The Briefing Room

BBC Radio 4

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news

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393 episodes
Updated July 27

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Aug 27, 2020 · 28 min
Brexit: deal or no deal?
Where are we up to with Brexit and what will it mean for you?
Aug 20, 2020 · 28 min
Belarus: the end of a dictatorship?
What will come of the protests in Belarus and who will determine the country's future?
Aug 13, 2020 · 28 min
Covid-19: the return to school
How should we balance the risks when reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic?
Aug 6, 2020 · 28 min
Scottish Independence: Hope and Fear
What is behind rising support for independence and how could another referendum happen?
Jul 30, 2020 · 28 min
How to beat obesity
What’s in the government's plan to help people lose weight and what more could be done?
Jul 23, 2020 · 28 min
The UK's place in the world
How can the UK shape foreign policy in response to the threats posed by Russia and China?
Jul 16, 2020 · 28 min
What is happening to the Uighurs in China?
China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang, and how the world is responding.
Jul 9, 2020 · 28 min
Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?
What has the pandemic done to healthcare in the UK and will it get back on track?
Jul 2, 2020 · 31 min
The Leicester lockdown
How local lockdowns will work, Leicester’s is likely to be the first of many.
Jun 25, 2020 · 28 min
Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?
Creating and protecting jobs in the time of the coronavirus.
May 15, 2020 · 28 min
China and the Pandemic
How have China's relations with other countries changed since the arrival of the virus?
May 7, 2020 · 28 min
Coronavirus and the economy
What are the pandemic and lockdown doing to the economy and and what could happen next?
Apr 30, 2020 · 28 min
Covid-19 and the Care Sector
Have the mounting deaths exposed cracks in the way we deliver care to the most vulnerable?
Apr 23, 2020 · 28 min
Easing the lockdown
Some countries have opened schools and non-food shops. Can the lockdown be eased safely?
Apr 17, 2020 · 28 min
The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be?
Apr 9, 2020 · 28 min
The Inequalities of Lockdown
What do we know about the impact of the lockdown on different people and places?
Apr 2, 2020 · 28 min
Covid-19: What Next?
How close to a vaccine are we and how important is mass testing?
Feb 20, 2020 · 28 min
UK fishing and Brexit
The UK fishing industry will be central to EU trade negotiations, starting soon. Why?
Feb 13, 2020 · 28 min
Sinn Féin's rise
Sinn Féin recorded a historic result in the Irish election. Why?
Feb 10, 2020 · 28 min
Treating Terror
What can be done to stop another convicted terrorist attacking again?