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Energy Day highlights

Anna Foster presents highlights from Energy Day, when 5 live discussed key issues from the energy debate, as well as trying to power a radio studio entirely from renewable sources of energy.

Sep 29, 2013•50 min

Victoria Derbyshire - Scottish Independence

Victoria Derbyshire is in Glasgow, a year to go before Scotland gets to vote on whether or not to go it alone as an independent country

Sep 16, 2013•1 hr 47 min

Sir David Frost Tribute

A tribute to broadcasting giant, Sir David Frost who has died at the age of 74.

Sep 01, 2013•54 min

The Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Drive the House of Commons made the right decision by refusing to rush to military action in Syria. But he says Britain still has enough weight in the world to make a difference. Hear his interview with John Pienaar here:

Aug 30, 2013•18 min

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Listen to the highlights of two special programmes presented from Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Dotun Adebayo discusses Dr King’s legacy and the impact of the speech which has become a defining moment in the history of the American civil rights movement. Guests include the King family friend Juanita Abernathy, the cousin of Emmett Till whose death sparked civil rights protests, the mother of the murdered teenager Trayvon Martin and th...

Aug 27, 2013•1 hr 13 min

Kenny Sansom

Arsenal left back Kenny Sansom was one of the golden boys of football earning 86 caps for England In recent years he has been secretly battling with alcoholism. His alcohol addiction and gambling left him with money problems so severe he was homeless and had to sleep on park benches. With the help of the Professional Football Association, Kenny has been in detox and is now sober. In his first interview since his detox, he talks about his struggle with alcoholism.

Aug 23, 2013•22 min

Simpson in China

In this documentary, the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reports from China, five years after the Beijing Olympics. Simpson talks to activists, academics and artists who are openly questioning whether Chinese communism can survive and returns to Tiananmen Square, where he dodged bullets to cover the 1989 massacre for the BBC.

Aug 16, 2013•49 min

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