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

Joe v Max
The story of the fight that gripped the world in 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling.

Altamont: The Death of the Hippie Dream
Mick Jagger's personal assistant returns to the scene of the Rolling Stones' 1969 concert.

High Crimes and Misdemeanours: US Presidential Impeachment
Michael Goldfarb looks back at how impeachment became a tool of US partisan politics.

Pandora's Ballot Box
Philip Cowley explores how technology influenced elections long before the digital age.

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

Desert Island Myths: Three Centuries Of Robinson Crusoe
Christopher Frayling explores the creation and legacy of Defoe's controversial novel.

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

Here's Looking at You, Parents!
Parenting comedy couple Josie Long and Jonny Donahoe share their parenting archive clips.

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