The Long View

By BBC Radio 4

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Episodes: 62

Description

Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.


Episode Date
The Drama of Scandal
Mar 05, 2024
Aged Premiers
Dec 27, 2023
The Long Shadows of Dominant Leaders
Oct 25, 2023
Plutocrats Playing Politics
Oct 11, 2023
Marches of Mutiny
Oct 11, 2023
State-sponsored Assassination Attempts
Oct 11, 2023
Spring Offensives
Feb 14, 2023
Political Comebacks
Nov 29, 2022
Short-Lived Leaders
Oct 25, 2022
Strikes and the Labour Party
Aug 09, 2022
Removing and Replacing Prime Ministers
Jul 12, 2022
Inflation and the cost of living crisis
May 17, 2022
When Things Fall Apart
Mar 07, 2022
Cancel Culture
Feb 15, 2022
Energy Transitions
Feb 15, 2022
The Harms of Social Media
Feb 01, 2022
The Rise of China
Jan 25, 2022
This Union
Jul 18, 2021
Violence against women in Public Spaces
Jun 22, 2021
The Long View of Legal Backlog
Nov 24, 2020
The Long View of an acrimonious and disputed US election
Nov 10, 2020
Dominic Cummings and Civil Service Reform
Jul 30, 2020
Presidential Elections & Racial Turmoil
Jul 23, 2020
Racism in sports crowds
Jan 06, 2020
Impeaching a President
Jan 06, 2020
Huawei and Siemens
Nov 26, 2019
Extinction Rebellion and the Bonfire of the Vanities
Nov 19, 2019
Women in Intelligence and Cybersecurity
May 14, 2019
Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson
May 07, 2019
Gender in women's sport
May 03, 2019
Brexit and European Diplomacy
Apr 23, 2019
Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Brunel's Atmospheric Traction Rail
Jan 29, 2019
The Long View of would-be reforming leaders
Jan 15, 2019
Prime Ministers and Divided Parties
Jan 08, 2019
Russian Expulsions
May 31, 2018
Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830
Apr 19, 2018
Facebook revelations and the Reformation
Apr 10, 2018
Brexit Special
Apr 06, 2018
Trump and Hamilton on American Trade
Apr 06, 2018
Catalonia and Cornwall
Dec 12, 2017
Russian meddling in the American democratic process
Dec 05, 2017
The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen
Dec 05, 2017
Weakened Prime Ministers
Nov 21, 2017
03/08/2017
Aug 03, 2017
13/07/2017
Jul 28, 2017
Cyber-attacks and the Great Siege of Dover Castle
Jul 27, 2017
Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies
Jul 20, 2017
Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade
Mar 30, 2017
The Long View of Targeted Fake News
Mar 21, 2017
Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India
Mar 14, 2017
The EU Referendum and the English Reformation
Aug 01, 2016
Pioneering Women
Jul 25, 2016
Military Drones and the 'Robo-planes' of the 1940s
Jul 22, 2016
Celebrity Football Managers
Jul 18, 2016
Donald Trump and the Politics of Celebrity
Mar 15, 2016
Online Dating and the Lonely Hearts Ad
Jan 19, 2016
Slave Labour and Consumer Power
Dec 29, 2015
John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail
Dec 22, 2015
Today's crisis in dairy farming and the wheat crisis of the 1930s
Sep 29, 2015
Vietnamese refugees in 1979
Sep 28, 2015
The Long View of Popularising Exploration
Sep 15, 2015
The Living Wage
Sep 08, 2015