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You know we’re leaving the EU but this is the story of how the UK got here. Mark Mardell uncovers the fractious yet intriguing story of Britain’s relationship with the EU.

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    25. The Purge

    Fri 4 Sep 2020

    Mark Mardell examines how revolution was afoot in the Conservative Party

  • 24. The Centre Cannot Hold

    Wed 2 Sep 2020

    Mark Mardell delves into the problems that dogged the centre ground

  • 23. Three Strikes and You're Out!

    Wed 2 Sep 2020

    Mark Mardell explores heightened tensions as Mrs May's withdrawal deal fails to impress

  • 22. The Spartans

    Mon 31 Aug 2020

    Mark Mardell meets the European Research Group

  • Brexit: How did we get here?

    Fri 31 Jan 2020

    Mark Mardell recaps how Britain joined, and ultimately came to leave the European Union

  • 21. Checkmate at Chequers

    Tue 23 Apr 2019

    Mark Mardell revisits a hot and sunny day at the Prime Minister's country retreat

  • 20. The path to a meaningful vote

    Mon 22 Apr 2019

    Mark Mardell navigates MPs' journey to secure a meaningful vote on Bexit

  • 19. The election that broke Brexit

    Fri 19 Apr 2019

    Mark Mardell dissects the 2017 general election

  • 18. Dexeu: Brexit from a broom cupboard

    Thu 18 Apr 2019

    Mark Mardell delves into Whitehall and the new Department for Exiting the European Union

  • Coming soon

    Thu 28 Mar 2019

    Mark Mardell returns with new episodes of Brexit: A Love Story?

  • 17. Lancaster House and red lines

    Fri 14 Dec 2018

    Mark Mardell dissects Theresa May's infamous Lancaster House speech

  • 16. Article 50 and the Avatar of Hate

    Thu 6 Dec 2018

    Mark Mardell unpicks how – and when – Article 50 was triggered

  • 15. Road to Conference

    Thu 29 Nov 2018

    Mark Mardell considers the role of Mrs May’s chiefs of staff in her first months at No10

  • 14. Inside May's Mind

    Thu 22 Nov 2018

    Mark Mardell delves into what the Prime Minister really thought about the EU

  • 13. An Island Nation

    Thu 20 Sep 2018

    Mark Mardell finishes his journey through Britain's 45 year relationship with the EU

  • 12. Five miscalculations and a resignation

    Thu 6 Sep 2018

    Mark Mardell asks whether David Cameron's decisions over Europe led to his own demise

  • 11. Banging on about Europe

    Fri 24 Aug 2018

    Mark Mardell charts the rise of UKIP and the effect it had on the Conservative party

  • 10. Pole position

    Thu 2 Aug 2018

    Mark Mardell looks at how EU migration shaped the Brexit debate

  • 9. Blair, Brown and a bike ride

    Thu 19 Jul 2018

    Mark Mardell remembers the push and pull of Europe under New Labour

  • 8. The Most Successful Party That Never Won A Seat

    Thu 5 Jul 2018

    Mark Mardell gets to grips with Sir James Goldsmith and his Referendum Party

  • 7. Major and the mad cows

    Fri 22 Jun 2018

    Mark Mardell returns to a health crisis recast into familiar territory: a Brussels battle

  • 6. Major’s Bastards and the Battle of Maastricht

    Thu 7 Jun 2018

    Mark Mardell revisits the tensions in the Conservative party over the Maastricht Treaty

  • 5. Up Yours Delors!

    Thu 24 May 2018

    Mark Mardell considers the role of the press in influencing public opinion about the EU

  • 4. From Bruges to Bust

    Thu 10 May 2018

    Mark Mardell explores the role of Europe in Margaret Thatcher's downfall

  • 3. Battling Maggie's blues

    Thu 26 Apr 2018

    Mark Mardell follows Margaret Thatcher's fight to reduce Britain's bill to the EEC

  • 2. Yes to Britain in Europe

    Fri 13 Apr 2018

    Mark Mardell examines the 1975 referendum to remain in the European Economic Community

  • 1. Fanfare for the future

    Thu 29 Mar 2018

    Mark Mardell navigates his way through the early days of the UK's love affair with the EU

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