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Archive on 4 Episodes

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    Uses of Literacy Now

    The Uses of Literacy - what can a book on class written 60 years ago tell us about today?

  2. Beyond the Kitchen Sink

    Paul Allen uses the archive to explore the social changes that led to the British New Wave

  3. Diana: A Life Backwards

    The life of Diana, Princess of Wales - movingly portrayed in reverse chronology.

  4. Inquiries - Facing Our Failures

    Chris Bowlby reveals a rich history of public inquiries from rail crashes to treachery.

  5. Grayson Perry: En Garde

    Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.

  6. The Myth of Homosexual Decriminalisation

    Peter Tatchell on how the 1967 Sexual Offences Act failed to provide equality for gay men.

  7. Roy Jenkins - Father of the Permissive Society?

    Richard Weight explores the key role of Roy Jenkins in the liberal reforms of the 1960s.

  8. A Brief History of the Truth

    The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible

  9. The Real Summer of Love

    Historian and writer Dominic Sandbrook looks beyond the flower power, 50 years on.

  10. Apocalypse Nigh

    Broadcaster Robin Ince explores our longstanding obsession with the end of days.

  11. The Thirty Year Itch

    Phil Tinline explores what the turmoil of the 1970s tells us about British politics today.

  12. 06/07/2002

    Surprising history and compelling testimonies of US immigrants using Ellis Island gateway.

  13. 999 - Which Service Do You Require?

    Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, launched in 1937.

  14. Father's Day

    Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.

  15. Dictators on the Couch

    For decades, the CIA profiled the minds of foreign leaders. Daniel Pick investigates.

  16. Femmes Fatales

    Screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the film noir femme fatale's enduring mystique.

  17. Blinded by War

    Adam Scourfield interviews three British veterans blinded in conflict.

  18. Roots and Holocaust: When TV Taught Us a History Lesson

    Gary Younge and Jonathan Freedland reflect on the impact of two landmark TV series.

  19. A New Life in Europe Revisited

    A family of Syrian migrants relive their perilous journey to seek a new life in Europe.

  20. The 90s: A Holiday from History

    Jonathan Freedland re-examines the 1990s as a rare decade of peace and prosperity.

  21. Archive Fever

    Matthew Sweet on the modern proliferation of archives.

  22. Long Road to Change

    Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.

  23. Reporting Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines

    Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism.

  24. Seventy Years in the Planning

    Will Self walks the London green belt in search of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

  25. Torrey Canyon and the Toxic Tides

    50 years after the Torrey Canyon, the story of Britain's worst environmental disaster.

  26. The Mind in the Media

    How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

  27. The Shape of Things That Came

    Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.

  28. 1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

    Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

  29. A Brief History of Lust

    American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.

  30. A Brief History of Failure

    Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.

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