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Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?
The Forgotten Referendum
Bust-ups, bums and Brexit's beginning? - Chris Mason tells the story of the AV referendum.
A Year on the NHS Frontline
Dr John Wright shares recordings made over the last year on the covid wards in Bradford.
A Writer and His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades
Who was the real John le Carré and what was his relationship with Britain?
Gagarin and the Lost Moon
Kevin Fong tells the story of Yuri Gagarin's historic 1961 Earth orbit
A Night with Prince
Music critic Ann Powers reflects on time spent with Prince in his Hollywood mansion.
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Five decades on, Laura Barton looks back at a revolutionary text for women's liberation.
The Hunger Strikes
Peter Taylor revisits the 1981 IRA hunger strikes and assesses their legacy.
What’s Going On Now?
Emeli Sande marks the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye's classic album What's Going On.
A Spy in Every Embassy
The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.
Bob Dylan: Verbatim
The many variations of Bob Dylan’s life and music told in his own words.
The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Covering Edward Said: 40 years of Islam, Media and the West
Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.
Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator
Comedian Stewart Lee considers the problems and possibilities of unreliable narrators.
The Woman-Machine
Elizabeth Alker celebrates women composers at the forefront of electronic music.
Millions Like Us
We're told Covid is our Second World War. If so, what does that mean for our politics?
Thank You & Goodbye
Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.
China in Slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.
Singled Out
A cultural history of the 'single' with Zoe Strimpel - old maids, Bridget Jones and more.
Well Hello: The Release of John McCarthy
30 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.
Jonathan Miller: Lost Memories
William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father’s death from Alzheimer’s.
The Greenham Effect
How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.
Escaping 9/11
A look back at programmes and recordings from the BBC archives.
Teen Spirit: Nevermind at 30
Douglas Coupland examines how Nirvana’s Nevermind changed the outlook of a generation.
Nuremberg ed
William Shawcross on the legacy of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.
The Men in the White Coats
Professor Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.
Oluwale
Reassessing a black man’s death and the trial of two policemen 50 years ago.
Plastic: The Biography
Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.
How America Learned to Laugh Again
How soon is too soon to start making jokes?
Viral
Why do some fake history stories get widely shared on social media?
Jan Morris: Writing a Life
Horatio Clare explores the life, legacy and mythmaking of Jan Morris.
