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Island Dreams

Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.

Ex-head of MI5, Stella Rimmington on the long-term impact of Cambridge spies.

A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature.

Douglas Hurd uses the BBC Archives to explore the life of his predecessor Anthony Eden.

Alan Dein uncovers a little known story of postwar conflict.

John Sergeant and Tony Benn look back on the impact of live broadcasting from the Commons.

Tune back to the inter-war rivalry between commercial radio and the BBC.

Ray Gosling explores the history of shoemaking in Northampton.

The start of BBC local radio with stations in Leicester, Sheffield and Merseyside.

Rory Bremner looks back at 50 years of BBC Radio coverage of Test Match cricket.