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The Prime Minister v Olly Robbins
Sacked Foreign Office chief describes 'dismissive' attitude to Mandelson vetting.
21 Apr 2026,·34 mins
Politically Explosive
More on the Mandelson vetting row plus the MP and the shipwreck full of explosives.
21 Apr 2026,·120 mins
About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
12 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The birth and death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
21/04/2026
Sean Curran reports as the former Foreign Office mandarin Olly Robbins is grilled by MPs.
21 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Andrew Griffith MP, Danny Kruger MP, Helen Morgan MP, Baroness Smith
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Adastra Hall, Hassocks, West Sussex.
17 Apr 2026,·52 mins
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
22/04/2026
Susan Hulme reports as ex-Foreign Office chief Sir Olly Robbins talks to MPs in Parliament
22 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Starmer v Robbins: who won?
Plus… who was Queen Elizabeth II's favourite president?
21 Apr 2026,·36 mins
Are white working class girls falling behind?
When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?
14 Apr 2026,·37 mins
How Reading Made Us
3. How Reading Made Our Politics
Did reading create democracy? And what does it mean for our politics if reading dies out?
23 Mar 2026,·42 mins
18/04/2026
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
18 Apr 2026,·40 mins
Don't Panic!!!
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel discuss how to keep the public calm in a crisis.
01 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Is Starmer's authority shredded?
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
21 Apr 2026,·30 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Senedd Election 26: Monday Roundup
Walescast’s election roundup: new poll, leaders’ debate and an undercover voters update
20 Apr 2026,·36 mins
Understanding next month's election in Scotland
Looking ahead to Keir Starmer's Commons showdown and the election in Scotland.
19 Apr 2026,·59 mins
Cardiff: Wales Election Special
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Cardiff.
16 Apr 2026,·58 mins
Sonia Sodha assesses the latest developments at Westminster.
18 Apr 2026,·28 mins
'It's been a whirlwind': Zack Polanski on storytelling, Zionism and Zackonomics
Nick Robinson talks to Zack Polanski about early life and his rapid rise to political fame
21 Mar 2026,·54 mins
Episode 3
The fall of the Shah led to the creation of the world's first Islamic republic.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Ymgyrch Dawel?
Mae Vaughan a Richard yn trafod yr ymgyrch ar gyfer etholiad Senedd Cymru hyd yma.
15 Apr 2026,·21 mins
How tough are the UK's asylum laws?
We look at the biggest changes to asylum since the Second World War.
25 Mar 2026,·28 mins
AA: Welfare, Vetting
Have your say on the subjects raised on Any Questions?
19/04/2026
News, discussion and interviews from politics and beyond.
19 Apr 2026,·120 mins
Anglo-Irish Editions
Mark Carruthers talks to two British writers who have written books about Ireland.
15 Apr 2026,·35 mins
15/04/2026
Candidates bidding to be Shetland's next MSP face questions from people across the island.
15 Apr 2026,·90 mins
Series 1
Episode 8 - Come Together
The team are in Belfast and Dublin to find out if and how a united Ireland would work.
23 Nov 2025,·50 mins
