From the Archive
Listen to an ever growing selection of programmes from the Radio 4 archives.
Golden Girls—Sport and the British
Clare Balding explains how the 1960s saw women athletes finally take centre stage.
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Icelandic Sagas—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Icelandic sagas.
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David Bowie - the Return—Front Row
John Wilson assesses David Bowie's music and influence in the light of a new album.
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Earworms
6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating why songs get stuck in our head
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Double-headed serpent—A History of the World in 100 Objects, The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)
Neil MacGregor with one of the stars of the British Museum - an Aztec serpent
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Osprey—Tweet of the Day
Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey.
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Malala's Diary
The blog of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai voiced by British girls her age.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Liberty—The Reith Lectures, Securing Freedom
Aung San Suu Kyi explores what freedom means in the first of the 2011 Reith Lectures.
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Behind the Royal Image—The Art of Monarchy
Will begins looks at some of the most personal royal images in the Royal Collection.
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Space Tourism—The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 8
Brian Cox and Robin Ince talk space exploration and space tourism with actor Brian Blessed
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The Dog and the Whale
Tucker the sniffer dog takes a boat trip to save the whales.
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Cricket and the English Hero—Sport and the British
Clare investigates the role our sporting heroes play in shaping national identity.
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Jonathan Agnew—Desert Island Discs
Cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell—The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili talks to astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
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Listener Uploads—The Listening Project Omnibus
Fi Glover with a selection of conversations uploaded by listeners themselves.
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Engagement—The Digital Human, Series 3
Aleks Krotoski finds out if what engages us in the real world can ever be digitised.
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In Search of Love—Ramblings, Series 24
Clare Balding meets those who have found love and companionship through walking.
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The Mysterious Mr Mercury
Midge Ure goes in search of the real Freddie Mercury.
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Catherine Tate interviews David Tennant—Chain Reaction, Series 4
The Doctor Who stalwarts meet in the tag talk show.
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Graduate Employment—The Long View
Jonathan Freedland looks at graduate employment today and in the 16th century.
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Florence Nightingale—Great Lives
Dr Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, chooses Florence Nightingale.
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Garlic, the wonder bulb—The Food Programme
Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic.
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Mexico's Village Vigilantes—Crossing Continents
Linda Pressly meets the vigilantes fighting Mexico's criminal gangs in Guerrerro State.
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Justin Bieber—Profile
Mark Coles on Canadian pop phenomenon Justin Bieber, who upset British fans on his UK tour
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