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    Lights, Camera, Inaction: An Existential Guide to the Movies

    Matthew Sweet looks at why mainstream cinema and existentialism seem fond of each other.

  2. After The Fallout

    The human fall out from the Pacific Nuclear tests - dramatically revisited.

  3. Call Up: The Story of National Service

    60 years after the call-up ended, Richard Vinen looks back at National Service.

  4. The Decade of Distrust

    Laura Kuenssberg explores the foundations of the scandals that shook faith in elites.

  5. Everyone's A Star

    Chris Stokel-Walker assesses how YouTube has shaped and changed the society we live in.

  6. Andrea Levy: In Her Own Words

    Andrea Levy speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death.

  7. I Think I鈥檝e Been Here Before

    Repetition is everywhere. Repetition is persuasive. Has Ross Sutherland been here before?

  8. Backwards Brexit

    This week's Archive on 4 goes backwards in time to find the roots and routes of Brexit.

  9. The Science of Evil

    How the Holocaust created a new field of science - social psychology

  10. Call Jane at 643-3844

    A look back at Chicago's underground feminist abortion service.

  11. Questioning the Political Interview

    How can the political interview adapt to a changing political and media landscape?

  12. Virtues of Vulnerability with Ed Balls

    Ed Balls and guests reflect on the impact of showing one鈥檚 vulnerable side.

  13. Sontag's Radical Will

    Novelist Deborah Levy assesses the life and work of American writer Susan Sontag.

  14. Divided Nation

    Timandra Harkness asks if the nation is more divided now than it has been for fifty years

  15. The Problem of Leisure

    The history of a phantom fear -that automation will end work and leave us nothing to do.

  16. Peak Hype

    Murray Lachlan Young traces the rise of hyperbole and asks: Have we reached Peak Hype?

  17. Altamont: The Death of the Hippie Dream

    Mick Jagger's personal assistant returns to the scene of the Rolling Stones' 1969 concert.

  18. High Crimes and Misdemeanours: US Presidential Impeachment

    Michael Goldfarb looks back at how impeachment became a tool of US partisan politics.

  19. Pandora's Ballot Box

    Philip Cowley explores how technology influenced elections long before the digital age.

  20. Build the Wall!

    30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, Katy Long examines the history of border walls.

  21. Desert Island Myths: Three Centuries Of Robinson Crusoe

    Christopher Frayling explores the creation and legacy of Defoe's controversial novel.

  22. Here's Looking at You, Parents!

    Parenting comedy couple Josie Long and Jonny Donahoe share their parenting archive clips.

  23. Ghost in the Machine

    Dare you listen to a specially-crafted soundtrack of the supernatural?

  24. Akenfield Now

    How has English rural life changed since Ronald Blythe wrote his bestseller Akenfield?

  25. Our Anniversary Obsession

    From book publishers to Radio 4 commissioners, why are we so interested in anniversaries?

  26. Judy Garland: The Final Rainbow

    The spectacular story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London.

  27. Please Leave a Message after the Tone

    Are we hanging up on the voicemail? Olly Mann charts its rise, fall and strange afterlife.

  28. Panorama Broke My School

    How a 1977 TV documentary about one London school helped change education policy.

  29. Going to the Gay Bar

    Travis Alabanza investigates the impact of the closure of LGBTQ+ venues in the UK.

  30. The First Political Youthquake

    How did radical changes 50 years ago recast young people's engagement with UK politics?

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