The Briefing Room

The Briefing Room

175 episodes

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news


Podcasts

Aliens: Are we closer to finding intelligent life beyond Earth?

Published: Dec. 28, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Whats behind the record homelessness figures?

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Ukraine: what's the counter-offensive latest?

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 5:42 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Net migration: Whats happening in the UK?

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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Israel-Gaza war: What's going on in the West Bank?

Published: Nov. 23, 2023, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Israel/Gaza: What happens next?

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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What was Hamas thinking?

Published: Oct. 12, 2023, 3:37 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 25 seconds

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If Trump gets re-elected what does the world do?

Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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What a murder in Canada tells us about India's place in the world

Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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The UKs financial headache

Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Who do we think we are now?

Published: Sept. 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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No concrete plans?

Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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What's the problem with Airbnb?

Published: Aug. 31, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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How much trouble is Donald Trump in?

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 12:50 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes

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The UK and the European Convention on Human Rights

Published: Aug. 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Whats behind the Niger coup?

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Is it Saudi's century?

Published: Aug. 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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Can we meet the net zero challenge?

Published: July 27, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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The China Threat

Published: July 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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What can schools do about record absences?

Published: July 13, 2023, 7:28 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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What happened to the Israel/Palestine peace process?

Published: July 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?

Published: June 29, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 47 seconds

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Ukraine: the long game

Published: June 22, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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The Online Safety Bill

Published: May 11, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Ukraine: Is it all about to change?

Published: May 4, 2023, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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Sudan conflict: what led to this?

Published: April 27, 2023, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Does Rishi Sunak's maths calculation add up?

Published: April 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds

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Trump's Legal Woes

Published: April 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 38 seconds

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The Windsor Framework

Published: March 2, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds

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Who's Afraid of The Wagner Group?

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?

Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds

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How worried should we be about avian flu?

Published: Feb. 9, 2023, 8:59 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

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How do we get over-50s back into work?

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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How to Fix Britain's Railways

Published: Jan. 26, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Britain's Energy Crisis: An Update

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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NHS: Are there any quick fixes?

Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

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Ukraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds

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Our Ageing World

Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 38 seconds

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Can we colonise the Moon?

Published: Dec. 22, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds

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Strikes: How can we avoid a return to the 1970s?

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes

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House of Lords reform

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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China's winter of discontent

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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UK Trade Deals

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 8:24 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Could Vladimir Putin use nuclear weapons?

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

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Public Spending

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Protests in Iran

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Turmoil on the markets

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 40 seconds

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Britain's productivity puzzle

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Ukraine: Have we reached a turning point in the war?

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Can we keep the lights on this winter?

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 31 seconds

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The staffing crisis in the NHS

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 20 seconds

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Fighting drought

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds

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The Cost of Living Crisis

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds

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Scotland's drugs problem

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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Adapting to a hotter Britain

Published: July 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 45 seconds

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Ukraine: Who is winning?

Published: July 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Covid - how worried should we be this time?

Published: July 14, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds

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What's wrong with the NHS, and how do we fix it?

Published: June 9, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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What's happening in Afghanistan?

Published: June 2, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 11 seconds

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Is the crypto bubble bursting?

Published: May 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 11 seconds

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What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?

Published: May 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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How has the war in Ukraine changed German politics?

Published: May 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds

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What's the impact of the Shanghai lockdown?

Published: April 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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Will the Rwanda plan work?

Published: April 21, 2022, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds

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Russia's invasion: what more can the west do to help Ukraine?

Published: March 24, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Russia's invasion: what could a peace deal look like?

Published: March 17, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Russia's invasion: what level of support does Putin have at home?

Published: March 10, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 11 seconds

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Russia's invasion: what's the military strategy?

Published: March 3, 2022, 8:46 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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Russia's invasion: will sanctions work?

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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What do drones mean for the future of warfare?

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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Will the levelling up plans work?

Published: Feb. 10, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Is the Prime Ministers Office fit for purpose?

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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How do we learn to live with Covid?

Published: Jan. 27, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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BBC Funding

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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Inflation

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Brexit: What Have We Learned?

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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Who Do We Think We Are?

Published: Dec. 30, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds

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Space Wars and Laws

Published: Dec. 23, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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Ukraine: Could There Be War?

Published: Dec. 16, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds

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Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Living in a Variant World

Published: Dec. 2, 2021, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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Europe's Covid Surge

Published: Nov. 25, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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China Crisis?

Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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Social Care - What's Changing?

Published: Oct. 14, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Britain's Dirty Rivers

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Non-Fungible Tokens

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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The UK's Energy Crisis

Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds

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Vaccine Passports and Booster Jabs

Published: Sept. 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds

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Universal Credit: The Challenge Ahead

Published: Sept. 9, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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The Afghan Refugee Crisis

Published: Sept. 2, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 27 seconds

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HS2: On Track?

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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What next for President Bidens foreign policy?

Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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Who's supporting the Taliban?

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Taiwan and the Threat to Peace

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Where Are All the Workers?

Published: July 29, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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COP26: Floods, Fire, and the Future

Published: July 22, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Stepping into the Unknown

Published: July 15, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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How Unsettled is EU Status?

Published: July 1, 2021, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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The Ransomware Threat

Published: May 27, 2021, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 40 seconds

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Hamas

Published: May 27, 2021, 1:48 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Its Grip

Published: May 6, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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India's Covid Catastrophe

Published: April 29, 2021, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds

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Could Germany Go Green?

Published: April 22, 2021, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds

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Northern Ireland: how fragile is the peace process?

Published: April 15, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

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Global supply chains: is the UK vulnerable?

Published: April 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds

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Covid-19 and the World

Published: April 1, 2021, 7:59 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 36 seconds

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Brexit Business

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 23 seconds

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Out of Lockdown

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 8:28 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Turmoil in the SNP

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 25 seconds

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GameStop Shock

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds

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The Irish Question

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds

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Putin vs Navalny

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 29 seconds

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Covid and the NHS

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds

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America: what just happened?

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Facebook's Monopoly Problem

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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The Climate Crisis: Are We Moving Fast Enough?

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Living with the Taliban

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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Brexit: Is It Oven Ready?

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 36 seconds

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How Broke is Britain?

Published: Nov. 26, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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The President's In Tray

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Education: A Testing Issue

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 8 seconds

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Covid-19: Regional Differences

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Britain's Immigration Dilemma

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Covid-19: are we still following the rules?

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

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Sweden and the Pandemic

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds

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Covid-19: Six Months On

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Will the US election be free and fair?

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds

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Football and the Pandemic

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Brexit: deal or no deal?

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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Belarus: the end of a dictatorship?

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Covid-19: the return to school

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 6 seconds

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Scottish Independence: Hope and Fear

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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How to beat obesity

Published: July 30, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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The UK's place in the world

Published: July 23, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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What is happening to the Uighurs in China?

Published: July 16, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?

Published: July 9, 2020, 7:35 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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The Leicester lockdown

Published: July 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

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Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?

Published: June 25, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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China and the Pandemic

Published: May 15, 2020, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Coronavirus and the economy

Published: May 7, 2020, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Covid-19 and the Care Sector

Published: April 30, 2020, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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Easing the lockdown

Published: April 23, 2020, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds

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The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Published: April 17, 2020, 9:09 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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The Inequalities of Lockdown

Published: April 9, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Covid-19: What Next?

Published: April 2, 2020, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds

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UK fishing and Brexit

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Sinn Fein's rise

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Treating Terror

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, noon
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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How to do a trade deal

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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How dangerous is the coronavirus?

Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Powering Up The North

Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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Iran's Revenge

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 8:34 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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News Review of the Year 2019

Published: Dec. 29, 2019, 10 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 59 seconds

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How Do We Get Brexit Done?

Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Middle East Youthquake

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Malta: Shady People in a Sunny Place

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 11 seconds

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General Election Promises: Tax and Spend?

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds

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Brexit: a pivotal week?

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Turkey, Syria and the Kurds

Published: Oct. 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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Climate change and meat: what's the beef?

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Trump, Ukraine and impeachment

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Britains constitutional dilemma: who now runs the country?

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 34 seconds

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What are the Risks of Vaping?

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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The Battle for Britain

Published: Sept. 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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The United Kingdom, Brexit and its History

Published: Sept. 5, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 29 seconds

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Has Narendra Modi changed India?

Published: May 23, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Could the United States and Iran go to war?

Published: May 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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Should vaccinations be compulsory?

Published: May 9, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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Does the UK have an opioid problem?

Published: May 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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What drives religious intolerance?

Published: April 25, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 37 seconds

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What's in the Mueller report?

Published: April 18, 2019, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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What Next For Europe?

Published: April 11, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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How divided are we?

Published: April 4, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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Britain's Future

Published: March 28, 2019, 9 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Should we worry about Huawei?

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 50 seconds

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Should we scrap GCSEs?

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds

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Britain's car-making future under threat

Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Why are so many people sleeping rough in Britain?

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 56 seconds

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Brexit and Ireland: What's at stake?

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Is Britains political system broken?

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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Climate Change: is time running out?

Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 12:09 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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Brexit: Where Next?

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 1 second

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Les Gilets Jaunes

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Deal or no deal?

Published: Nov. 29, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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A new political direction for Brazil?

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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How bad is the air we breathe?

Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Nationalisation - how would it work?

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Another Brexit Referendum?

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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Can a new political party win?

Published: Sept. 13, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 49 seconds

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What's at stake in the US midterm elections?

Published: Sept. 6, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Britain's Housing Crisis

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 8:33 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 55 seconds

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Is Greece out of the woods?

Published: Aug. 23, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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Is Turkey imploding?

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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Is the Student Finance System Working?

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Chaos on the railways

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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Imran Khan and Pakistan: what's going to change?

Published: July 26, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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What does the UK want from the EU?

Published: July 19, 2018, 7 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds

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Trump vs NATO

Published: July 12, 2018, 7:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Brexit decision time

Published: July 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 27 seconds

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Why are the British Armed Forces short of personnel?

Published: May 31, 2018, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Could Italy bring down the European Union?

Published: May 24, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Macron: One Year On

Published: May 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds

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Is the Home Office a problem department?

Published: May 3, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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What is the problem with plastic?

Published: April 26, 2018, 7:02 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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A new Cold War?

Published: April 19, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Violent Crime

Published: April 12, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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Can you win a trade war?

Published: April 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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The EU after Brexit A special programme together with The Bottom Line

Published: March 29, 2018, 8 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 16 seconds

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The Mueller Indictment

Published: Feb. 22, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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Is ISIS still a threat?

Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Is Your Local Council Going Bust?

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Britain, China and the new Silk Road

Published: Feb. 1, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Syria: who wants what from the conflict?

Published: Jan. 25, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 43 seconds

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John Worboys: Understanding the Parole Board

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Would you pay more for the NHS?

Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Who are the protesters in Iran and what do they want?

Published: Jan. 4, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Correspondents Look Ahead

Published: Dec. 29, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds

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What Next for the Democrats?

Published: Dec. 28, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds

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President Trump's End of Year Report

Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds

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What's Russia up to?

Published: Dec. 14, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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May's Brexit Dilemma

Published: Dec. 7, 2017, 8:55 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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Saudi Arabia's Radical Crown Prince

Published: Nov. 30, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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A world without antibiotics?

Published: Oct. 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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President Xi and the Chinese Dream

Published: Oct. 19, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Capitalism in Crisis

Published: Oct. 12, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Could Spain split?

Published: Oct. 6, 2017, 8:38 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Is Big Tech Out of Control?

Published: Sept. 28, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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Why are Myanmar's Rohingya persecuted?

Published: Sept. 21, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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What are the consequences of lifting the public sector pay cap?

Published: Sept. 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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What does the EU want from Brexit?

Published: Sept. 7, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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The North Korean Missile Threat

Published: Aug. 31, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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The AI Revolution

Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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The Far Right in America

Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 7:20 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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Is Venezuela on the brink of collapse?

Published: Aug. 10, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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A Great Day at the White House?

Published: Aug. 4, 2017, 8:03 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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Why is there still a migrant crisis in Europe?

Published: July 28, 2017, 10:18 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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The Crisis in Conservatism

Published: July 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Where does Labour stand on Brexit?

Published: July 13, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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The Cost of Abandoning Austerity

Published: July 6, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Labour's Election Result: A Successful Failure?

Published: June 15, 2017, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds

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Trump, Russia and the FBI

Published: May 18, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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How Do We Pay for the UK?

Published: May 11, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 34 seconds

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How Does France Work?

Published: May 4, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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The Problem of North Korea

Published: April 27, 2017, 8 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds

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Snap General Election

Published: April 20, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 32 seconds

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Should we worry about Turkey?

Published: April 13, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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Can the NHS Survive?

Published: April 6, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds

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Britain's Broken Housing Market

Published: March 2, 2017, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Does IS Need a State?

Published: Feb. 23, 2017, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Is It Time to Renationalise the Railways?

Published: Feb. 16, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Trump and Trade

Published: Feb. 9, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 18 seconds

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Trump and the Economy

Published: Feb. 2, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 58 seconds

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India's Bonfire of the Bank Notes

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 8:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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Drugs in West Yorkshire

Published: Jan. 19, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 7 seconds

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Aleppo: After the Evacuation

Published: Jan. 12, 2017, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Liberalism's Horrible Year

Published: Dec. 22, 2016, 8:31 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Yemen: A Global Conflict

Published: Dec. 15, 2016, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds

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The Prison Problem

Published: Dec. 8, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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The Investigatory Powers Act a.k.a The Snoopers' Charter

Published: Dec. 1, 2016, 8 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 1 second

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VIP Sex Abuse Allegations

Published: Nov. 24, 2016, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 1 second

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Infrastructure: The Roads to Recovery?

Published: Oct. 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds

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Black Lives Matter UK

Published: Oct. 13, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 10 seconds

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Europe's Illiberal Democracies

Published: Oct. 6, 2016, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Quantitative Easing

Published: Sept. 29, 2016, 7:15 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 17 seconds

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A Ceasefire in Syria?

Published: Sept. 22, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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Trump and Putin

Published: Sept. 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 4 seconds

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Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites

Published: Sept. 8, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Jesse Morton: The Jihadi Who Changed His Mind

Published: Sept. 1, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Milo Yiannopoulos and the Alt-Right

Published: Aug. 25, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 44 seconds

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Grammar Schools

Published: Aug. 18, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 45 seconds

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Who are the Special Forces?

Published: Aug. 11, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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Britain's Nuclear Dream

Published: Aug. 4, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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What Do Remainers Feel Now?

Published: July 28, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 31 seconds

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Fethullah Gulen and Turkey's Failed Coup

Published: July 21, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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The Truth About BHS

Published: July 15, 2016, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 15 seconds

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Why Did People Vote Leave?

Published: July 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 24 seconds

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The Chilcot Report: The Source Who Lied

Published: July 7, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds

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Immigration: Why Did it Rise?

Published: June 30, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds

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The New IRA

Published: May 26, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 17 seconds

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Anti-Semitism on the Left

Published: May 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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