conflict.

  9. Roots and Holocaust: When TV Taught Us a History Lesson

    Gary Younge and Jonathan Freedland reflect on the impact of two landmark TV series.

  10. A New Life in Europe Revisited

    A family of Syrian migrants relive their perilous journey to seek a new life in Europe.

  11. The 90s: A Holiday from History

    Jonathan Freedland re-examines the 1990s as a rare decade of peace and prosperity.

  12. Archive Fever

    Matthew Sweet on the modern proliferation of archives.

  13. Long Road to Change

    Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.

  14. Reporting Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines

    Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism.

  15. Seventy Years in the Planning

    Will Self walks the London green belt in search of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

  16. Torrey Canyon and the Toxic Tides

    50 years after the Torrey Canyon, the story of Britain's worst environmental disaster.

  17. The Mind in the Media

    How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

  18. The Shape of Things That Came

    Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.

  19. 1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

    Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

  20. A Brief History of Lust

    American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.

  21. A Brief History of Failure

    Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.

  22. Ovid in Changing Times

    Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.

  23. How Marx Made the Right

    Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.

  24. The Politician and the Judge

    Geoffrey Robertson QC on the changing relationship between the courts and the government.

  25. Asa Briggs: The Last Victorian Improver

    Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.

  26. The Bathrooms Are Coming: An Internal History of Corporate Comms

    In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.

  27. Old Year's Night

    James Naughtie investigates the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.

  28. The Many Faces of Ebenezer Scrooge

    Christopher Frayling explores the enduring appeal of Dickens鈥檚 A Christmas Carol.

  29. Sing Christmas

    Memories of those involved in the 大象传媒's 1957 groundbreaking live Christmas Day broadcast.

  30. Instant History

    University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.

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