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Murdoch at 80
As Rupert Murdoch turns 80, Steve Hewlett assesses his impact.
Decimal Day - What's That in Old Money?
Peter Day considers the events and impact of Britain's currency going decimal in 1971.
Episode 2—Going to the Flicks
2/2 Charting the rise from the 1970s low ebb in cinema-going to today's exciting innovations.
Episode 1—Going to the Flicks
1/2 Barry Norman on the changing experience of British cinema going over the last century.
Sport on Film
Colin Shindler looks back at what's been won and lost when sport hits the big screen.
Playing the Dane
In anticipation of his own Hamlet in 2011, Michael Sheen explores every actor's dream role
Our Obsession With Weather
Iain Sinclair finds out why the weather forecast has always been a national obsession.
Barbara
An appraisal of Barbara Castle in the centenary of her birth
Sellers in the Attic
Glenn Mitchell examines exclusive and lesser-known recordings of Peter Sellers.
Monsieur Non
Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
