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The extraordinary story of a decade-long battle with the Post Office, fought by its own sub-postmasters. Today, the campaign finds some important allies in Westminster. Show more

Josh faces some tough decisions in locked down Brookfield and it’s the day of reckoning for Harrison. Show more

We rejoin Rumpole and Hilda in the late 1950s. Rumpole is seduced into defending an attractive woman violinist accused of murder. Starring Timothy West and Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more

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Small groups will be allowed to meet outdoors in England and Scotland, while keeping two metres apart if they're from different households.

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David attempts to restore peace at locked down Brookfield and Josh makes his choice. Show more

With such reduced capacity can venues ever make the finances stack up, and what is lost when the audience, and performers, must be so far apart? Show more

Kennedy interviews the arresting officer at the siege in Pawtuxet where Joseph Curwen died back in 1980. Starring Barnaby Kay. Show more

Earlier this year, Airbus was ordered to pay billions in fines in a deferred prosecution agreement. But Airbus has not been convicted of any crimes. Joshua Rozenberg investigates. Show more

Businesses mothballed, fears of mass unemployment. Welcome to postwar Britain in 1945. Ring any bells? What can the UK economy learn from the postwar period? Show more

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