Upon the Education of the People

Sathnam Sanghera explores social and emotional after-effects of the 1944 Education Act.

• 57 mins

Do You Speak English?

How the BBC taught the world English through radio and television

• 57 mins

Ronald v Donald

Phil Tinline asks what Ronald Reagan's re-election can tell us about a second Trump term.

• 57 mins

A Brief History of Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy - what is it good for? And who is it good for?

• 57 mins

Trouble Staying Still: ADHD's Identity Crisis

Sally Marlow reveals the changing faces of ADHD and why it remains so contentious.

• 57 mins

No Blacks No Irish

A personal ear-popping history of Irish and Caribbean people through culture and society.

• 57 mins

Section 28: Right to be Gay

Michael Cashman tells the story behind the culture war over sex education.

• 57 mins

A Child of Rover

Nathalie Olah revisits the story of Britain's leading volume car producer.

• 57 mins

Nato: Then, Now, Now What?

Michael Goldfarb looks back at 75 years of Nato's collective defence.

• 57 mins

Kenneth Williams: Said the Actor to the Bishop

Kenneth Williams recorded excerpts from the Bible. They've not been broadcast until now.

• 57 mins

Masters of the Impossible

Richard Wiseman explores the strange world of mind magic and the life of David Berglas.

• 57 mins

Against the Current: The Great Gatsby at 100

Sarah Churchwell marks the centenary of F Scott Fitzerald’s The Great Gatsby.

• 57 mins