Explore the history & stories of the U.S in the 250 years since it declared independence.
With the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s international editor Jeremy Bowen and China expert Celia Hatton.
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the American War of Independence.
America, 1773. 300 chests of tea are thrown into Griffin's Wharf. What happened, and why?
Naomi Alderman explores the mind of the first US president, George Washington.
Opal Lee walked to Washington to demand a new national holiday marking the end of slavery
Who was this legend of the American Revolutionary War?
Rattus gets the first US President to take calls on his favourite activity!
The founding of the USA, 4th July, 1776 changed the world. Who were the founding fathers?
The story behind the making of the 1976 movie classic All the President’s Men.
Malcolm tells the real story on what happened in Boston on the night of December 16, 1773
Washington Irving’s classic ghost story featuring the headless horseman.
John Yorke takes a look at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story.
Henry David Thoreau's account of a year living in a cabin in the woods next to Walden Pond
John Yorke takes a look at Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
Owen Wister’s pioneering work of Cowboy fiction begins when a stranger rides into town.
Naomi Alderman explores the mind of Malcolm X and his role in black nationalism in the US.
Greg Jenner takes us to 18th-century America to see what happens after independence.
Lindsay Johns makes the case for writer Rudolph Fisher's portraits of Black American life
Mark Lamarr explores the life of blues woman Memphis Minnie.
Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman on Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple.
To mark the centenary of MGM, Neil Brand looks at the magic of Hollywood musicals.
Sarah Churchwell celebrates various stars of the silver screen from the 1930s and 1940s.
Exploring America's national anthem, set to the tune of an English social men's club song.
Henry Goodman and Lorelei King with readings and music evoking the American landscape.