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The Briefing Room

The Briefing Room

Ten years of The Briefing Room

14 May 2026

29 minutes

Available for over a year

It's ten years since the Briefing Room was first transmitted in May 2016. And what a decade it's been. To mark the tenth anniversary the programme looks at the biggest changes at home and abroad since that momentous day in British broadcasting. We’ve had Brexit, a pandemic, the Gaza war, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump - twice. It is hard to remember such a time. So David Aaronovitch's three expert guests will help him answer the question: are we even the same people as we were back then?

Guests:

Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs, King’s College London

Bronwen Maddox, Director and CEO, Chatham House

Meg Russell, Professor of British and Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science at University College London.

Presenter: David Aaronovitch

Producers: Caroline Bayley, Kirsteen Knight, Sally Abrahams

Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele

Sound engineers: James Beard and Neil Churchill

Editor: Richard Vadon