The Archive
Seriously interesting documentaries from Radio 4.
999 - Which Service Do You Require?
Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, 80 years after it was introduced.
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Rock Transition
A look at how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create era-defining art and music
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Port Talbot Paradiso
Actor Michael Sheen's tells the story of Port Talbot's famous art deco Plaza cinema.
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Butterbeer and Grootcakes
Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real.
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When Women Wore the Trousers
Laura Barton presents a brief history of trousers from function to fashion.
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Miss Simpson's Children
The story of how one woman offered refuge to leading intellectuals fleeing from the Nazis.
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The Invention of the USA: Borderlands
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
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The Organ Beauty Pageant
Is it fair to find your own living organ donor on Facebook? Lesley Curwen investigates.
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Trump at Studio 54
Frances Stonor Saunders on Trump's disco years and mentorship to McCarthy's henchman.
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1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
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A Woman Half in Shadow
Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Zora Neale Hurston's literary rebirth.
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Do Pass Go
Board games are back! What is their appeal in an increasingly digital world?
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Long Road to Change—Archive on 4
Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.
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Adventures in Social Mobility
What are the unwritten rules you must learn to get a top job?
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The Rise and Fall of the Meritocracy
Toby Young asks if his father's dark prophesy about meritocracy is becoming a reality.
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A Degree of Fraud
Ellie Cawthorne investigates the multimillion pound trade in fake essays and dissertations
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Salam to Queen and Country
Zubeida Malik speaks to Muslim soldiers in the British army.
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AL Kennedy's Migraine
AL Kennedy talks to migraineurs and neurologists about this debilitating illness.
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The Origins of the American Dream
The American Dream: where does the idea come from and how has its meaning changed?
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The Language of Others
Times columnist Iain Martin examines the role of language differences in social divides.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
Actress Cherylee Houston explores the link between pain and creativity.
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Tim Samuels' Sleepover: Inside the Israeli Hospital
Tim Samuels meets Israeli doctors treating Syrians smuggled over the border.
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The Great Egg Freeze
Fi Glover takes a personal journey into the controversial trend of egg freezing.
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The Mind in the Media
How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.
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