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An Taghadh 2026 - Bhòtairean Òga
Sreath de phodcastan bho sgioba nan naidheachdan.
30 Apr 2026,·16 mins
Hello from Scotcast
Martin Geissler on the BBC's new Scottish news podcast.
29 Jan 2025,·2 mins
A job for the fourth century
Sir Anthony Seldon charts 300 years of the top job in British politics.
16 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Episode 8
Nick Robinson concludes his series on relations between broadcasters and politicians.
06 Mar 2013,·15 mins
Episode 5: Politics versus the Past
Misha Glenny explores the European memory wars.
04 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Maturing
Tom Bateman examines the history of the special relationship between the US and Israel.
12 May 2025,·42 mins
The Party's Over
Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain.
02 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Vision of the Future
A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.
12 Dec 2014,·15 mins
Democracy Tomorrow
David Runciman explores democracy: is it still fit for purpose in today's UK?
14 Jun 2019,·28 mins
Language Wars
How French became a cultural and political battleground
29 Mar 2002,·28 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
19 Feb 2021,·57 mins
Striking gold (Radio version)
“This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment
04 Nov 2023,·17 mins
Bonus: Evan Gershkovich - a year since my friend was jailed in Russia
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
29 Mar 2024,·24 mins
Episode 3
Steve Richards examines the events of Jeremy Corbyn's year as Labour leader.
25 Jul 2016,·28 mins
The Birth of the NHS
Martha Kearney looks at the arguments over creating the NHS in wartime government papers.
30 Jun 2018,·57 mins
North East
'The most embarrassing piece of infrastructure'
Two Northumberland men are setting out to highlight the issues on the A1.
16 Oct 2026,·6 mins
Humour in Politics
Mary Ann Sieghart examines the role of humour in politics.
09 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The struggles and obstacles as the government tries to roll out its bold reforms.
22 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Love
George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020?
24 Jan 2020,·14 mins
Episode 2
Danny Shaw tells the story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Metropolitan Police commissioner.
15 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Margot Kaessmann
German cleric and theologian Margot Kaessmann writes about her country's shifting image.
29 Nov 2012,·15 mins
The Courts
James Naughtie examines why Donald Trump's judges may be his greatest achievement.
22 Feb 2021,·28 mins
Episode 50: The End of the Beginning
The Irish delegation agrees to sign up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
10 Dec 2021,·35 mins
ALEX SALMOND TRIAL DAY 11
Daily report from the High Court in Edinburgh
23 Mar 2020,·11 mins
Brexit Britain: Two Rooms Revisited
Brixton and Boston voters return to discuss Brexit negotiations with Fi Glover.
31 Jan 2018,·43 mins
How could we change our political system for the better?
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Old Friends, New Friends.
Nick Robinson considers our place in the world in the run up to the G7 summit in Cornwall.
11 Jun 2021,·14 mins
Omnibus
After the US election, five acclaimed writers give their view on where America goes next.
27 Nov 2016,·58 mins
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
08 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
18 Jan 2019,·57 mins
