John O'Farrell explores our relationship with exams. He looks at Victorian medical practicals and why semi-naked patients volunteered to let students draw on them. Show more

John O'Farrell finds out why the very idea of timed literary examinations caused a small war in the Victorian establishment and how it shaped the way the British power elite thinks. Show more

John O'Farrell explores our relationship with exams. Multiple Choice was first used to test US soldiers during the First World War. Show more

John O'Farrell explores the unexpected history of the different kinds of exam, and our relationship with them. In the fourth programme he tackles coursework. Show more

John O'Farrell explores the surprising history of the different kinds of exam and finds out why, for centuries, Oxbridge finals were all done out loud - complete with a jester. Show more