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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
Crime of the Century
Jake Arnott examines the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
Ivor Cutler at 90
A celebration of the 90th anniversary of poet, humourist and absurdist Ivor Cutler.
Scrambled
Allegra McEvedy reflects on our complex, even scrambled, relationship with the humble egg.
This Train Rides Again
A recreation of the1963 train journey made to Washington by civil rights campaigners.
Beyond the Kitchen Sink
Paul Allen uses the archive to explore the social changes that led to the British New Wave
Bombing Berlin
Stephen Evans on Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's 1943 dispatch during a bombing raid on Berlin.
