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A Hack's Progress

Jonathan Freedland tells the story of journalism as depicted in fiction.

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Could the PM Have a Brummie Accent?

Chris Mason examines how politicians' accents - and attitudes towards them - have changed.

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That's Edutainment!

Matthew Sweet on what links learning and pleasure, education and entertainment.

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The Story of EH Gombrich

Leonie Gombrich and Rob Newman reveal the man who taught the world how to see art.

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Pop Star Philosophy

Comedian Steve Punt exhumes the philosophical outpourings of pop stars through the ages.

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Working Class Heroes

What do the working class heroes of 1960s cinema say about class in the Britain of 2018?

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The Ballads of Emmett Till

Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. His death still haunts America.

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The Dream of World Government

David Miliband looks at the ideas behind world government

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Lehmans - A Backwards Collapse

Tracing the roots of the financial crisis in reverse.

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A Question of Character

Toby Young explores the history of the idea that 'character' can be taught.

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The Cod Wars Revisited

Julia Langdon tells the story of the 'cod wars' between Britain and Iceland.

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The Bailout

Gordon Brown tells the inside story of the bank bailout.

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Any Questions? is 70

Jonathan Dimbleby and special guests on 70 years of the famous political debate programme

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Witnessing the Worst

Lyse Doucet reflects on how women reporters have covered war and atrocities.

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The Good Old Days: The Politics of Nostalgia

David Aaronovitch examines how politicians have exploited our love affair with the past.

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Making Obama

Jenn White tells the story of Barack Obama's rise to power.

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How We Remember Them

Dan Snow looks back at how the First World War has been commemorated over the past century

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The Black Footballer鈥檚 Dilemma

Former footballer Clark Carlisle tells story of British black players in the game.

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The 90s: A Holiday from History

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

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Elvis Presley Comeback Special

Paul Morley tells a parallel story of Elvis and America

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Apollo 8

British astronaut Helen Sharman on the first mission taking humans beyond Earth's orbit

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How Santa Claus Stole Christmas

Christopher Frayling explores how Hollywood helped to create the modern global Christmas.

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Where Politicians Come From

Elinor Goodman asks if there has ever been a golden era of public-spirited politicians.

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Chemists' Dirty Secret

The weapons of war born in the laboratory.

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Gareth Gwynn鈥檚 Alternative Archive

Gareth Gwynn presents the first Archive on 4 that looks sideways rather than backwards.

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Powers of Persuasion: How Britain Learned to Sell

Wayne Hemingway charts 100 years of British advertising examining how we learned to sell.

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American Civility: Year Zero

Michael Goldfarb looks at the history of rude, violent debate that has marked US politics.

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PE - A History of Violence

Was there a time when physical education did more harm than good?

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Bent Coppers

Author Jake Arnott traces the history of corruption in the Metropolitan police.

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The Risk Makers

Erring is easy in the prophecy business. Why risk is too important to be left to experts!

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