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Nick Robinson meets Whitehall insiders to find out how the UK might handle an escalating pandemic.
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The Battles That Won Our Freedoms
1 Freedom from Absolute Monarchy
14 minutes
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Phil Tinline asks historian David Carpenter to explain how Magna Carta challenged King John's tyranny in 1215 and asks Saudi human rights activist Ghanem Almasarir for his response Show more
The Battles That Won Our Freedoms
2 Freedom from Unlawful Detention
14 minutes
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Lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith explains how he used 'habeas corpus' on behalf of a British detainee in Guantanamo Bay, and Dr Rachel Hammersley explains its origins in 1620s England. Show more
Republican insider Ron Christie on how Donald Trump's presidency has changed his party. Show more
The BBC's business editor Simon Jack and economics editor Kamal Ahmed present the inside track on key economic and business issues behind the 2017 general election. Show more
Iran is now calling the shots in Iraq. How did the clerics outmanoeuvre the US? For BBC Radio 4 Owen Bennett-Jones speaks to key insiders and players in search of answers. Show more
Has the Covid-19 epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party? Mark Mardell investigates. Show more
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The Future of Health
43 minutes
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Mary Ann Sieghart and a panel of experts discuss the possible long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global health and healthcare. Show more
70 years on from George Orwell's death, documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through his work and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today. Show more
Le Divide
Le Divide - Egalite
28 minutes
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France's motto of liberte, egalite, fraternite sums up key issues in the country. Today, Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson asks if President Macron can heal economic divides. Show more
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The Future for the Environment
43 minutes
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Will COVID-19 change individual behaviour and our collective attitude towards climate change and other environmental issues? Mary Ann Sieghart and four leading thinkers discuss. Show more
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The Role of the State
43 minutes
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Mary Ann Sieghart and a panel of experts discuss the possible long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the role and image of the state. Show more
UK Confidential
1986
30 minutes
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Martha Kearney reviews secret government files from 1986, the year of US air strikes against Libya, the Chernobyl disaster and Prince Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson. Show more
After Trump
The Economy
28 minutes
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James Naughtie looks at how Joe Biden will deal with Donald Trump's economic legacy. Show more
Orwell in Five Words
Truth
14 minutes
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70 years on from George Orwell's death, documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through his work and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today. Show more
Le Divide
Le Divide - Liberte
28 minutes
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France's motto of liberte, egalite, fraternite hides deep divisions in the country. Today, Paris correspondent Lucy Williamson asks whether France remains a beacon of liberty. Show more
Steve Richards examines the challenges for the Labour party under its new leader, Keir Starmer. Show more
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The Global Economy
43 minutes
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Mary Ann Sieghart and a panel of experts discuss the possible long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy. Show more
The Battles That Won Our Freedoms
6. The Abolition of Atlantic Chattel Slavery
14 minutes
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Dr Christienna Fryar tells the story of a Jamaican slave rebellion in 1831, and how it contributed to Britain's abolition of slavery. With Kimberly McIntosh of the Runnymede Trust. Show more
The Battles That Won Our Freedoms
5 Freedom of Association
14 minutes
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Jon Lawrence tells the story of the struggle of Victorian working men to form unions with real power. And courier Max Dewhurst talks about struggling to unionise the 'gig economy'. Show more