Analysis

Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented

Episodes

Total: 389

Unsure about Sure Start

2011/7/11

Sure Start was one of the flagship policies of the Labour years, and the Coalition Government has ju

The SNP and Scotland

2011/7/4

No university tuition fees, free personal care for the elderly, reduced prescription charges. In all

Is America Doomed?

2011/6/28

Justin Webb, the BBC's former North America Editor, regards the United States with affection and res

Hague's Middle East

2011/6/20

"The eruption of democracy movements across the Middle East and North Africa is, even in its early s

Egypt's New Islamists

2011/6/13

Edward Stourton asks if the Egyptian revolution spells the end of old-style Islamism. As groups like

Time was when the City of London and the financial services industry generally were the apple of mos

Unhealthy Expectations?

2011/5/30

Is our NHS debate avoiding the key issue? The talk is of another reorganisation of the NHS and great

Blue Labour

2011/3/21

Labour's traditional working class supporters are abandoning the party in their droves. But can Labo

Muscular Liberalism

2011/3/14

The prime minister has proposed a new 'muscular liberalism', aimed at better integrating Britain's M

Testing the Emotions

2011/3/7

Investigative journalist and author Fran Abrams looks at a popular but controversial programme desig

The autocratic regimes of North Africa & the Middle East enjoyed many years of military, politic

The Orange Book, published in 2004, is a collection of political essays by leading Liberal Democrats

The Big Society

2011/2/14

The "big society" - the idea that volunteers should take over some of the functions of the state - i

The role of credit in the build up to the global financial crisis is well known - but what has our r

Was the economic crisis caused by fundamental problems with the system rather than a mere failure of

Trust

2011/1/24

Trust was the subject of moral philosopher Professor Onora O'Neill's acclaimed Reith Lectures in 200

Presenter Chris Bowlby asks whether a state welfare system can ever distinguish between those who de

Ken Clarke has promised a "rehabilitation revolution" in which private investors will fund projects

To take successful military action, you do not only need soldiers, aircraft or warships. The support

Analysis celebrates its 40th birthday by making its own history the subject of its trademark examina