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    Altamont: The Death of the Hippie Dream

    Mick Jagger's personal assistant returns to the scene of the Rolling Stones' 1969 concert.

  2. High Crimes and Misdemeanours: US Presidential Impeachment

    Michael Goldfarb looks back at how impeachment became a tool of US partisan politics.

  3. Pandora's Ballot Box

    Philip Cowley explores how technology influenced elections long before the digital age.

  4. Build the Wall!

    30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Katy Long examines the history of border walls.

  5. Desert Island Myths: Three Centuries Of Robinson Crusoe

    Christopher Frayling explores the creation and legacy of Defoe's controversial novel.

  6. Here's Looking at You, Parents!

    Parenting comedy couple Josie Long and Jonny Donahoe share their parenting archive clips.

  7. Ghost in the Machine

    Dare you listen to a specially-crafted soundtrack of the supernatural?

  8. Akenfield Now

    How has English rural life changed since Ronald Blythe wrote his bestseller Akenfield?

  9. Our Anniversary Obsession

    From book publishers to Radio 4 commissioners, why are we so interested in anniversaries?

  10. Judy Garland: The Final Rainbow

    The spectacular story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London.

  11. Please Leave a Message after the Tone

    Are we hanging up on the voicemail? Olly Mann charts its rise, fall and strange afterlife.

  12. Panorama Broke My School

    How a 1977 TV documentary about one London school helped change education policy.

  13. Going to the Gay Bar

    Travis Alabanza investigates the impact of the closure of LGBTQ+ venues in the UK.

  14. The First Political Youthquake

    How did radical changes 50 years ago recast young people's engagement with UK politics?

  15. Beating Hitler with Humour

    Timur Vermes on how the BBC used humour battling with Hitler during the Second World War.

  16. Losing My Voice

    Jan Ravens explores the fate of impressionists when their signature character retires.

  17. Beckett's Last Tapes

    Robert McCrum explores Samuel Beckett’s literary career through rare recordings.

  18. The British Black Panthers

    The untold story of when Black Power came to Britain and forever left its mark.

  19. The Upside of Anxiety

    Andrew Hussey examines the damage done by anxiety and also the benefits it might offer.

  20. James Burke: Our Man on the Moon

    James Burke revisits his coverage of the moon landings in 1969 in front of a live audience

  21. Voice in the Machine

    How did our machines first find their voices and why have they now started to listen back?

  22. God Bless the Prince of Wales

    The explosive story of Prince Charles' investiture - a pivotal moment in British politics.

  23. The Death of the Eccentric

    Will Self goes in search of an endangered species - the eccentric.

  24. The Age of Emulsion: with Laurence Llewelyn Bowen

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the social history of DIY home improvements.

  25. Speaking Truth to Power

    Mark D'Arcy examines how MPs' select committees are increasingly challenging the powerful.

  26. How to Win a Tory Leadership Election

    Michael Crick looks back at success and failure in Tory leadership contests in the past

  27. A Saga of Trying (and Failing) to Save the Planet

    Professor Alice Roberts delves into the archives to find out how to save planet Earth.

  28. The University of the Air

    Gordon Brown charts 50 years of the Open University.

  29. The New Philosophers and the Death of the Interview

    The story of how web-based polemicists bypassed old media and conquered the internet.

  30. 1979: Democracy's Nightmares

    Phil Tinline traces the political fears and hopes swirling in Britain in 1978 and 1979.

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