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US Election 2024: America decides
In-depth reporting, analysis and breaking news from the US presidential election
BBC World Service
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The Most Successful Assassination in History
The night Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down - changing the Middle East forever.
BBC Radio 4
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The New Deal - A Story For Our Times
Marybeth Hamilton explores how America responded to the Great Depression with The New Deal
BBC Radio 4
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Scotland’s Uncivil War
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
BBC Radio 4
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Led by the science
How does scientific advice lead to government policy at the best of times, and the worst?
BBC Radio 4
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Taking on Trump
Jim Naughtie examines Joe Biden's election chances as he takes on Donald Trump in November
BBC Radio 4
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The Crisis Of American Democracy
Ben Wright assesses the health of America's increasingly partisan electoral democracy.
BBC Radio 4
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The Political School
Timandra Harkness examines how we could change our political system for the better.
BBC Radio 4
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James Naughtie’s Letter to America
Reflections on half a century of ‘looking in’ on the United States
BBC World Service
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Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament
Coverage of Welsh Parliament proceedings from the Senedd, Cardiff.
BBC Parliament
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Iran’s Long Game
Iran is now calling the shots in Iraq. How did the clerics outmanoeuvre the US?
BBC Radio 4
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China and the Virus
Has the Covid-19 epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?
BBC Radio 4
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Left Out of Power
Steve Richards examines the challenges for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.
BBC Radio 4
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Fallout
Leaders from a range of backgrounds assess the societal impact of the coronavirus pandemic
BBC Radio 4
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Le Divide
How France is facing the challenges of three key issues: liberty, fraternity and equality.
BBC Radio 4
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The Cash for Ash Scandal
Chris Page tells the inside story of Northern Ireland's botched green energy scheme.
BBC Radio 4
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The Inside Story of Election 19
Anne McElvoy talks to key figures inside the 2019 general election campaign.
BBC Radio 4
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Newscast
The daily news podcast diving into the biggest stories so you're never out of your depth.
BBC News
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What Does Boris Johnson Really Think?
Nick Robinson explores Boris Johnson's political beliefs through interviews with insiders.
BBC Radio 4
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Orwell in Five Words
George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020?
BBC Radio 4
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Politics North (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)
Tim Iredale with the latest political news, interviews and debate.
BBC One Yorks & Lincs
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Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World
Alternative facts, impartial journalism and democracy. Can news deliver in a digital age?
BBC Radio 4
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Rise of the Nazis
How Hitler seized, kept and fell from power - and the postwar manhunt for war criminals.
BBC Two
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The Political Butterfly Effect
Jim Waterson explores a single moment that inadvertently shaped modern history.
BBC Radio 4
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Our Next Prime Minister
Emily Maitlis presents a debate between the candidates to lead the Conservative Party.
BBC Radio 4
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The Devolution Decades
Twenty years on, James Naughtie considers the impact of devolution on UK politics.
BBC Radio 4
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When to Break Up the Party
Steven Fielding draws on past party splits to assess what's happening in our politics now.
BBC Radio 4
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The Brexit Prime Minister
Steve Richards looks at the underlying forces affecting Britain and Brexit.
BBC Radio 4
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Fatwa
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
BBC Radio 4
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Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil
Europe's presidents and prime ministers reveal how they fought to preserve their union.
BBC Two
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Brexit: The House Decides
The story of last night's momentous vote on Brexit through the eyes of six backbench MPs.
BBC Radio 4
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The Trumped Republicans
Republican insider Ron Christie on how Donald Trump's presidency has changed his party.
BBC Radio 4
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Currently
Reactive features from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
BBC Radio 4
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The Battles That Won Our Freedoms
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
BBC Radio 4
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President George Bush Senior
A portrait of the Washington insider whose presidency proved turbulent and controversial.
BBC Radio 4
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The Democrats Dilemma: Now What
Michael Goldfarb asks what the Democratic Party in America stands for today.
BBC Radio 4
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The Long March of Corbyn's Labour
Steve Richards presents a series examining the state of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership.
BBC Radio 4
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Citizens of Nowhere?
Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if a citizen of the world is a citizen of nowhere.
BBC Radio 4
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Idi Amin's Uganda Retold
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown retells the story of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin.
BBC Radio 4
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Cameron Years
Steve Richards looks back on David Cameron's years in power and explores his legacy.
BBC Radio 4
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Across the Red Line
Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of a political issue to listen to each other
BBC Radio 4
