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Early release, knife crime and e-bikes
Your chance to put questions directly to West Yorkshire's Deputy Mayor, Alison Lowe.
04 Aug 2026,·51 mins
Maturing
Tom Bateman examines the history of the special relationship between the US and Israel.
12 May 2025,·42 mins
The Story of Strike
Jonny Owen selects highlights from the podcast series about the 1984-85 miners' strike.
03 Jun 2024,·30 mins
Episode 3
Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time as prime minister.
05 Oct 2010,·45 mins
The struggles and obstacles as the government tries to roll out its bold reforms.
22 Jan 2012,·30 mins
The low pay puzzle
Why, after 25 years of rising wages, do most workers feel worse off?
25 Mar 2024,·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
The Ethics of AI
Professor Michael Sandel and an audience at the Hay Festival consider the ethics of AI.
11 Jun 2024,·37 mins
The Courts
James Naughtie examines why Donald Trump's judges may be his greatest achievement.
22 Feb 2021,·28 mins
North East
Gateshead woman's mission to save Dunston Park
Emma has started a petition to save Dunston Park after vandalism to the equipment.
06 Aug 2026,·6 mins
Series 1
Episode 5
Matthew Parris on valedictories which embarrassed ministers.
17 Nov 2009,·15 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
Michael Portillo examines the past and future of democracy over 2,500 years.
25 May 2010,·45 mins
Anti-Semitism with Luciana Berger and Lisa Nandy
Luciana Berger and Lisa Nandy react to the report on anti-Semitism in the Labour party.
30 Oct 2020,·27 mins
Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
08 Nov 2013,·15 mins
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver discusses how she will write about a new America under President Trump.
21 Jan 2017,·15 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
BBC News US Election 2024: America Decides
In-depth reporting, analysis and breaking news from the US presidential election
05 Nov 2024,·49 mins
Bracing for 2024
Owen Bennett-Jones explores the risk of a constitutional crisis after the next US election
04 Nov 2022,·14 mins
Language Wars
How French became a cultural and political battleground
29 Mar 2002,·28 mins
Episode 2
Carolyn Quinn looks at the science behind successful leadership.
11 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)
Jeremy Bowen hears from people who have witnessed the repression in Syria.
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Series 5
Science
Satellites, malaria and polar ice caps, how is Brexit affecting UK science?
23 Jun 2023,·14 mins
The American Guardrails
Can democracy ever be safe?
28 Oct 2024,·42 mins
ALEX SALMOND TRIAL DAY 11
Daily report from the High Court in Edinburgh
23 Mar 2020,·11 mins
Humour in Politics
Mary Ann Sieghart examines the role of humour in politics.
09 Jun 2012,·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
Abortion
James Naughtie examines the backdrop to this year's United States presidential election.
29 Sep 2024,·28 mins
Le Divide - Fraternite
How France is facing the challenges of liberty, fraternity and equality. Today: fraternite
25 Mar 2020,·28 mins
