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Educating Cinderella

Fran Abrams explores the balance between choice and paternalism in further education.

• 28 mins

Small States

Bronwen Maddox of The Times asks if small nations can survive as independent states.

• 28 mins

Ayatollogy

Ed Stourton asks if a battle over theology could bring an end to Iran's Islamic Republic.

• 30 mins

Knowing Too Much

Martin Bright asks if the truth is really always desirable and in the public interest.

• 28 mins

The Economist's New Clothes

Stephanie Flanders examines the arguments over the meltdown of the global financial system

• 30 mins

Death to the Deficit!

Frances Cairncross explores the UK's options in the face of a growing deficit.

• 28 mins

Divorcing Europe

What would happen if Britain chose to leave the European Union? Chris Bowlby reports.

• 28 mins

Are environmentalists bad for the planet?

Is it time the green movement ditched some of its ideological baggage?

• 30 mins

Glass-Steagall: A Price Worth Paying?

The experts who say investment banks should face the consequences of their losses.

• 30 mins

Foreigner Policy

David Goodhart investigates the ideological forces behind mass immigration.

• 28 mins

Crying Treason

If treason laws are regarded as out of date, can anyone challenge the state with impunity?

• 28 mins

Failing Better

Michael Blastland explores how different professions deal with failures and mistakes.

• 28 mins

Tea Party Politics

Gary Younge assesses the strength and influence of the Tea Party movement in the US.

• 30 mins

Why Do Men and Women Vote Differently?

Alison Wolf examines gender gaps in the polling booth.

• 28 mins

Minds of Our Own?

What if science could read people's thoughts and intentions? Kenan Malik investigates.

• 28 mins

Who Are The Taliban?

Edward Stourton discovers what a negotiated peace with the Taliban would really mean.

• 30 mins

Doomed by Democracy?

Justin Rowlatt asks if democracies are incapable of tackling climate change.

• 28 mins

Promises, Promises

Ben Rogers asks if getting us to make public pledges can change our behaviour.

• 30 mins

Economistocracy

Frances Cairncross asks if economic management is too important to be left to politicians.

• 28 mins

Britishness

Dr John Bew asks what the state can do to promote national identity.

• 30 mins

Baby Boomers on Trial

Should the seemingly privileged Baby Boomers bear the brunt of Government spending cuts?

• 30 mins

A Dictatorship of Relativism

Edward Stourton asks if we are living in a dictatorship of relativism.

• 28 mins

The Euro Nightmare

Chris Bowlby asks if the European single currency can survive the current crisis.

• 28 mins

Time to Get Real

Michael Blastland asks policy experts for some honest answers about public spending.

• 28 mins

What's Wrong with Child Labour?

Fran Abrams asks why the idea of children earning money causes such unease.

• 28 mins

The Big Society

Anne McElvoy examines what the origins of the government's Big Society idea tell us.

• 28 mins

Whatever Happened to the Sisterhood?

Budget cuts will hit women three times harder than men. Why aren't feminists protesting?

• 30 mins

The Spirit Level: the theory of everything?

Is income equality really the great leveller? Mukul Devichand examines the evidence.

• 28 mins

Turkey: Staying Secular Insha'Allah

Edward Stourton investigates Turkish politics and the nation's place in the world.

• 30 mins

The Secret History of Analysis

Analysis celebrates its 40th birthday by revealing the secrets of the programme's past.

• 28 mins