Archive on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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The Trickster: A Thistle up the Backside of Society
Trickery - is it what we need to keep society moving forward?
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Marlon Brando: The Ultimate Contender
Antonia Quirke defines the archival A-Z of essential Marlon Brando, who changed acting.
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It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free
Novelist Megan Nolan goes in search of one of Ireland鈥檚 first true beatniks, Brendan Behan
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RNLI at 200
To celebrate 200 years of the RNLI, Griff Rhys Jones takes a deep dive into their archive.
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Barry Humphries: Gloriously Uncut
Rob Brydon takes a fresh look back at the unique Australian entertainer, Barry Humphries.
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Motorway City
The story of how Glasgow became the UK鈥檚 archetypal motorway city.
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Dom Joly - Goth or Not?
Dom Joly used to be a goth - or did he? He journeys through the archive to find out.
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Reporting Russia
How western correspondents have reported on the world's biggest country down the years.
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Saints and Sinners
Rev Giles Fraser looks back over a century of religious broadcasting in Britain.
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Vivienne
The life and times of Vivienne Westwood
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Stevie's Inner Visions
How a car crash nearly made Stevie Wonder鈥檚 Innervisions his last creative breath.
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Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison
Jim Kerr from Simple Minds describes the impact and influence of The Doors' Jim Morrison.
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The Art of Silence
Marcel Marceau's daughters tell the remarkable story of his life in the French Resistance.
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La Divina
Singer Lesley Garrett marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary Maria Callas.
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Speaking to the People
A former White House speechwriter journeys through a century of presidential speeches.
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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes
Sue Perkins explores how Doctor Who has reflected our social history on and off screen.
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I Was 21 Years...
Billy Bragg marks 40 years since the release of his seminal song, A New England.
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Doris Lessing: Free Woman
Lara Feigel explores the life of Doris Lessing through the lens of The Golden Notebook.
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Joni Mitchell: Verbatim
Joni Mitchell's influential life and career, told in her own words.
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The Greyhound Diaries 2023
Stories and songs from restless American highways by way of a Greyhound bus.
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Fangirls and Teen Hysteria
Teenage devotion through the decades
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Powell and Pressburger: Poetic Patriotism
On groundbreaking film-makers Powell and Pressburger and their unique take on Britain.
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The Cult of Lebowski
The Big Lebowski - the ultimate cult film. But that's... just like our opinion, man.
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How the Yom Kippur War Changed Everything, for Everyone
A look back at the 1973 war that lasted only 19 days but changed the world forever.
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20 Years of Funny Women
Kerry Godliman presents a look back over 20 Years of the Funny Women Awards.
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The Hundred Year Ego
David Baker looks back over the 100 years since Sigmund Freud published The Ego and the Id
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Bryan Magee - Man of Ideas
Angie Hobbs remembers Bryan Magee, who brought philosophy onto TV and radio in the 1970s.
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The Holy Blood
The unexpected origins of a global conspiracy theory... in the vaults of the 大象传媒.
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Scoop
Midsummer deliciousness: ice cream and the British.
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Blond Ambition: Growing Up with Madonna
Music critic Ann Powers reflects on the pop superstar's four-decade career.