Clare Short's "reckless" interview
Clare Short warned on The Westminster Hour that she would resign if there was war in Iraq without United Nations backing - but she later changed her mind. Hear the whole extraordinary interview.

Kenneth Clarke on Chancellors
The former Tory Chancellor Kenneth Clarke dissects the relationship at the heart of our politics - that between the PM and the boss at the Treasury, with the help of Nigel Lawson and Denis Healey.

Alexei Sayle on our Communists
Comedian Alexei Sayle grew up a Communist - a member of the British party's youth wing. He talks to former comrades about its rise and fall, Kremlin money and disillusionment in 'I was a Teenage Communist'.

David Cannadine on Churchill
Historian David Cannadine weighs up the oratory so skilfully deployed by the Greatest Briton - Winston Churchill - during World War 2 and asks why his magic failed to work in peace-time.

Steve Richards on election losers
In 'They Fought and Lost', the memories of election losers like Shirley Williams on how defeat at the hands of the voters changed their lives. Steve Richards also talks to Chris Patten and Peter Tatchell.

Dennis Sewell on the think tanks
They are big business and wield big influence in the USA - whoever is in charge of the White House. Dennis Sewell goes to Washington to examine the think tanks - and, in a second series, visits their counterparts in the EU.

Michael Cockerell's big interviews
In 'Tales from the Cutting Room' broadcaster Michael Cockerell remembers his brushes with some of the most charismatic political figures of the last half-century: Clark, Castle, Powell and Deedes.

Steve Richards on by-elections
Re-live the by-election shocks which rocked the political establishment, changed policies and upset careers in Steve Richards' series: from Oxford in 1938 to Eastbourne in 1990.

Brian Walden on political rivalries
Lloyd George once famously remarked that there was no friendship at the top. Hear about fascinating rivalries like Bevin and Morrison and Thatcher and Lawson in Brian Walden's series.

The Brandreth Rules
Gyles Brandreth's witty and illuminating insights for getting ahead in politics.

Who was century's greatest PM?
Find out how Churchill topped the poll when we asked a panel of experts to choose the greatest Prime Minister of the 20th century. Roy Jenkins, Barbara Castle and Kenneth Baker discuss the field.

Blair as PM: verdict and interview
At Christmas 2001, nearly five years into the job, The Westminster Hour reassembled its panel of veterans to assess the Blair record so far. Hear Barbara Castle's trenchant criticism. And Tony Blair is interviewed about the Third Way.

Nick Utechin on Hansard's history
Two hundred years ago a quiet revolution was happening in Parliament. Hear about the events which led to Hansard's birth. And why not every cough and snarl gets recorded.