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Drumcree: The political fallout
Mark Carruthers is joined by Gareth Gordon, Sam McBride and David McCann.
14 Oct 2026,·37 mins
9. The Wilderness Year: This Ain't Over
Bonus episode - Boris Johnson after Downing Street.
15 Jun 2023,·33 mins
What are Blitz courts?
So-called "blitz" hearings are expanding across England and Wales - but what are they?
17 Jun 2026,·27 mins
What's Going on With Council Tax?
Fliss and James unpack the Welsh Government's decision to delay council tax revaluation.
21 Oct 2026,·32 mins
Episode 5
Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain.
28 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Series 2
Edward Heath
Nick Robinson looks at how Edward Heath handled the top job in politics.
31 May 2011,·15 mins
The low pay puzzle
Why, after 25 years of rising wages, do most workers feel worse off?
25 Mar 2024,·28 mins
Downing St appears to U-turn on PM's EU comments
Political correspondent Ben Wright speaks to PM's Evan Davis.
26 Oct 2026,·4 mins
2. Reform
Amanda Foreman considers reform on the ground as the disenfranchised rebel.
30 Jul 2014,·30 mins
8. Shredded
Hoover’s death starts a race to control his secret files. But his power continues.
23 Jun 2022,·14 mins
Living with Secrets
Part of the Secret Britain series. Peter Taylor meets people who have kept state secrets.
30 Aug 2011,·28 mins
Cheap British Beer
The story of money and humanity reaches a run on the punt and the rise of M-PESA.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
The Looking Glass
Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
18 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Episode 3
Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister.
05 Oct 2010,·45 mins
The Taoiseach and the border
Presenter Chris Buckler talks to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin
10 Sep 2026,·33 mins
What Goes Around...
Visiting Voltaire's chateau and an abandoned Cern experiment puts Will in a pensive mood.
09 Jan 2015,·15 mins
The fall of the Shah led to the creation of the world's first Islamic republic.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Episode 2
Featuring despatches from the British diplomats hunting for bison with Hermann Goering.
01 Oct 2012,·28 mins
The Story of Strike
Jonny Owen selects highlights from the podcast series about the 1984-85 miners' strike.
03 Jun 2024,·30 mins
Class
Does social class affect how well we live together?
20 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Enemies
A fight for survival and a message for the West.
11 May 2019,·17 mins
Series 9
Is a university education still worth it?
Is university still delivering social and career progress for young people?
10 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver discusses how she will write about a new America under President Trump.
21 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·14 mins
The Party's Over
Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain.
02 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Series 7
19/08/2019
Peter Hennessy invites Peter Hain to reflect on his life and times
19 Aug 2019,·42 mins
ALEX SALMOND TRIAL DAY 11
Daily report from the High Court in Edinburgh
23 Mar 2020,·11 mins
The Future for the Environment
Could Covid-19 change individual behaviour and our collective attitude to climate change?
22 Apr 2020,·43 mins
Abortion
James Naughtie examines the backdrop to this year's United States presidential election.
29 Sep 2024,·28 mins
