Explore the history & stories of the U.S in the 250 years since it declared independence.
Historian Heather Cox Richardson on what history tells us about modern America
Twenty years after 9/11 is the US still confident it's on the "right side of history"?
100 objects. 100 stories. A new history of the US hiding in plain sight.
James Naughtie examines the ideas tying America's founding to the modern United States.
Join Don Wildman as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today
Justin Webb looks at five big US foreign policy shifts, from Monroe to Trump.
Broadcaster Alistair Cooke recounts tales from his observations on US life
Reflections on half a century of 鈥榣ooking in鈥� on the United States
Michael Goldfarb visits the Library of Congress and Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia.
A new Limelight drama for Radio 4.
America through the looking glass - enter a world where nothing is as it seems.
The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in the 1960s.
Michael Goldfarb takes a look at the role music played in Thomas Jefferson's life.
American adventure story of love and conflict. boldly refreshed by Shahid Iqbal Khan.
Star-studded drama for the 250th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.
The American Civil War novel, a stunning tale of love and loss, dramatised by Rachel Joyce
Grammy award-winner Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music.
James Naughtie looks at how Americans celebrate 4th July, and what it means.
Stars, Stripes and Soundtracks - America's Independence Day on film.
Adaptation of Louisa May Alcott鈥檚 autobiographical short story. Starring Louisa Harland.
In his hometown Alvin Hall considers America鈥檚 past and its divided present
In the year of America's 250th anniversary, we tell the story of the side that lost.
How did one man from the American South fight off an entire German party in World War One?
250 years ago, the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War were fired.
