Collections: Politics

Suffragettes

Women recall their struggle to win the vote.

Winston Churchill

Memories and tributes to the wartime Prime Minister.

Cambridge Spies

Five men who spied for the Soviet Union are gradually unmasked over four decades.

Swingometer

Watching the pendulum swing over election night results.

Margaret Thatcher

Follow Margaret Thatcher's journey on the road to Downing Street.

Apartheid in South Africa

What life was like under the racial segregation system

Big Ben

The clock tower chimes as a symbol of London.

American politics

The Presidents, key figures and events that have shaped American politics.

Nancy Astor, 1959

Nancy Astor, the first woman MP to take her seat in 1919, talks to Panorama

Northern Ireland Border Referendum, 1973

"On this issue, there are no floating voters, no don't knows" Northern Ireland was preparing for a border poll

Chesterfield's other candidates, 1984

Moira Stuart read out the 'other' candidates in the Chesterfield by-election. Glorious!

Full programmes

Breakfast with Frost - Tony Blair, 2003

Sir David Frost interviews Prime Minister Tony Blair on the conditions that would lead to Britain's participation in any invasion of Iraq

Breakfast with Frost - Dominique de Villepin, 2003

Sir David Frost interviews French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, on the situation in Iraq, their military capability and giving more time to weapons inspectors

More archive things

Society and welfare

The changing face of Britain, from lifestyle and culture to law and ethics

War and conflict

Experience life during some of the darkest moments of history

Royalty

Decades in the lives of the Royal Family, as seen on television