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    The Greenham Effect

    How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.

  2. Jonathan Miller: Lost Memories

    William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father鈥檚 death from Alzheimer鈥檚.

  3. Well Hello: The Release of John McCarthy

    30 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.

  4. Singled Out

    A cultural history of the 'single' with Zoe Strimpel - old maids, Bridget Jones and more.

  5. China in Slogans

    How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.

  6. Thank You & Goodbye

    Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.

  7. Millions Like Us

    We're told Covid is our Second World War. If so, what does that mean for our politics?

  8. The Woman-Machine

    Elizabeth Alker celebrates women composers at the forefront of electronic music.

  9. Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator

    Comedian Stewart Lee considers the problems and possibilities of unreliable narrators.

  10. Covering Edward Said: 40 years of Islam, Media and the West

    Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.

  11. The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America

    Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

  12. Bob Dylan: Verbatim

    The many variations of Bob Dylan鈥檚 life and music told in his own words.

  13. A Spy in Every Embassy

    The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.

  14. What鈥檚 Going On Now?

    Emeli Sande explores the impact of Marvin Gaye's classic 1971 album What's Going On.

  15. The Hunger Strikes

    Peter Taylor revisits the 1981 IRA hunger strikes and assesses their legacy.

  16. Our Bodies, Ourselves

    Five decades on, Laura Barton looks back at a revolutionary text for women's liberation.

  17. A Night with Prince

    Music critic Ann Powers reflects on time spent with Prince in his Hollywood mansion.

  18. Gagarin and the Lost Moon

    Kevin Fong tells the story of Yuri Gagarin's historic 1961 Earth orbit

  19. A Writer and His Country - John le Carr茅 Across Six Decades

    Who was the real John le Carr茅 and what was his relationship with Britain?

  20. A Year on the NHS Frontline

    Dr John Wright shares recordings made over the last year on the covid wards in Bradford.

  21. The Forgotten Referendum

    Bust-ups, bums and Brexit's beginning? - Chris Mason tells the story of the AV referendum.

  22. Search for a Common Culture

    Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?

  23. A Backwards Catastrophe

    Travelling in reverse through the archives to trace the roots of the environmental crisis.

  24. Easier Than Curing a Toothache? The Story of Lobotomy

    Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.

  25. The Alliance

    How close were Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan at the end of the Cold War?

  26. I'm Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air

    Dolly Alderton turns the tables on the master of the radio interview, Terry Gross.

  27. It's Behind You! The weird and wonderful story of British pantomime

    Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.

  28. Disorienting: Asians on Screen

    Phil Wang investigates the representation of East and South East Asians in western media.

  29. Da da da DAAAAA!

    Rachel Parris leads us on an irreverent tour of Beethoven's 5th Symphony

  30. Mad Monks

    James Naughtie probes the chequered history and impact of prime ministers' top advisers.

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