Song of the Singer Sewing Machine

The Singer sewing machine has whirred its way through history as Maria Margaronis unravels

• 60 mins

A Natural History of the Banker

Andrew Ross Sorkin traces the reputation of UK and USA bankers through history.

• 58 mins

Speaking in Public: Archive on 4 Goes Live!

David Bramwell sets out to prove that anyone can be a good public speaker.

• 58 mins

No Platform

Andrew Hussey on the history of the 'no platform' debates raging on university campuses.

• 60 mins

Being Bored: The Importance Of Doing Nothing

Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.

• 58 mins

Logan's Run and Intergenerational War

Ed Howker looks at the world depicted in the science fiction novel Logan's Run.

• 57 mins

Lloyd George's Revolution

Peter Hennessy tells how Lloyd George galvanised Britain as war leader a century ago.

• 60 mins

Instant History

University of Hertfordshire students create an oral history archive - in a weekend.

• 57 mins

The Bathrooms Are Coming: An Internal History of Corporate Comms

In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.

• 57 mins

Old Year's Night

James Naughtie investigates the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.

• 60 mins

Asa Briggs: The Last Victorian Improver

Tristram Hunt tracks the life's work of the historian and university founder Asa Briggs.

• 57 mins

The Politician and the Judge

Geoffrey Robertson QC on the changing relationship between the courts and the government.

• 58 mins

How Marx Made the Right

Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.

• 58 mins

Ovid in Changing Times

Tom Holland explores Ovid's approach to change.

• 57 mins

A Brief History of Failure

Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.

• 57 mins

A Brief History of Lust

American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.

• 60 mins

1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd

Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions

• 58 mins

The Shape of Things That Came

Professor Sean Street uses audio archives to explore the future history novel by HG Wells.

• 57 mins

The Mind in the Media

How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.

• 57 mins

Torrey Canyon and the Toxic Tides

50 years after the Torrey Canyon, the story of Britain's worst environmental disaster.

• 58 mins

Seventy Years in the Planning

Will Self walks the London green belt in search of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

• 60 mins

Reporting Terror: 50 Years Behind the Headlines

Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism.

• 58 mins

Long Road to Change

Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.

• 57 mins

A New Life in Europe Revisited

A family of Syrian migrants relive their perilous journey to seek a new life in Europe.

• 58 mins

Roots and Holocaust: When TV Taught Us a History Lesson

Gary Younge and Jonathan Freedland reflect on the impact of two landmark TV series.

• 57 mins

Blinded by War

Adam Scourfield interviews three British veterans blinded in conflict.

• 58 mins

Femmes Fatales

Screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the film noir femme fatale's enduring mystique.

• 57 mins

Dictators on the Couch

For decades, the CIA profiled the minds of foreign leaders. Daniel Pick investigates.

• 60 mins

Father's Day

Mark Thomas peels off the labels of fatherhood - from breadwinner to stay-at-home dad.

• 60 mins

999 - Which Service Do You Require?

Ian Sansom dials up the story of the 999 service, launched in 1937.

• 60 mins