Politics and Government, Foreign Aid, Intelligence/Interrogation

Last Edited: 17-Oct-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

General
see also
Origins of the Modern Public
Date Title Cast Parameters
28-Jun-2011
05-Jul-2011
06-Sep-2011 to
20-Sep-2011
The Reith Lectures -- Securing Freedom: 2011
  1. Liberty
  2. Dissent
  3. Terror
  4. Security
  5. Freedom
Aung San Suu Kyi (1-2)
Eliza Manningham-Buller (3-5)
5 files
3:28:48, 191 MB, S

United Kingdom, England

see also
Brexit: A Love Story?
British Conservatism -- The Grand Tour
Prime Ministers, The
UK Confidential
What’s the Point of
Why Did We Do That?
Date Title Cast Parameters
12-Nov-1997 to
03-Dec-1997
Power and How To Get It
  1. Politics
  2. The Church
  3. Business
  4. The Law
Jeremy Hardy
Producer Brian King
4 files
1:48:50, 149 Mb, S
03-Sep-1998 to
15-Oct-1998
Matrix of Power
  1. Number 10 Downing Street
  2. Parliaments
  3. The Treasury
  4. the House of Lords
  5. local democracy
  6. the Cabinet
  7. The European Union
Michael White
  1. Producer: Dennis Sewell
  2. Producer Zareer Masani
  3. Producer Anthony Dworkin
  4. Producer Noah Richler
  5. Producer Sue Davies
  6. Producer Zareer Masani
  7. Producer Sheila Cook
7 files
3:13:33, 265 MB, S
18-Nov-1998 to
02-DEc-1998
Two Swords' Lengths
  1. 1945 to 1963
  2. 1963-75
  3. 1975 to the Present Day
Anthony Howard
Producer: Richard Vadon


MISSED
27:34, 38786, S
27:26, 38599, S
19-Apr-1999 to
03-May-1999
An Inspector Calls
  1. Sifting through the Ashes
  2. Shipshape
  3. The Disease Detectives
Jenny Cuffe
Producer: David Ross
3 files
1:21:58, 112 MB, S
20-Mar-2000 to
10-Apr-2000
From Doodlebugs to DIY:
Central Office of Information
  1. We Can Take It!
  2. Immigration
  3. serve the country
  4. road safety to Aids
Francis Wheen
Producer: Miriam Newman
27:51, 52227, S
MISSED
27:39, 51856, S
27:31, 51623, S
23-Nov-2000 to
14-Dec-2000
Props of Power
Michael White
Producer Paul Vickers
4 files
55:11, 101 MB, S
22-Nov-2001
Of One Company: the Beginning of the SAS
Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
26:59, 17393, S
08-Mar-2003 to
22-Mar-2003
Brief History of Tax, A
  1. The Taxmen
  2. The Taxers
  3. Tax Rebels
Ian Hislop
Producer Philip Sellars
3 files
1:22:46, 56.8 MB, S
06-Apr-2004
Where Have All the Young Men Gone?
2001 census
Jo Glanville
Producer: Anna Raphael
37:11, 34865, S
19-Apr-2004
On the School Beat
Producer: Sara Parker
27:47, 26056, S
16-Aug-2004
Getting Shirty
Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
27:53, 26152, S
09-Sep-2004
16-Sep-2004
23-Sep-2004
Club Class
  1. Skull and Bones
  2. The Press Barons
  3. The Intelligent Services
Simon Cox
Producer: Richard Vadon
27:51, 26112, S
28:04, 26323, S
27:52, 26140, S
02-Oct-2004
Power Names
Joe Queenan, John Sergeant, Gary Slapper
Producer: Miles Warde
27:40, 259548, S
18-Nov-2004 to
02-Dec-2004
The Battle for Influence
  1. Animal Rights Movement
  2. Smoking
  3. Gay Marriage
Simon Cox
  1. Producer: Richard Vadon
  2. Producer Jim Frank
  3. Producer: Richard Vadon
3 files
1:24:22, 77.2 MB, S
BBC TV2
20-Dec-2004
episode 2-10
Days that Shook the World --
Abdication Crisis
Narrated by Peter Guinness
Paul Betts, David Farrington, Gerry Hinks,
Julia Tarnoky
MP4 VIDEO
28:33, 291477
ending missing
-3=JAn-2005
A Stable Relationship
Vanessa Collingridge
Producer: Christopher Jones
28:05, 26340, S
18-Apr-2005
The Age Gap
Lord Weatherill
Producer: Sally Flatman
28:12, 26559, S
02-May-2005
The Election inspectors
Shaun Ley
Producer: Philippa Goodrich
28:12, 26448, S
11-May-2005 to
25-May-2005
Power Eating
  1. Margaret Thatcher - Mikhail Gorbachev
  2. Winston Churchill - John Maynard Keynes
  3. Harold Wilson - the unions
Anne Perkins
Producer: Jane Ashley
13:58, 13100, S
14:01, 13148, S
MISSED
13-Jul-2005
20-Jul-2005
Whatever Happened to Anarchism?
Wayne Brittenden
Producer: Nigel Acheson
14:03, 13179, S
14:16, 13388, S
27-Jul-2005
03-Aug-2005
The Lords Spiritual
Andrew Brown
Producer: Phil Pegum
14:49, 13905, S
14:06, 13234, S
10-Aug-2005 to
24-Aug-2005
House of Ladies
  1. The Trailblazers
  2. The Mouldbreakers
  3. Moving House
Julia Langdon
Producer: Susan Marling
14:00, 13129, S
14:12, 13318, S
14:07, 13236, S


22-Aug-2005
29-Aug-2005


16-Apr-2007
23-Apr-2007
Elementary, Dear Listener
  1. DNA fingerprinting
  2. offender profiling

  3. facial reconstruction
  4. profits of crime


Kevin Bocquet
Producers Ian Bent and Steve Taylor


MISSED
MISSED


28:05, 26329, S
28:10, 26420, S
01-Sep-2005
Get Rid of That Constable, I Want a Hockney
Mark Whitaker
Producer: Mark Whitaker
28:18, 26538, S
05-Sep-2005
12-Sep-2005
Look Back at Power
Steve Richards
Producer: Peter Mulligan
28:14, 26478, S
28:12, 26440, S
27-Sep-2005
The Right to Know
Michael Crick
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
37:04, 34761, S
28-Sep-2005
The Shadow of Thatcher
Andrew Marr, Douglas Hurd, Norman Tebbit,
David Willetts
Producers: Sheila Cook
43:04, 40377, S
02-Nov-2005 to
16-Nov-2005
Honest Politics
Geoff Mulgan
Producer: Michael Blastland
14:07, 13245, S
13:49, 12954, S
14:02, 13169, S
23-Nov-2005 to
07-Dec-2005
The New Powers That Be
Kirsten Lass, David Bell, David Norgrove,
Geraldine Peacock
Producer: Smita Patel
3 files
42:10, 38.6 MB, S
12-Dec-2005 to
28-Dec-2005

23-Jan-2008 to
06-Feb-2008
Politically Charged
  1. 1972 trial of Peter Hain
  2. the "Shrewsbury Pickets"
  3. the ABC Trial

  4. the Spycatcher case
  5. the 1971 trial of the hippy magazine Oz
  6. McLibel trial
Clive Anderson
Producer: Jane Ashley
6 files
1:24:04, 76.9 MB, S
01-Jan-2006 Churchill Confidential
Meeting Notebooks on the wartime
cabinet by Undersecretary Norman Brook
Charles Wheeler with Hugh Dickson, Jonathan
Keeble, Tim Pigott-Smith, David Ryall, David
Timson, Geoffrey Whitehead
Directed by Penny Leicester
52:26, 49158, S
16-Jan-2006
23-Jan-2006
Court of Last Resort
Joshua Rozenberg
Producer Brian King
28:13, 26462, S
28:04, 26316, S
08-Feb-2006 to
22-Feb-2006
The Party's Over
Shaun Ley
Editor: Terry Dignan
3 files
42:50, 39.2 MB, S
01-Mar-2006
The SDP Diaspora
Mark D'Arcy
Producer Mark D'Arcy
14:06, 13234, S
05-Apr-2006
How to Write a Political Diary
Gyles Brandreth
Producer: Chris Bond
28:39, 26862, S
19-Apr-2006
The Gentleman Usher
Sir Edward Jones
Producer: Mandy Baker
14:27, 13558, S
26-Apr-2006
03-May-2006
The Lloyd George Papers
Trevor Fishlock
Producer Llinos Jones
14:03, 13178, S
14:16, 13378, S
10-May-2006
17-May-2006
What Is Left? What Is Right?
Jonathan Freedland
Producer Brian King
43:05, 40403, S
43:00, 40314, S
20-Sep-2006
27-Sep-2006
An Anthropologist in the House of Lords
Emma Crewe
Producer Penny Boreham
14:08, 13251, S
14:27, 13548, S
18-Oct-2006
25-Oct-2006
Come and Join Us
Geoff Mulgan
Producer: Jim Frank
13:18, 12470, S
13:37, 12779, S
28-Oct-2006
Corridors of Power
Christopher Meyer, Shami Chakrabati, Ian Hislop
Producer: Rachel Hooper
28:03, 26307, S
01-Nov-2006
08-Nov-2006
Class Conscious
John Cole
Producer: Jane Ashley
14:09, 13267, S
14:12, 13316, S
06-Dec-2006 to
20-Dec-2006
Political Rhetoric
Edward Pearce
Producer: Simon Hollis
3 files
42:30, 38.9 MB, S
01-Jan-2007 Attlee Confidential
Meeting Notebooks on the Atlee
cabinet by Undersecretary Norman Brook
Charles Wheeler
Directed by Penny Leicester
producer David Prest
43:57, 41217, S
06-Jan-2007  You've Never Had It So Good Peter Hennessy, Denis Healey, Douglas Hurd
Producer: Rob Shepherd
28:16, 26509, S
26-Feb-2007
05-Mar-2007
Divided Britain
  1. Schools, Segregation and Strife
  2. Race, Rifts and Rebuilding
Libby Purves
Producer: Sally Chesworth
28:26, 26667, S
28:28, 26703, S
08-Mar-2007 to
22-Mar-2007
Shape Up Sir Humphrey
Anne Perkins
Producer: Jane Ashley
3 files
1:24:21, 77.2 MB, S
18-Apr-2007
25-Apr-2007 
Foreign Studies Ann Treneman
Producer: Sheila Cook
13:53, 13017, S
13:42, 12856, S
21-Apr-2007
When the Power's Switched Off
Michael Crick
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
28:15, 26496, S
05-May-2007
Taking the Mick out of Tony
Simon Hoggart, Ian Hislop, Rory Bremner,
Steve Bell
Producer: Hugh Levinson
27:56, 26202, S
18-May-2007
The Insider's Guide to Writing a Prime Ministerial
Memoir

Rory Bremner
Producer: David Stenhouse
27:41, 25968, S
18-Jun-2007
The Politicians We Deserve
Peter Snow
Producer: Andrew Green
28:07, 26465, S
02-Jul-2007
Blair's Endgame - the Backbench Diaries
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
28:05, 26329, S
02-Jul-2007
09-Jul-2007
History's Witness
Kevin Connolly
Producer: Rachel Hooper
28:09, 26393, S
28:06, 26354, S
22-Aug-2007
29-Aug-2007
Is That a Deal?
  1. Thatcher and Robert Mugabe
  2. Blair and Ashdown
Michael Cockerell
Producer Brian King
14:10, 13287, S
14:03, 13184, S
05-Sep-2007
Minding the Shop
what happens when the Prime Minister goes away
Tony Howard
Producer Mark Savage
14:02, 13161, S
12-Sep-2007
19-Sep-2007
Not My Words, Mr Speaker
Matthew Parris
Producer: Paul Twinn
13:59, 13122, S
14:10, 13294, S
23-Sep-2007 to
21-Oct-2007
The Preposterous Files
  1. Metropolitan Police: the Tardis
  2. Death by Beer
  3. The Falmouth Dolphin
  4. Asylum Seeker or Scrounger?
  5. The Wrong Button?
Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
5 files
1:10:16, 64.2 MB, S
26-Sep-2007
The Callaghan Factor
Michael White
Producer: Leala Padmanabhan
14:08, 13252, S
03-Oct-2007
The Buzz Of Politics
Gerry Northam
Producer: David Edmonds
14:12, 13320, S
10-Oct-2007
Preparing for Power
Elinor Goodman
Producer: Jane Ashley
14:07, 13249, S
21-Nov-2007
The Jobseeker's Guide to Parliaments
Lesley Riddoch
Producer: Dave Batchelor
14:19, 13434, S
09-Jan-2008
16-Jan-2008
Do Nothing – political minimalism
Simon Heffer
Producer: Dennis Sewell
13:26, 12597, S
13:58, 13099, S
01-Apr-2008
Inside the British Council
Emily Maitlis
Producer Kate Bland
37:35, 35236, S
07-Apr-2008
Nationalise It!
Will Hutton, Tony Benn, Jacques Attali
Producer: Mark Smalley
28:20, 26574, S
07-Apr-2008
Policing the Landlords
Navid Akhtar
Producer: Sue Mitchell
27:57, 26207, S
23-Apr-2008
30-Apr-2008
When the Politician Meets the Architect
  1. Political Buildings
  2. Economics, Grand Designs and Vanity
    Construction
Jonathan Glancey
Producer: Jane Beresford
14:00, 13126, S
13:59, 13120, S
07-May-2008
The Sermon on the Mound
lain Macwhirter
Producer: David Stenhouse
14:04, 13195, S
14-May-2008 to
28-May-2008
For Whom the Division Bell Tolled
Michael Portillo
Producer: Philip Sellars
14:09, 13270, S
14:02, 13164, S
14:04, 13189, S
04-Jun-2008
11-Jun-2008
On Closer Inspection
Mandy Baker, Marcus Brigstocke
Producer: Mandy Baker
14:17, 13397, S
14:29, 13589, S
19-Jun-2008
Circles -- Circles of Support and Accountability
Producer: Sara Conkey
28:33, 26776, S

26-Jun-2008 to
10-Jul-2008

01-Jul-2008 to
29-Jul-2008
NHS at 60
National Doctors

the Cost of Health
  1. How Should the NHS Decide Which
    Treatments to Fund?
  2. What Responsibilities Do Patients
    Have to the NHS?
  3. Who Should Provide Healthcare?
  4. Who Pays?

Stuffing Their Mouths with Gold
by Jerome Vincent
(drama)



Chris Bowlby
Producer: Smita Patel


Branwen Jenkins
Producer: Laurence Grissell, Erin Riley
#1 missed
27:56, 26199, S
28:10, 26417, S


41:42, 39209, S
41:36, 39001, S
41:47, 39173, S
41:57, 39340, S
16-Jul-2008
23-Jul-2008
The Jewish Connection
150th anniversary of the Parliamentary Act
Ruth Cowan, Edwina Currie, Malcolm Rifkind,
Martin Gilbert
Producer: David Prest
14:02, 13168, S
14:01, 13144, S
23-Jul-2008
30-Jul-2008

Cold Case
  1. Rapist and cold case review
  2. DNA techniques
Penny Marshall
Produced by Eve Streeter

28:27, 26682, S
27:58, 26229, S

17-Jul-2008 to
14-Aug-2008
The Last Post
Mark Stephen
Producer: Mark Rickards
5 files
1:09:35, 63.7 MB, S
20-Aug-2008
Westminster Follies
the history of the building of the Palace
of Westminster
Michael White
Unknown: Terry Dignan
14:15, 13369, S
27-Aug-2008 to
10-Sep-2008
The Condensed History of Political Parties
  1. the Conservative Party
  2. the Liberal (Democrat) Party
  3. the Labour Party
Adam Long
Producer: Mandy Baker
14:17, 13401, S
14:07, 13246, S
14:21, 13455, S
22-Oct-2008
05-Nov-2008
Classrooms to Power
  1. Churchill
  2. Thatcher.
Michael Dobbs
Producer: Simon Coates
13:59, 13123, S
13:54, 13042, S
12-Nov-2008
19-Nov-2008
Historians in the Tent of the General
Andrew Roberts
Producer: Mark Rickards
14:11, 13305, S
14:03, 13176, S
26-Nov-2008
03-Dec-2008
Received Wisdom
Simon Hoggart
Producer: Mandy Baker
13:52, 13001, S
13:41, 12834, S
10-Dec-2008
17-Dec-2008
The Draftsman's Contract
Shaun Ley
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
13:52, 13008, S
13:50, 12980, S
08-Jan-2009
Inside City Hall
Shaun Ley, Boris Johnson
Producer: Sarah Harrison
27:56, 26203, S
29-Apr-2009
06-May-2009
Petitioning the Modern Way
Jon Ronson
Producer: Benjamin Partridge
14:00. 13131. S
13:40, 12825, S
23-Jun-2009
The Age of Ming
Robert Orchard
Producer: Peter Mulligan
28:13, 26469, S
28-Jun-2009
Moats, Mortgages and Mayhem
Nick Robinson
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
27:33, 25829, S
01-Jul-2008
08-Jul-2008
Dave's Friends in the North
Anne McElvoy
Producer Rebecca Stratford
13:55, 13054, S
13:26, 12608, S
08-Jul-2009
The Garden Room Girls
Naomi Grimley.
Producer: Alicia Trujillo
27:56, 26192, S
12-Jul-2009
Gordon's Women
Martha Kearney
Producer: Kate Dixon
27:37, 25892, S
13-Jul-2009
The Political Club
Michael Crick
Producer: Giles Edwards
27:56, 26188, S
21-Jul-2009
Expenses: the MPs' Story
Becky Milligan
Producer: Mark Alden
27:41, 25955, S
29-Jul-2009
Strangers in the Lobby
Producer: Rachel Hooper
13:44, 12880, S
02-Aug-2009 to
19-Aug-2009
The Election Agent
Shaun Ley
Producer Giles Edwards
13:51, 12994, S
13:56, 13063, S
13:49, 12965, S
26-Aug-2009
The Public Meeting
John Beesley
Producer: John Beesley
14:00, 13139, S
31-Aug-2009 to
09-Sep-2009
Where Did It All Go Right
  1. the national minimum wage
  2. compulsory to wear seat belts
  3. major Japanese car companies
Philip Cowley
Producer: Jane Ashley
27:44, 26006, S
28:00, 26262, S
27:49, 26084, S
08-Sep-2009
Top Dogs: Britain's New Supreme Court
Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Simon Coates
36:56, 34626, S
09-Sep-2009
The Last Chance Court
Jenny Cuffe
Producer: Jenny Cuffe
27:46, 26043, S
07-Oct-2009 to
21-Oct-2009
Conserving What?
Peter Osborne
Producer: Sheila Cook
13:45, 12898, S
13:52, 13003, S
13:57, 13094, S
12-Oct-2009
Brighton: the Bomb that Changed Politics
Michael Dobbs
Producer: Simon Coates
27:55, 26187, S
19-Oct-2009 to
21-Oct-2009
How to Run a City
Shari Vahl
Producer: Phil Tinline
27:39, 25923, S
27:52, 26137, S
27:38, 25909, S
28-Oct-2009
Avoiding the Question
Jon Sopel
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
13:57, 13092, S
15-Nov-2009
The Candidates
Shaun Ley
Producer: Catherine Donegan
27:43, 25998, S
02-Dec-2009
09-Dec-2009
Political Roots
  1. Liberals
  2. Labour
Richard Reeves
Producer: Sheila Cook
13:48, 12939, S
13:34, 12720, S
07-Dec-2009 to
21-Dec-2009
Policing Britain
  1. The Police and the Public
  2. Policing for the 21st Century
  3. The Justice We Deserve?
Andy Hayman
Producer: Richard Clemmow
28:25, 26642, S
27:51, 26114, S
27:50, 26101, S
30-Jan-2010
Travels With The Prime Minister
Julia Langdon
27:52, 26126, S
10-Feb-2010
Class Dismissed -
class as an issue in British politics

13:43, 12864, S
15-Feb-2010
Paying for the Party
Anne McElvoy
28:05, 26329, S
22-Feb-2010
Governing Away
governments in exile
Clive Anderson
27:49, 26085, S
10-May-2010
Gordon Brown: A Political Life
Shaun Ley
28:32, 26764, S
11-May-2010 to
25-May-2010
Democracy on Trial
Michael Portillo
Producer: Philip Sellars
41:13, 38649, S
41:39, 39060, S
41:51, 39237, S
14-May-2010
19-May-2010
Day One in Number 10
Peter Hennessy
Producer: Giles Edwards
27:41, 25965, S
27:54, 26171, S
19-May-2010
I'd Like to Thank the Returning Officer
Phil Collins
Producer: Giles Edwards
13:42, 12855, S
26-May-2010
Real Life Party Animals
Dom Joly
13:56, 13065, S
01-Jun-2010
04-Aug-2010
Westminster Newbies
Elinor Goodman
Producer: Marie Jessel
28:00, 26251, S
14:00, 13133, S
02-Jun-2010
Lib-Con: New Politics, Old Partnership
Shaun Ley
13:49, 12962, S
17-Jul-2010
My Politician is Funnier Than Yours
Ava Vidal
Producer: Rachel Hooper
27:45, 26029, S
21-Jul-2010
28-Jul-2010
The Curse of the Number Two
Julia Langdon
14:02, 13160, S
13:48, 12941, S
07-Sep-2010
Labour Saving Devices
Shaun Ley
Producer: Kate Dixon
37:01, 34707, S
21-Sep-2010 to
05-Oct-2010
The Brown Years
Steve Richards
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
41:55, 39312, S
41:51, 39239, S
41:58, 39350, S
08-Dec-2010 to
22-Dec-2010
Blond on Britain
  1. The Monarchy
  2. The House of Lords
  3. The Church of England
Phillip Blond
Producer: Adele Armstrong
13:47, 12937, S
13:44, 12881, S
13:24, 12570, S
03-Jan-2011 to
17-Jan-2011
Lords a Living
  1. Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford
  2. Baroness Richardson of Calow
  3. Lord Brooke
Ruth McDonald
Producer: Regina Gallen
27:52, 26136, S
27:37, 25899, S
27:43, 25999, S
02-Jan-2011
What the Minister Saw
Philip Mould
Producer: Giles Edwards
13:52, 13013, S
16-Aug-2011
One Hundred Years of Secrecy
Peter Hennessy
Producer: Rob Shepherd
41:51, 39244, S
13-Sep-2011
The Price of Power
Jonathan Freedland
Producer: Neil Rosser
37:32, 35202, S
26-Sep-2011 to
10-Oct-2011
In Defence of Politics
Matthew Flinders
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
27:46, 26042, S
27-Dec-2011
Buying Defence
Francis Tusa
36:37, 34338, S
08-Jan-2012 to
22-Jan-2012
David Cameron s Big Idea
Steve Richards
Producer: Leala Padmanabhan
27:55, 26194, S
27:51, 26125, S
27:47, 26068, S
30-Jan-2012 to
13-Feb-2012
What Are the Police For
Mark Easton
Producer: Giles Edwards
27:43, 25999, S
27:42, 25988, S
27:25, 25711, S
07-Mar-2012
14-Mar-2012
Building the Big Society
  1. Organising
  2. Cooperating
Giles Edwards
Producer: Giles Edwards
27:45, 26023, S
27:41, 25972, S
10-Jun-2012 The Speaker, Behind the Scenes Mark D'Arcy
Producer: Chris Bond
27:50, 26045, S
25-Jun-2012 The Heath Caper Gordon Corera
Producer: Mark Savage
28:00, 26210, S
10-Jul-2012 No Extremists Please - We're British! Trevor Phillips
Producer: Will Yates
27:33, 25782, S
19-Nov-2012 What Does Ed Miliband Really Think? Steve Richards
Producer: Leala Padmanabhan
27:55, 26135, S
27-Nov-2012 The State of Welfare Jane Garvey and Julian Worricker
Producers: Elaine Lester, Sharmini Selvarajah
174:47, 163493, S
01-Jan-2012 Ben Goldacre's Bad Evidence Ben Goldacre
produced by Ramit Tzabar
36:47, 34423, S
14-Jan-2013 Where Did All the Comrades Go? Max Cotton
Producer: Adam Bowen
27:51, 26066, S
25-Feb-2013 This Eurosceptic Isle James Landale
Producer: Martin Rosenbaum
27:48, 26025, S
05-Mar-2013
12-Mar-2013
In Defence of Bureaucracy Gus O'Donnell
Producer: Will Yates
27:40, 25892, S
27:44, 25972, S
02-Apr-2013 The Deprofessionals Mathew Hill
Producer: Mark Smalley
36:42, 34353, S
08-Apr-2013 Margaret Thatcher: Potency and Paradox Peter Riddell
produced by Simon Coates
57:03, 53418, S
09-Apr-2013
The People's Thatcher
Andrew Neil
produced by Paula McGinley
41:23, 38754, S
14-May-2013
The Art of the Foreign Minister Jonathan Powell
produced by David Stenhouse
36:40, 34346, S
20-Jan-2014
Declared Interests: The Business of Politics
Owen Bennett Jones
Producer: Gemma Newby
27:38, 25864, S
10-Feb-2014
17-Feb-2014
Nick Clegg: The Liberal Who Came to Power
Steve Richards
Producer: Leala Padmanabhan
27:58, 26167, S
27:56, 26151, S
02-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2014
Would That Work Here?
  1. Estonian E-Democracy
  2. New Zealand's Faultless Fix
  3. Norway's Prison Regime
  4. Japan: Cashless Community Care for
    the Elderly
Claire Bolderson
Produced by Jennie Walmsley and Ruth Evans
42:34, 39826, S
42:42, 39952, S
42:36, 39861, S
42:42, 39948, S
05-Jan-2015 to
08-Jan-2015
Magna Carta
  1. The Road to Magna Carta
  2. Runnymede, 1215
  3. The Aftermath of Runnymede
  4. The Legacy of Magna Carta
Melvyn Bragg
Producer: Thomas Morris
27:52, 32643, S
27:54, 32674, S
27:51, 32620, S
27:46, 32530, S
02-Mar-2015
The Spy Who Came In from Al-Qaeda
Aimen Dean
41:51, 49053, S
20-Apr-2015 to
25-Apr-2015
Election Snapshots
  1. Winston Churchill, 1945
  2. Margaret Thatcher, 1983
  3. Cherie Blair, 1997
  4. Charles Kennedy, 2001
  5. 2010 Gordon Brown
  1. Peter Hennessey, Martin Huggles
  2. Lord Bell, Herbie Knott
  3. Cherie Blair, Mathieu Polak
  4. Iain Simpson, Andy Scaysbrook
  5. David Muir, Jeff Mitchell

produced by Jonathan Brunett

11:31, 13496, S
11:34, 13564, S
11:48, 13824, S
11:18, 13244, S
11:30, 13473, S

Foreign Aid
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
06-Jan-2013
13-Jan-2013
Inside the Aid Industry
  1. Nairobi
  2. South Sudan
Edward Stourton
Producer: Eve Streeter

27:38, 25861, S
27:38, 25864, S

Intelligence, Interrogation
Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
27-Jul-2009 to
10-Aug-2009
MI6: A Century in the Shadows
  1. Gadgets and Green Ink
  2. Heroes and Villains
  3. New Enemies
Gordon Corera
28:07, 26372, S
28:06, 26352, S
28:01, 26267, S
30-Mar-2010
GCHQ: Cracking the Code
Gordon Corera
Producer: Mark Savage
37:03, 34750, S
30-Jul-2012 Torture in the 21st Century
John Sweeney
Producer: David Coomes

27:05, 25343, S
15-Oct-2012 Interrogators without Pliers
Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson

27:41, 25913, S