Malcolm X in Oxford

Stephen Tuck asks why Malcolm X was so passionate about speaking at an Oxford Union debate

• 58 mins

Gone with the Wind: A Legacy

Diane Roberts examines the impact and legacy of the film classic, 75 years on.

• 58 mins

Peter and the Wolf

Christopher Frayling explores the untold story behind the creation of Prokofiev's classic.

• 58 mins

The Art of Filibustering

Ann Trenneman asks whether the filibuster has reached the end of its time.

• 58 mins

Mustn't Grumble: The Noble British Art of Complaining

Writer Bidisha explores how complaining has become such an important part of British life.

• 60 mins

Going to the Flicks

Episode 1

Barry Norman on the changing experience of British cinema going over the last century.

• 60 mins

Going to the Flicks

Episode 2

Charting the rise from the 1970s low ebb in cinema-going to today's exciting innovations.

• 60 mins

Alan Lomax - Songs of Freedom

Billy Bragg explores the politics behind the work of folklorist Alan Lomax.

• 58 mins

Coups and Coalitions: The Two Elections of 1974

Steve Richards on the political fears and shocks of 1974, and their lessons for today.

• 58 mins

Read My Lips: Why Politicians Speak the Way They Do

Jonathan Powell explores the secret language of politicians.

• 58 mins

Malled: 60 Years of Undercover Shopping

Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping mall.

• 58 mins

A Brief History of Anger

American satirist Joe Queenan presents spats, tantrums and explosions from the archive.

• 58 mins

Remembering Sue Townsend, Aged 68 ¾

Adrian Mole's creator, Sue Townsend, is remembered by friends, family and in her own words

• 60 mins

Lern Yerself Scouse

Paul Farley cooks a pot of Scouse as he explores the complex flavours of the Scouse accent

• 60 mins

Epic Fail

Grace Dent presents a field guide to failure.

• 57 mins

Who's Your Father, Referee?

Clive Anderson searches for a golden age of respect for the football referee.

• 58 mins

Black Aquarius

The dawning of the age of Black Aquarius, the second great wave of pop occultism in the UK

• 57 mins

The Entomology of Gregor Samsa

David Baddiel asks what kind of insect Gregor Samsa becomes in Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

• 58 mins

The Choke

Brains behaving badly: how talented people are fooled into failing. With Matthew Syed.

• 58 mins

Adventures in Alienation

Writer Amit Chaudhuri explores the idea of exile and modern, secular homelessness.

• 58 mins

The Tokens and the Foundlings

The story of the UK's first children's charity, The Foundling Hospital.

• 60 mins

The War Game Files

Whitehall files expose how the BBC and government connived to ban 1965 film The War Game.

• 58 mins

Morning Everyone

Rory Bremner celebrates the life of cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud.

• 60 mins

Bring Your Darlings Back To Life

What if the best anecdotes and stories had a programme to themselves?

• 60 mins

A Brief History of Shame

American satirist Joe Queenan explores Shame.

• 60 mins

Tomorrow's World, Today

Tomorrow's World presenter James Burke looks at the future the TV programme predicted.

• 60 mins

Destroyer of Worlds

How Britain developed the world's first atomic bomb only to lose it to the Americans.

• 57 mins

How to Make an Archive on 4

Alan Dein enters the strange world of instructional records.

• 60 mins

Shhhhhhh

Lucy Powell offers a quiet celebration of the rich and various virtues of silence.

• 58 mins

Cradle to Grave

The history of the NHS told through one hospital - the QEII in Welwyn Garden City.

• 58 mins