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Prisoners, Saints and Persuaders: The World of ITC
The story of Lew Grade's ITC company, which revolutionised British television in the 1960s

Shane MacGowan: The Old Main Drag
Sean O’Hagan celebrates Shane MacGowan's lyrical genius as a voice of the Irish diaspora.

Lobster Telephone
Matthew Sweet explores a century of surrealism.

Famous Last Words
Sarah O’Reilly delves into the rich archive of notable ‘last interviews’.

Up in Smoke
A look back on a century of cigarette smoking.

The Year We Lost the Climate
Was the US election of 2000 the year we lost the climate? Roger Harrabin looks back.

The Mandy Rice-Davies Tapes
The 1963 Profumo Affair as told by one of the main characters at the centre of the scandal

Hey World, What's the Craic? Patrick Kielty on Ireland's 1994
Comedian Patrick Kielty looks back on 1994 - a year that would change Ireland forever.

Bombers
Chris Mullin reveals how 1974's Guildford and Birmingham bombings changed British justice

Reweaving Threads, 40 Years On
Writer Jude Rogers revisits Threads, the Cold War nuclear film that haunted a generation.