Series looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster parliament
Radio 4,Β·47 episodes
Mary Ann Sieghart examines the role of humour in politics.
Ahead of the Olympics, Edward Smith asks what the government's sports policy delivers?
Mary Ann Sieghart asks how the UK political parties can win more British Asian voters.
Direct democracy - transforming or undermining our politics? David Grossman investigates.
Michael Buchanan looks at what 'devo max' would mean for Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Anita Anand looks at how parties could woo the men's vote.
Anne McElvoy asks if politicians use memoirs and diaries to control our view of the past.
Andrew Rawnsley looks at the political strategies of the main parties at Westminster.
Anita Anand asks what impact the government's plans for schools are having on the ground.
Purple, blue or red - Beyond Westminster asks how Ed Miliband should rebrand his party?
Mary Ann Sieghart discovers if new government transparency is all that it claims to be.
Tim Samuels asks why politicians can't speak their minds and what consequences this has.
John Kampfner finds out the lasting lessons of the English street disturbances this month.
How do you govern a divided society? Nick Watt travels to Northern Ireland to find out.
Anita Anand asks if elected commissioners will make the police more accountable.
Can campaigners exert too much power with modern techniques? David Grossman reports.
Beyond Westminster visits Scotland to find out how the SNP won the election.
John Kampfner examines what the Coalition's proposals for planning mean for 'localism'.
Mary Ann Sieghart asks if the coalition's foreign and defence policies are contradictory.
Sheena McDonald takes stock of devolution in Scotland and Wales ahead of the elections.
Four new peers from outside politics talk about their first impressions of the Lords.
Big Society is the most radical idea in politics in a generation, but what does it mean?
What do past coalitions tell us about how politics may develop in and out of Westminster?
Andrew Rawnsley on how the main parties are repositioning in unchartered political waters.
Ahead of the Conservative Party conference, John Kampfner asks what it means to be a Tory.
As Labour's new supremo emerges, John Kampfner asks: are great leaders born or created?
Andrew Rawnsley on the Star Chamber, which decides where the public spending axe falls.
John Kampfner asks what makes a perfect coalition.
Michael Dobbs asks how much patronage influences our political system.
As public spending cuts loom, how can voters influence where the axe may fall?
