The Long View

Last Edited: 08-May-2018 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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2005

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
11-Oct-2005	Snne01	Tory Leadership Contests	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:35, 25867, S
18-Oct-2005	Snne02	Licensing Laws and 1845 Beer Law	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	28:00, 26264, S
25-Oct-2005	Snne03	William Marshall and the Good Death	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:59, 26241, S
01-Nov-2005	Snne04	1951 Malayan Insurgency	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:41, 25960, S
08-Nov-2005	Snne05	Surveillance and the Politics of the Watch, 1811	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:58, 26230,  S
15-Nov-2005	Snne06	Same Sex Partnerships, 12th century	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	28:01, 26279, S

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2006

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
28-Feb-2006	Snne01	Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1826	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:44, 26003, S
07-Mar-2006	Snne02	Medieval Pension Crisis	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Matthew Dodd	27:42, 25977, S
14-Mar-2006	Snne03	Education Act of 1870	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Matthew Dodd	27:42, 25981, S
21-Mar-2006	Snne04	Consensus Politics, 1951	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:58, 26228, S
28-Mar-2006	Snne05	A Symbol of Britishness, 18th century, John Bull	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:42, 25971, S
05-Apr-2006	Snne06	Extraordinary People, 13th century	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	27:48, 26068, S

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2007

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-Jan-2007	Snne01	The Edwardian Period	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Adamson	28:06, 26345, S
09-Jan-2007	Snne02	1740 novel Pamela and computer games	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:56, 26192, S
16-Jan-2007	Snne03	1921 Cricket whitewash	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:51, 26118, S
23-Jan-2007	Snne04	1974 Rise of Margaret Thatcher	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:58, 26235, S
30-Jan-2007	Snne05	16th century gun control	Jonathan Freedland Produced by James Cooke	27:48, 26078, S
06-Feb-2007	Snne06	Government and the Generals	Jonathan Freedland	27:45,
09-Oct-2007	Snne01	Overcrowded Prison		27:38, 32388, S
16-Oct-2007	Snne02	A Promised Referendum		27:45, 32539, S
23-Oct-2007	Snne03	Bank panic	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Gavin Hurd	27:17, 25583, S
30-Oct-2007	Snne04	Trust in the Media	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:55, 26173, S
06-Nov-2007		No programme
13-Nov-2007		No programme
20-Nov-2007		No programme
27-Nov-2007	Snne05	Obesity and public health	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Gavin Hurd and Robin Reid	27:50, 26105, S

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2008

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
25-Nov-2008	snne01	FDR's first 100 days	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:46, 26041, S
02-Dec-2008	snne02	19th century railway expansion	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:37, 25893, S
09-Dec-2008	snne03	the bleak festive season of 1930	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:31, 25800, S
16-Dec-2008	snne04	celebrity chefs with social agendas	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:56, 26191, S

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2009

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
10-Feb-2009	Snne01	The Bank of England, 1694	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Rebecca Stratford	27:40, 25945, S
17-Feb-2009	Snne02	the short-lived Victorian football club New Brighton Tower	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:43, 25998, S
24-Feb-2009	Snne03	murders of children in Liverpool in 1883 and 2007	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:49, 26086, S
03-Mar-2009	Snne04	scandal in the House of Lords, 1640	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:41, 25962, S
07-Jul-2009	1	how governments can best help the unemployed, 1930s	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:48, 26067, S
14-Jul-2009	2	Lord Mandelson today and Cardinal Richelieu in 17th-century France	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:51, 26115, S
		no programme
28-Jul-2009	3	the 1855 Hyde Park disturbances	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:46, 26041, S
04-Aug-2009	4	railways at a time of recession	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:46, 26044, S

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2010

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
23-Feb-2010	1	National Debt, 1815	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:42, 25982, S
02-Mar-2010	2	John Alexander Brodie's Goal Net , 1890	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:35, 25860, S
09-Mar-2010	3	commemoration of soldiers killed , Towton, 1461	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Marie Burgess	27:55, 26176, S
16-Mar-2010	4	British brands, American takeovers -- Boots and Cadbury	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:30, 25785, S
12-Oct-2010	1	the 'Geddes Axe' of 1921-22	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:33, 25834, S
19-Oct-2010	2	sports' uneasy relationship with the gambling business	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:52, 26130, S
26-Oct-2010	3	a 19th Century officer who challenged British strategy in India	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Joanne Cayford	27:41, 25965, S
02-Nov-2010	4	the mid-term elections of 2010 and 1982	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:47, 26053, S

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2011

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
01-Feb-2011	1	policy reversals in politics	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:36, 25890, S
08-Feb-2011	2	state secrets and freedom of information	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:50, 26105, S
15-Feb-2011	3	who should own England's forests	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Joanne Cayford	27:38, 25914, S
22-Feb-2011	4	royal weddings	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Paula McGinley	27:42, 25972, S
21-Jun-2011	1	super-injunctions	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:52, 26129, S
28-Jun-2011 05-Jul-2011		no programme
12-Jul-2011	2	the end of the space shuttle	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mark Burman	27:57, 26157, S
19-Jul-2011	3	Greece and the Euro with Britain's departure from the gold standard in 1931	Jonathan Freedland Produced by James Cook	27:47, 26003, S
26-Jul-2011	4	BBC Salford and the Manchester Guardian	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:48, 26012, S

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2012

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
10-Jan-2012	1	Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:43, 25943, S
17-Jan-2012	2	the Stephen Lawrence case	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:40, 25891, S
24-Jan-2012	3	grand building projects	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:42, 25979, S
31-Jan-2012	4	Sovereign Debt	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mark Burman	27:40, 25895, S
09-Jul-2012	1	Syria and the Bulgarian Horrors	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:45, 25970, S
16-Jul-2012	2	LIBOR and rate fixing	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:36, 25824, S
23-Jul-2012	3	the 2012 Olympics and the London games of 1908	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:44, 25948, S
30-Jul-2012	4	King John and the Leveson Inquiry	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil George	27:39, 25883, S
06-Nov-2012	1	Graduate Employment	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:35, 25810, S
13-Nov-2012	2	Airport Expansion and 19th Century Ports	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:35, 25819, S
20-Nov-2012	3	Appointing the Archbishop	Jonathan Freedland Produced by James Cook	27:42, 25932, S
27-Nov-2012	4	tree disease in Britain	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:35, 25811, S

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2013

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
03-Apr-2013	special	failings at Stafford General Hospital and the culture of the NHS	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Phil Tinline	27:49, 26050, S
02-Jul-2013	1	Nika Riots	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mohini Patel	27:38, 25869, S
09-Jul-2013	2	International Surveillance	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Sarah Taylor	27:40, 25898, S
16-Jul-2013	3	Shale gas and UK energy resources	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:46, 25981, S
23-Jul-2013	4	Tax Avoidance	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:12, 25460, S

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2014

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
14-Jan-2014	1	Electronic cigarettes and snuff	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:18, 25543, S
21-Jan-2014	2	The Working Poor	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:40, 25902, S
28-Jan-2014	3	Big Flood of 1953	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:47, 25999, S
16-Jul-2014	1 podcast	The Politics of History Textbooks	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:22, 25619, S
23-Jul-2014	2 podcast	Nigel Farage	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:30, 25738, S
30-Jul-2014	3 podcast	young people who volunteer to fight in foreign wars	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mohini Patel	27:42, 25924, S
06-Aug-2014	4 podcast	coffee shops now and in the 17th century	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Lawrence Grissell	27:20, 25589, S
23-Dec-2014	1 podcast	Documenting the Self: Victorian Diaries and 21st-Century Social Media	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mohini Patel	27:37, 25920, S
30-Dec-2014	2 podcast	Obesity in the 1930s and now	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:37, 25919, S

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2015

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
17-Feb-2015	1	The Aliens Act of 1905	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:40, 32403, S
24-Feb-2015	2	The 1929 General Election and the Art of Political Persuasion	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Mohini Patel	27:39, 32382, S
08-Sep-2015	1	The Living Wage	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:48, 26023, S
15-Sep-2015	2	Publicizing Exploration	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Tom Alban	27:45, 25975, S
22-Sep-2015	3	Vietnamese refugees in 1979	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Julia Johnson	27:49, 26110, S
29-Sep-2015	4	Today's crisis in dairy farming and the wheat crisis of the 1930s	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Neil McCarthy	27:37, 25928, S
22-Dec-2015	1	John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:40, 25885, S
29-Dec-2015	2	Slave Labour and Consumer Power	Jonathan Freedland Produced by Clare Walker	27:42, 25919, S