Europe

In this time of crisis, Radio 4 reflects on Europe's past, present and future with a collection of programmes.

Recent Programmes

Generation E (Aug 2011)
Lucy Ash meets Europe's next generation at a time of economic and political turmoil.
Justin Webb on the Today programme (Sept 2011)
Justin Webb reports from Paris on French attitudes to the eurozone crisis.
Cash From the Crisis (Oct 2011)
Michael Robinson reveals how on-going economic volatility and uncertainty can also present golden investment opportunities - and how, through complex trades, bets and investments, some find cash in the current crisis.
The Invention of Germany (Oct 2011)
Misha Glenny presents a three part history of Germany before the world wars.
State of the Union (Oct 2011)
Five prominent thinkers from five EU countries offer personal reflections on the idea of Europe at this critical moment in its history.
Front Row: Umberto Eco (Oct 2011)
Kirsty Lang meets Italian intellectual and novelist Umberto Eco, now nearly 80, at his home in Milan. The writer looks back at the surprise success of his first novel The Name of the Rose, which has sold 50 million copies.
The Young Italians (Nov 2011)
Young Italian professionals working in the UK reveal how their economy has cast them out.
Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future (Dec 2011)
Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster.

Analysis: Divorcing Europe
Chris Bowlby investigates what would happen if Britain chose to leave the European Union.
Europe: Driving on the Right
Chris Bowlby looks at how the far right is influencing mainstream European politics.
Reith Lectures Archive: George Kennan - The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe (1957)
Professor Kennan considers why disagreements about frontiers and the political control of territory are so potent.
Reith Lectures Archive: Andrew Shonfield Europe - Journey to an Unknown Destination (1972)
Sir Andrew Shonfield, political economist and Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, debates British entry into the European Community.