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Archive on 4 Episodes

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    Blinded by War

    Adam Scourfield interviews three British veterans blinded in conflict.

  2. Roots and Holocaust: When TV Taught Us a History Lesson

    Gary Younge and Jonathan Freedland reflect on the impact of two landmark TV series.

  3. A New Life in Europe Revisited

    A family of Syrian migrants relive their perilous journey to seek a new life in Europe.

  4. The 90s: A Holiday from History

    Jonathan Freedland re-examines the 1990s as a rare decade of peace and prosperity.

  5. Archive Fever

    Matthew Sweet on the modern proliferation of archives.

  6. Long Road to Change

    Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.

  7. Reporting Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines

    Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism.

  8. Seventy Years in the Planning

    Will Self walks the London green belt in search of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

  9. Torrey Canyon and the Toxic Tides

    50 years after the Torrey Canyon, the story of Britain's worst environmental disaster.

  10. The Mind in the Media

    How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

  11. The Shape of Things That Came

    Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.

  12. 1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

    Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

  13. A Brief History of Lust

    American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.

  14. A Brief History of Failure

    Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.

  15. Ovid in Changing Times

    Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.

  16. How Marx Made the Right

    Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.

  17. The Politician and the Judge

    Geoffrey Robertson QC on the changing relationship between the courts and the government.

  18. Asa Briggs: The Last Victorian Improver

    Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.

  19. The Bathrooms Are Coming: An Internal History of Corporate Comms

    In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.

  20. Old Year's Night

    James Naughtie probes the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.

  21. The Many Faces Of Ebenezer Scrooge

    What is the enduring appeal of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?

  22. Sing Christmas

    Memories of those involved in the BBC's 1957 groundbreaking live Christmas Day broadcast.

  23. Instant History

    University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.

  24. Lloyd George's Revolution

    Peter Hennessy tells how Lloyd George galvanised Britain as war leader a century ago.

  25. Logan's Run and Intergenerational War

    Ed Howker looks at the world depicted in the science fiction novel Logan's Run.

  26. Being Bored: The Importance Of Doing Nothing

    Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.

  27. No Platform

    Andrew Hussey on the history of the 'no platform' debates raging on university campuses.

  28. Speaking in Public: Archive on 4 Goes Live!

    David Bramwell sets out to prove that anyone can be a good public speaker.

  29. Down Your Way Revisited

    Jeffrey Richards on the impact of the BBC radio programme on the lives of ordinary people.

  30. A Natural History of the Banker

    Andrew Ross Sorkin traces the reputation of UK and USA bankers through history.

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