Scotland and the Battle for Britain

Scotland and the Battle for Britain - Ep1

Broadcast

2016 (58 mins)

Andrew Marr discovers why the Scotland he was born in has changed so much politically. Scotland today feels very different to the country Andrew experienced growing up. It’s become more left-wing, less...

Scotland and the Battle for Britain

Scotland and the Battle for Britain - Ep2

Broadcast

2016 (58 mins)

Exactly two years ago Scotland held a referendum, in which people voted No to Scottish independence. This year, the whole of the UK voted in the EU referendum and a narrow majority voted to Brexit. Andrew...

Don’t Panic: How To End Poverty in 15 Years

Don’t Panic - The Truth About Population

Broadcast

2015 (59 mins)

With the world’s population at 7 billion and still growing we often look at the future with dread. In ‘Don’t Panic - The Truth About Population’, world famous Swedish statistical showman Hans Rosling...

Masters of Money

Marx

Broadcast

2012 (59 mins)

As the global financial crisis continues on its destructive path, one extraordinary idea is again being taken seriously: could Karl Marx be right? In Masters of Money produced in partnership with The Open...

Masters of Money

Hayek

Broadcast

2012 (59 mins)

According to conventional wisdom, today’s global financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true? That it was excessive government meddling in the...

Masters of Money

Keynes

Broadcast

2012 (59 mins)

Many argue only Winston Churchill had a greater impact on British life than John Maynard Keynes over the last century. In Masters of Money produced in partnership with The Open University, BBC Economics...

Andrew Marr’s History of the World

Episode 5 - Age of Plunder

Broadcast

2012 (57 mins)

Andrew Marr reveals the explosion of global capitalism that began with Christopher Columbus stumbling across America while searching for China. The search for Gold and spread of Christianity caused Europeans...

What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Episode 1 - Fruit and Veg

In the first episode of this brand-new, three-part series, presenters Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain’s imports and exports. As our trading relationships...

What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Episode 2 - Seafood

This week Ed Balls, Ade Adpeitan and Cherry Healey look at seafood - a commodity the UK buys and sells in huge quantities. Surprisingly, the fish caught off British shores is largely dispatched abroad as...

What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Episode 3 - Cars

Ed is in Southampton, at one of Britain’s largest ports to see our biggest export market - cars. The industry employs over 850,000 people, which is more than the populations of Glasgow or Manchester. No...