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    Is That Machine On?

    Stuart Maconie celebrates the golden age of the music press interview.

  2. The Monkhouse Files

    Bob Monkhouse guides Bob Sinfield through his memories, diaries and recordings.

  3. Commuterville

    Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.

  4. Listen to Britain

    The 1942 film Listen to Britain summed up our nation in sounds. How does it sound today?

  5. Britain and Biafra 50 Years On

    Afua Hirsch explores the Nigerian-Biafran War, its famine, and their legacy in Britain.

  6. The Long Shadow of Canary Wharf

    Jane Martinson meets fellow locals living in the shadow of London's Canary Wharf.

  7. 50 Years On: Rivers of Blood

    Amol Rajan reflects on Enoch Powell's 1968 Rivers of Blood speech and hears it in full.

  8. The Ultimate Trip: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey

    An exploration of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece of sci-fi.

  9. Per Ardua Ad Astra: RAF Voices

    From top brass to gunners, pilots and ground crew, the voices of a much-respected service.

  10. The King and Kennedy Assassinations: If the Dead Could Speak

    In 1968, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy were murdered. Michael Goldfarb reports.

  11. Disinformation: A User's Guide

    Phil Tinline mines the long history of disinformation to identify techniques in use today.

  12. The Advance Guard of the Avant-garde

    DJ Taylor tells the story of an influential group of experimental 1960s British writers.

  13. Don't Panic! It's The Douglas Adams Papers

    John Lloyd uncovers the private papers of the late Douglas Adams.

  14. The Bald Truth

    Ian Marchant investigates hair loss and why so many men (and some women) care so much.

  15. In the Wake of Wakefield

    Adam Rutherford explores the 20-year legacy of a paper linking the MMR vaccine and autism.

  16. A Brief History of Cunning

    American satirist Joe Queenan explores cunning.

  17. The Death of Illegitimacy

    Has the stigma of illegitimacy died out? Former MP Caroline Flint finds out.

  18. Back to Vietnam

    Julian Pettifer reflects on the Tet Offensive of 1968 as a turning point in world history.

  19. The Medium Is the Message

    Douglas Coupland explores the ideas, sound and vision of 1960s media seer Marshall McLuhan

  20. Frankenstein Lives!

    Christopher Frayling explores the rich and unsettling history of the Frankenstein myth.

  21. Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter

    The certainty of chance. Professor David Spiegelhalter investigates Luck.

  22. Lenny Henry on Richard Pryor: The Making of a Satirist

    Lenny Henry explores a transformative moment in the career of late comedian Richard Pryor.

  23. Bing Crosby Meets

    Ken Barnes explores how a beloved singer became king of radio.

  24. Return of the Anglosphere

    Post-Brexit, could the 'English-speaking world' work together? Jonathan Powell presents.

  25. British Jews, Right and Left

    Jo Coburn explores the changing political affiliations of British Jews and their salience.

  26. The Scandal Machine

    The story of scandal, from backstage to front page, printing press to digital age.

  27. The Pound in Your Pocket

    Frances Cairncross tells the inside story of the devaluation crisis of 1967.

  28. Close to Home - The Story of Local Radio

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

  29. Missing Isaiah Berlin

    Sir Isaiah Berlin died 20 years ago. Where are the Berlins of today? Jonathan Wolff asks.

  30. Close to the Edit

    Film-maker Mike Figgis explores the age of the edit.

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