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  • Rare Earth

    Episode 5 - Can Politicians Save the Planet?

    Broadcast
    2024 (52 mins)

    Why do politicians have such trouble sticking to their environmental promises? Why are they happy to hug a husky one minute, desperate to ditch the ‘green crap’ the next? As Labour ditch their £28bn...

  • The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

    Ep3 - Breakthroughs and Backlash

    Broadcast
    2023 (58 mins)

    In this third and final episode of The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland, Kirsty Wark explores the devolution era and discovers what happens when women take the lead and seize control of the megaphone - in...

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland

    Episode 1 - It Wasn’t Like A Movie Anymore

    Broadcast
    2023 (75 mins)

    A time of relative peace in Northern Ireland escalates to full-blown conflict. With the situation compounded by tactical mistakes, soldiers quickly find themselves caught up in violent clashes - leading to...

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland

    Episode 2 - Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night?

    Broadcast
    2023 (62 mins)

    It’s 1972, and community divisions have deepened and intensified. Many working-class Catholic and Protestant communities are in the grip of paramilitary organisations. This episode charts a deteriorating...

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland

    Episode 3 - So Many Broken Hearts

    Broadcast
    2023 (60 mins)

    The devastating impact of the conflict is explored through the stories of three women as IRA prisoners begin their hunger strike in protest against Margaret Thatcher’s policies. Tit-for-tat killings, car...

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland

    Episode 4 - Loose Talk Costs Lives

    Broadcast
    2023 (62 mins)

    By the late 1980s, the news in Northern Ireland is a daily list of the dead. But 14 bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery. When a car reverses at speed into an IRA funeral cortege,...

  • Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland

    Episode 5 - Who Wants to Live Like That?

    Broadcast
    2023 (66 mins)

    There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation. At times, it seems that violence might escalate further as...

  • The Decade the Rich Won

    Episode One

    Broadcast
    2022 (59 mins)

    The government and the Bank of England take drastic action to save the UK economy in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Insiders from the world of finance tell us how decisions made to solve the...

  • The Decade the Rich Won

    Episode Two

    Broadcast
    2022 (59 mins)

    In the second episode, the government and the Bank of England are forced to react to the economic shocks brought on by Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Insiders from the world of finance tell us how these...

  • Trump Takes on the World

    Episode One

    Broadcast
    2021 (60 mins)

    In his first year and a half, Trump falls out spectacularly with some of America’s oldest allies as he relentlessly pursues his ‘America First’ agenda. From withdrawing from the Paris climate accord to...