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The Briefing Room — 391 episodes
Will a devolution revolution help boost the economy?
Relationship recession: Why are fewer people coupling?
Iran: If the war is over...who won?
Is Russia under pressure from Ukraine?
Ten years of The Briefing Room
Are we still going to Mars?
Can Europe build digital sovereignty?
What's the conflict in Iran doing to the world economy?
Is the triple lock pension guarantee sustainable?
Will Trump take Cuba?
What's happened to the Gaza peace plan?
Why is youth unemployment in the UK so high?
What's the current state of the UK's armed forces?
Why does the war with Iran threaten the global economy?
Why did the US and Israel launch a war with Iran, and what comes next?
Four years of war in Ukraine - when will it end?
Should the Government ban social media for young people?
Iran - how vulnerable is the regime?
Venezuela – what now?
Should we worry about America’s security strategy?
Why are early career doctors angry?
Are the old robbing the young?
What's happening with the Ukraine peace plan?
What can the UK learn from the rest of Europe about asylum reform?
Why does the UK have a problem with productivity?
What's happening in Venezuela?
How should we handle historic public inquiries?
Is there a crash coming?
Is the UK in a data crisis?
Will the Gaza peace plan work?
How prepared are we for the next pandemic?
How prepared are we for cyber threats?
How prepared are we for climate change?
Should the government worry about debt?
Why don't we have ID cards in the UK?
How close is the UK getting to the European Union?
Is the tide turning in the Ukraine war?
The Trump hokey cokey is back - what happens to world trade now?
Why is there a row about disability benefits?
Iran: What happens next?
Explainer: Tensions over Kashmir
Explainer: Putin’s motivation for war with Ukraine
Explainer: A history of US tariffs
Explainer: Rare earths
What is ransomware and what can be done to stop it?
What is Israel's plan for Gaza?
What are rare earths and why does everyone want them?
Are India and Pakistan on the brink of war over Kashmir?
Can the UK become an AI superpower?
What cards does China hold?
What's Trump's tariff hokey cokey all about?
What's happening in Turkey?
What is Putin's bottom line?
What's the government trying to do to the NHS?
Why is there a crisis in special educational needs?
Europe's defence dilemma
Explainer: What does Nato do?
Explainer: A short history of conflict in Ukraine
Explainer: How do weight-loss drugs work?
Explainer: Who made the first electric car?
Explainer: What is a Tariff?
Why does Trump love tariffs?
Is the push for the electric cars in trouble?
Why we need to care about the Arctic
Is chainsaw economics working in Argentina?
Will new weight loss drugs save or bankrupt the NHS?
What’s going on in Syria?
Ukraine - what’s next?
Why do we have such overcrowded prisons?
European defence in the new Trump era
What does the Budget mean for the UK’s economy?
How do the Lebanon attacks alter the equation in the Middle East?
Is Germany in trouble?
How much trouble is the UK economy in?
What we know (and don't know) about the new Mpox outbreak
Global Tensions 3: Russia and the West
Global Tensions 2: China, Taiwan and the South China Sea
Global Tensions 1: The Middle East
Can planning reform really boost economic growth?
Health 3: How far could artificial intelligence transform medicine?
Health 2: Why is anxiety and depression increasing in the UK?
Health 1: Advances in cancer research and treatment
South African and Indian elections: the aftermath
What's happening in Sudan?
What's the Biden ceasefire plan and will it work?
What does Macron's gamble mean for France?
Are Trump's legal cases really a problem for him?
Ukraine: Who's winning the war?
How much trouble are UK universities in?
Avian flu is evolving but what risk does it pose to us?
Why is the water industry in so much trouble?
How does America fix its border crisis?
Are Britain's missing workers really a problem?
India: Is democracy under threat?
What does Iran want?
What's happened to Hamas?
What's the future of the state pension?
Election special 3. Uncertain times for the ANC in South Africa
Election special 2. Elections without democracy
How is technology changing warfare?
Russia: State of the Nation
The synthetic opioids claiming lives in the UK
The crisis in dentistry: why is it happening and what should we do about it?
What’s the point of Ofsted?
Is the UK prepared for more floods?
Why is local government in such trouble?
Israel-Gaza: Is it turning into a regional conflict?
Brexit: Could we rejoin the EU even if we wanted to?
Aliens: Are we closer to finding intelligent life beyond Earth?
What’s behind the record homelessness figures?
What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?
Ukraine: what's the counter-offensive latest?
Net migration: What’s happening in the UK?
Israel-Gaza war: What's going on in the West Bank?
Israel/Gaza: What happens next?
What was Hamas thinking?
If Trump gets re-elected what does the world do?
What a murder in Canada tells us about India's place in the world
The UK’s financial headache
Who do we think we are now?
No concrete plans?
What's the problem with Airbnb?
How much trouble is Donald Trump in?
The UK and the European Convention on Human Rights
What’s behind the Niger coup?
Is it Saudi's century?
Can we meet the net zero challenge?
The China Threat
What can schools do about record absences?
What happened to the Israel/Palestine peace process?
Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?
Ukraine: the long game
The Online Safety Bill
Ukraine: Is it all about to change?
Sudan conflict: what led to this?
Does Rishi Sunak's maths calculation add up?
The AI Revolution
Trump's Legal Woes
The Windsor Framework
Who's Afraid of The Wagner Group?
Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
How worried should we be about avian flu?
How do we get over-50s back into work?
How to Fix Britain's Railways
Britain's Energy Crisis: An Update
NHS: Are there any quick fixes?
Ukraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?
Our Ageing World
Can we colonise the Moon?
Strikes: How can we avoid a return to the 1970s?
House of Lords reform
China's winter of discontent
UK Trade Deals
Could Vladimir Putin use nuclear weapons?
Public Spending
Protests in Iran
Turmoil on the markets
Britain's productivity puzzle
Ukraine: Have we reached a turning point in the war?
Can we keep the lights on this winter?
The staffing crisis in the NHS
Fighting drought
The Cost of Living Crisis
Scotland's drugs problem
Adapting to a hotter Britain
Ukraine: Who is winning?
Covid - how worried should we be this time?
What's wrong with the NHS, and how do we fix it?
What's happening in Afghanistan?
Is the crypto bubble bursting?
What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?
How has the war in Ukraine changed German politics?
What's the impact of the Shanghai lockdown?
Will the Rwanda plan work?
Russia's invasion: what more can the west do to help Ukraine?
Russia's invasion: what could a peace deal look like?
Russia's invasion: what level of support does Putin have at home?
Russia's invasion: what's the military strategy?
Russia's invasion: will sanctions work?
What do drones mean for the future of warfare?
Will the levelling up plans work?
Is the Prime Minister’s Office fit for purpose?
How do we learn to live with Covid?
BBC Funding
Inflation
Brexit: What Have We Learned?
Who Do We Think We Are?
Space Wars and Laws
Ukraine: Could There Be War?
Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
Living in a Variant World
Europe's Covid Surge
China Crisis?
Social Care - What's Changing?
Britain's Dirty Rivers
Non-Fungible Tokens
The UK's Energy Crisis
Vaccine Passports and Booster Jabs
Universal Credit: The Challenge Ahead
The Afghan Refugee Crisis
HS2: On Track?
What next for President Biden’s foreign policy?
Who's supporting the Taliban?
Taiwan and the Threat to Peace
Where Are All the Workers?
COP26: Floods, Fire, and the Future
Stepping into the Unknown
How Unsettled is EU Status?
The Ransomware Threat
Hamas
Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Its Grip
India's Covid Catastrophe
Could Germany Go Green?
Northern Ireland: how fragile is the peace process?
Global supply chains: is the UK vulnerable?
Covid-19 and the World
Brexit Business
Out of Lockdown
“Turmoil” in the SNP
GameStop Shock
The Irish Question
Putin vs Navalny
Covid and the NHS
America: what just happened?
Facebook's Monopoly Problem
The Climate Crisis: Are We Moving Fast Enough?
Living with the Taliban
Brexit: Is It Oven Ready?
How Broke is Britain?
The President's In Tray
Education: A Testing Issue
Covid-19: Regional Differences
Britain's Immigration Dilemma
Covid-19: are we still following the rules?
Sweden and the Pandemic
Covid-19: Six Months On
Will the US election be free and fair?
Football and the Pandemic
Brexit: deal or no deal?
Belarus: the end of a dictatorship?
Covid-19: the return to school
Scottish Independence: Hope and Fear
How to beat obesity
The UK's place in the world
What is happening to the Uighurs in China?
Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?
The Leicester lockdown
Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?
China and the Pandemic
Coronavirus and the economy
Covid-19 and the Care Sector
Easing the lockdown
The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
The Inequalities of Lockdown
Covid-19: What Next?
UK fishing and Brexit
Sinn Féin's rise
Treating Terror
How to do a trade deal
How dangerous is the coronavirus?
Powering Up The North
Iran's Revenge
News Review of the Year 2019
How Do We Get Brexit Done?
Middle East Youthquake
Malta: Shady People in a Sunny Place
General Election Promises: Tax and Spend?
Brexit: a pivotal week?
Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
Climate change and meat: what's the beef?
Trump, Ukraine and impeachment
Britain’s constitutional dilemma: who now runs the country?
What are the Risks of Vaping?
The Battle for Britain
The United Kingdom, Brexit and its History
Has Narendra Modi changed India?
Could the United States and Iran go to war?
Should vaccinations be compulsory?
Does the UK have an opioid problem?
What drives religious intolerance?
What's in the Mueller report?
What Next For Europe?
How divided are we?
Britain's Future
Should we worry about Huawei?
Should we scrap GCSEs?
Britain's car-making future under threat
Why are so many people sleeping rough in Britain?
Brexit and Ireland: What's at stake?
Is Britain’s political system broken?
Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?
Climate Change: is time running out?
Brexit: Where Next?
Les Gilets Jaunes
Deal or no deal?
A new political direction for Brazil?
How bad is the air we breathe?
Nationalisation - how would it work?
Another Brexit Referendum?
Can a new political party win?
What's at stake in the US midterm elections?
Britain's Housing Crisis
Is Greece out of the woods?
Is Turkey imploding?
Is the Student Finance System Working?
Chaos on the railways
Imran Khan and Pakistan: what's going to change?
What does the UK want from the EU?
Trump vs NATO
Brexit decision time
Why are the British Armed Forces short of personnel?
Could Italy bring down the European Union?
Macron: One Year On
Is the Home Office a problem department?
What is the problem with plastic?
A new Cold War?
Violent Crime
Can you win a trade war?
The EU after Brexit – A special programme together with The Bottom Line
The Mueller Indictment
Is ISIS still a threat?
Is Your Local Council Going Bust?
Britain, China and the new Silk Road
Syria: who wants what from the conflict?
John Worboys: Understanding the Parole Board
Would you pay more for the NHS?
Who are the protesters in Iran and what do they want?
Correspondents Look Ahead
What Next for the Democrats?
President Trump's End of Year Report
What's Russia up to?
May's Brexit Dilemma
Saudi Arabia's Radical Crown Prince
A world without antibiotics?
President Xi and the Chinese Dream
Capitalism in Crisis
Could Spain split?
Is Big Tech Out of Control?
Why are Myanmar's Rohingya persecuted?
What are the consequences of lifting the public sector pay cap?
What does the EU want from Brexit?
The North Korean Missile Threat
The AI Revolution
The Far Right in America
Is Venezuela on the brink of collapse?
A Great Day at the White House?
Why is there still a migrant crisis in Europe?
The Crisis in Conservatism
Where does Labour stand on Brexit?
The Cost of Abandoning Austerity
Labour's Election Result: A Successful Failure?
Trump, Russia and the FBI
How Do We Pay for the UK?
How Does France Work?
The Problem of North Korea
Snap General Election
Should we worry about Turkey?
Can the NHS Survive?
Britain's Broken Housing Market
Does IS Need a State?
Is It Time to Renationalise the Railways?
Trump and Trade
Trump and the Economy
India's Bonfire of the Bank Notes
Drugs in West Yorkshire
Aleppo: After the Evacuation
Liberalism's Horrible Year
Yemen: A Global Conflict
The Prison Problem
The Investigatory Powers Act a.k.a The Snoopers' Charter
VIP Sex Abuse Allegations
Infrastructure: The Roads to Recovery?
Black Lives Matter UK
Europe's Illiberal Democracies
Quantitative Easing
A Ceasefire in Syria?
Trump and Putin
Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites
Jesse Morton: The Jihadi Who Changed His Mind
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Alt-Right
Grammar Schools
Who are the Special Forces?
Britain's Nuclear Dream
What Do Remainers Feel Now?
Fethullah Gulen and Turkey's Failed Coup
The Truth About BHS
Why Did People Vote Leave?
The Chilcot Report: The Source Who Lied
Immigration: Why Did it Rise?
The New IRA
Anti-Semitism on the Left