Archive on 4Episodes Episode guide
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Forged in Steel
Alan Dein retraces his journey around the UK in search of the story of steel.
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The Narrative Trap
Philosopher Julian Baggini explores how stories shape and distort our world.
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Paris with Marianne
Jude Rogers revisits her afternoon in Paris with Marianne Faithfull.
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Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on
A portrait of Robert Graves, 50 years on from the TV adaptation of I, Claudius.
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How the Muppet Show Began in Britain
Louise Gold celebrates The Muppet Show’s anarchic birth in Britain in the mid-1970s.
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A Ghost Story for Christmas
Katherine Rundell unearths the Christmas ghost story.
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The Battle of the Drina
The forgotten story of the siege of Goražde in the Yugoslav wars.
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A Journey Behind Bars
Rex Bloomstein reflects on 50 years exposing stark realities of prison life.
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Forbidden Britain: Brief Encounter Revisited
Nina Wadia on love, guilt and why Brief Encounter still stirs the British conscience.
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Man of the People: Paul Graney's Story
Jeffrey Richards tells the story of Paul Graney - audio history collector.
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Jodrell Bank at 80
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond
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Out of This World: 25 Years of the ISS
East and west collaborate to launch humanity’s first ever international space station.
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Aleister Crowley - Master of the Dark Arts
Paul Morley explores the scandalous life and intriguing musical legacy of Aleister Crowley
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A People's History of Gaza
Gaza's history, from the 1940s to the 2010s, told through the memories of ordinary people
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War & Peace: The UN at 80
At 80, does the peacekeeping organisation still have a role to play?
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One Last Chance to See
Katherine Rundell rediscovers Douglas Adams' epic journeys in search of threatened species
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Nine Votes that Count
Mark Damazer puts the US Supreme Court under the microscope.
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Pauline Cutting: Surgery Under Siege
Saleyha Ahsan tells the story of the woman who inspired her career and life.
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Freud v Klein: The Battle For Our Children's Minds
Tanya Byron explores how two remarkable women transformed the way we understand children.
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Outrage Inc
PR guru Mark Borkowski on the part stunts have played in the history of direct action.
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Damage and Repair
Hilary Ineomo-Marcus hears powerful stories of restorative justice in the UK.
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Exposing Hiroshima
The forgotten story of the first Western journalist to report on the Hiroshima atom bomb.
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Pétain on Trial: From Hero to Traitor
Allan Little explores the legacy of the trial that divided and shook France to its core.
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Time, Paper, Bone
The story of anti-apartheid activist James Booi's disappearance and reburial.
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100 Years of Mein Kampf
John Kampfner read the world’s most notorious book so you don’t have to.
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Simpson's Dictators
John Simpson looks back at the dictators he's met: the mad, the malign and the meek.
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We Were the Mods
Pete Townshend and Phil Daniels look back on Quadrophenia with their modern-day mirrors.
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Here We Go! The Art of the Football Chant
Les Back charts the history of football chants and asks if they’re modern-day folk songs.
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Into the Sharkiverse
Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years of Jaws with a hilarious history of shark fiction.
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Dispatches from the Food Front
Derek Cooper recalls memorable moments with The Food Programme.





























