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A Brief History of Blame
Satirist Joe Queenan reveals that the search for someone to blame is always successful.
Presenting the Past - How the Media Changes History
Juliet Gardiner on how directors, writers and producers achieve authenticity in their work
The Debate of Our Times
Giles Dilnot searches the programme archives to see if political debate has changed.
Dear Adolf - Letters to the Führer
Christopher Cook explores how the power of radio was used to define America's war effort.
Time Travel: The Politics of Time
Sean Street travels back in time into the archives to explore our attempts to control time
Tuning In
Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of how British radio began.
Who's Reithian Now?
Roger Bolton explores the genesis of 'Reithian' values at the BBC.
Regulating the Press
Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
Great Spy Books: Fact or Fiction?
Peter Hennessy, an expert on state secrecy, asks how close spy novels come to reality.
Lawrence of Arabia: The Man and the Myth
Allan Little considers the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia.
Frost on Nixon
David Frost turns to the archives to get beneath the skin of Richard Nixon.
What Big Teeth You Have...
Anthony McGowan uncovers the dark story behind the Grimms beloved fairy tales.
Blithe Margaret
Stephen Fry on the mysterious life of the much-loved comedy great Margaret Rutherford.
Rural Rides
Mark Steel's review of reporters' journeys round Britain, starting with William Cobbett.
Rugby's Greatest Try
Cerys Matthews tells the story behind what many believe to be the greatest try ever scored
Spoken Like a Woman
Anne Karpf explores the way women have shaped the sound of British radio.
Embracing Idleness
Oliver Burkeman uses the archive to explore the controversial subject of idleness.
The Devil's Horn
British jazz musician Soweto Kinch examines the intriguing history of the saxophone.
Iraq Tales: What the Army Learned
Chris Parry uses the US Army's oral history archive to tell the history of the Iraq war.
Wheeler: The Final Word
David Taylor and Charles Wheeler's probe into Johnson and Nixon's clash over Vietnam.
DNA 60 Years On
Robert Winston traces the impact of DNA - from its discovery 60 years ago to today.
Dr K
Should we Henry Kissinger as America's wise strategist or its ruthless operator?
Collar the Lot
Tom Conti explores the story of Italian internment in Britain during World War II.
From Donald Winnicott to the Naughty Step
Anne Karpf on psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, among the first to broadcast to new mothers.
Heroes and Hacks
Journalist Eamonn O'Neill examines his profession through the legacy of Watergate.
Lives and Politics
Two remarkable archives, 80 years apart, throw light on what makes a politician tick.
Profumo Confidential
Tom Mangold revisits the scandal he covered for the Daily Express fifty years ago.
Very British Dystopias
Steven Fielding looks at the impact of British dystopian political fiction.
Writers and Radio
Susannah Clapp talks to authors who grew up at the end of the radio age.
Dial-a-Poem
Poet Brian Patten explores the 1960s counter-culture through its radically risqué poetry.
Churchill's Secret Cabinet
A humble wooden cabinet reveals secrets about how Churchill developed his oratorical style
