All Episodes
Since Attlee & Churchill — 137 episodes
Summer Book Club: The Disraeli Myth
Matters of Interest: Environmental 'Extremism' and Parliamentary Postbags
Who was the last MP to disclaim a hereditary peerage?
Matters of Interest: Reclaiming One Nation Conservatism & Codifying the Constitution
How did a left-wing Labour MP become an advocate for the Iraq War?
Matters of Interest: The University Crisis & England's Local Government Revolution
Summer Book Club: Coronations & Defenestrations: Choosing (and losing) Tory Leaders
Matters of Interest: Does Burnham actually have centralising instincts? & How novel will Number 10 North be?
Summer Book Club: Vince Cable on how China and India are Eclipsing the West
Matters of Interest: Will there be a Burnham Bounce? & A Supreme Court Oddity
Summer Book Club: New Labour, New Britain?
Matters of Interest: Clacton in Context & the Risks of Coronation
Summer Book Club: A Shellshocked Nation
The Declaration of Independence at 250: Myths, Monarchy & the American Revolution
Cameron’s Referendums Ep 3 of 3: Brexit
Matters of Interest: Contrasting Starmer’s departure with other PMs
Brexit Referendum: 10 Years On - Special Episode with Matthew Elliott
Cameron’s Referendums Ep 2 of 3: Scottish Independence
Matters of Interest: The Order of the Garter and the Tyranny of the Benefit-Cost Ratio
Cameron’s Referendums Ep 1 of 3: The Alternative Vote
Matters of Interest: Live Audience Q&A
Who are Manchester’s great forgotten MPs? Live from the Manchester Histories Festival
Matters of Interest: Proportional Representation (Dutch-Style) & the English Countryside
Is Makerfield the new Chesterfield?
Matters of Interest: Should there have been more defections? & ‘Rivals’
Strikes of the 20th Century: Thatcher vs The Miners (1984-5)
Matters of Interest: Gaming Devolution & Streeting’s Strategy
Strikes of the 20th Century: Heath vs The Miners (1972-4)
Strikes of the 20th Century: The General Strike (Part 2)
Matters of Interest: Losing (and choosing) Party Leaders
Strikes of the 20th Century: The General Strike (Part 1)
Matters of Interest: Putting the Local Elections in Context & Raising the Flag
Local Elections Special: Labour's 1968 Battering at the Polls
Matters of Interest: Rent Controls & the King’s Maiden Speech in the House of Lords
How political was Elizabeth II?
Matters of Interest: Is Britain Broken? & Lessons from Mandelson's Appointment
What's the point of TV debates?
Matters of Interest: Anglo-Gaullism & Burnham’s Difficult Route Back
How did the 1922 Committee become so powerful?
Matters of Interest: The King’s Christianity & Tony Blair’s Socialism
Which post-war PMs were most influenced by Christianity?
Matters of Interest: Prime Ministers' Sense of History and Government by WhatsApp
Was this the most talented Labour leadership election ever?
Matters of Interest: What next for the Lib Dems? & Unpacking Policy Diffusion
Why did Harold Wilson resign when he did?
Matters of Interest: ‘Local’ MPs & Approaches to Inequality
How did Attlee & Churchill get on with each other?
Matters of Interest: Heritage in Flames & the Perils of Economic Orthodoxy
How did the Brighton bomb change British politics?
Matters of Interest: Denmark’s Migration Management & Britain’s Voting Rights
How did Theresa May become Britain’s most pro-LGBT Prime Minister?
Matters of Interest: From ‘Remainer’ to ‘Leaver’ & Cameras in the Commons
Was the Poll Tax really such a bad idea?
Matters of Interest: Refurbishing Parliament & the Value of Voting Lobbies
How much power did Marcia Williams have over Harold Wilson?
Matters of Interest: ‘Caretaker’ Prime Ministers & Political Promises
Does the Profumo scandal deserve its infamy?
Matters of Interest: Triggering Labour Leadership Elections & the PM's Travels
What did the first Labour government achieve?
Matters of Interest: What's the point of PMQs?
What's the history of Prime Minister's Questions?
Matters of Interest: The Risks of Being a 'Traitor' & Uncovering Party Members
What lessons can we learn from the longest-lived MP?
Matters of Interest: Labour's Historic Fight for Jury Trials & Badenoch's Barons
What happened when the Queen and six of her Prime Ministers met for dinner?
Matters of Interest: Live Q&A
The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 4 of 4): The October 1974 General Election
Matters of Interest: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 3 of 4): The February 1974 General Election
Matters of Interest: Our Politicians at Christmas
The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 2 of 4): The 1970 General Election
Matters of Interest: Burnham's Path to Parliament & Do Parties Need to Make Pacts?
The Heath vs Wilson Elections (Episode 1 of 4): The 1966 General Election
Matters of Interest: Expelling Peers & the Lib Dems
How did Jeremy Corbyn win the Labour leadership?
Matters of Interest: Grounds for Resignation & Badenoch's Big Week
Did the 1981 Budget really transform Britain's economy?
Matters of Interest: Removing the Labour Leader & Volatile Local Elections
How did Neil Kinnock defeat Militant?
Matters of Interest: Refurbishing Number 10 & The Crisis of Reading
Who achieved 'the most significant by-election success ever’?
Matters of Interest: BBC Neutrality & Net Zero
How did war shape our politicians?
Matters of Interest: Politicians Changing Names & Funding Political Parties
How did the MPs' expenses scandal unfold?
Matters of Interest: The size of the Civil Service, Digital ID & Compulsory Voting
Why was Britain absent from the EU's beginning?
Matters of Interest: 'Are the old Political Parties over?' & Thatcher's Legacy
Did Margaret Thatcher have to resign as Prime Minister?
Matters of Interest: Political Awareness, Party Memberships & Public Loos
Was Barbara Castle Labour's Iron Lady?
Matters of Interest: Tory Conference, ECHR & Churchill's Boozy Prescription
The Crucible of Conference (Episode 2 of 2): The Conservatives' 2005 Party Conference
The Crucible of Conference (Episode 1 of 2): Labour's 1952 Party Conference
Why did John Major resign (and then stand again for) the Tory leadership?
Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 3 of 3): John Smith
Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 2 of 3): Anthony Crosland
Labour Lives Cut Short (Episode 1 of 3): Hugh Gaitskell
How did Churchill use Chartwell to change the course of history?
"Alice, who the **** is Alice?"
Bonus: What was it like working for Ted Heath?
Whatever happened to the Young Conservatives?
Was 'Black Wednesday' actually a good day for Britain?
The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 3 of 3): The 1951 General Election
The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 2 of 3): The 1950 General Election
The Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 1 of 3): The 1945 General Election
What happened when Tony Blair cut benefits for single mums?
What were the Kennedys up to in Britain?
Why did Stanley Baldwin secretly donate 20% of his wealth to the nation?
How did 'Women Against the Common Market' try to keep Britain out of Europe?
Was Eden right about Suez after all?
Did Labour choose the wrong Miliband brother?
How did Viscount Stansgate become Tony Benn MP?
Does Michael Foot deserve a kinder verdict from historians?
Do private members clubs still matter in British politics?
Which foreign leaders should be invited to address Parliament?
Are prime ministerial resignation honours an embarrassment?
Could 'English Socialism' save the Labour Party?
Ernest Marples MP - a visionary, a scoundrel, or both?
What is the socialist case for monarchy?
Was this the most explosive Tory conference ever?
What lessons can be learned from a political maverick?
Did Edward Heath deserve the name 'The Incredible Sulk'?
Who was Labour's greatest champion of overseas aid?
Have confidence votes been a disaster for the Tory party?
What use is the House of Lords, anyway?
Who are the best political heroes?
Whatever happened to Labour Zionism?
How did Margaret Thatcher take over the Conservative Party?
Why did Soviet premier Nikita Khruschev say, if he were British, he'd vote Conservative?
Which U.S. Presidents were the favourites of British monarchs?
What happened to the grace and favour house for women ministers?
Who was the Macmillanite in the Thatcher Cabinet?
Why did the 1964 Labour government get off to such a bad start?
Did the late Queen secretly reference a Prime Minister's illness in her Christmas speech?
What happened to Peter Shore's Labour Party?
Could Harold Macmillan have been a Labour prime minister?