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When historians Correlli Barnett and Paul Johnson met in 1974, Britain's future looked uncertain. The two men agreed the country was sick but each offered a different diagnosis. Show more
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Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. Are we free to be good? Two philosophers, Iris Murdoch and David Pears, discuss the nature of morality. Show more
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Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. The permissive society comes under fire when Malcolm Muggeridge and Bernard Levin discuss pornography and censorship. Show more
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Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. Philosopher Karl Popper and neuroscientist John Eccles discuss scientific progress. Show more
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Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. At the height of Women's Lib, a radical feminist and a Tory reformer clash over the route to equality. Show more