US Election: Satirists holding politicians to account
Dotun Adebayo looks at the role of comedians in the US political conversation in the company of two stand-up comedians; Michael Loftus, presenter of the right-leaning satirical news show “The Flipside” and a former writer for The Daily Show Alingon Mitra.First charting the rise of “The Daily Show with John Stewart” and then discussing how modern satirists are reacting to such an unpredictable race.
16 Okt 201621min
US Election: Influencing the Result - The Alt Right
Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro, Nomiki Konst and Harlan Hill join Calum Macdonald to discuss whether the Alt Right may influence the outcome of the US Election 2016.
11 Okt 201640min
Drive in El Paso on US election trail
Head of local Democrats Iliana Holguin, head of local Republicans Adolpho R Telles & El Paso Times editor Bob Moore look ahead to the US presidential election with Anna Foster.
10 Okt 201622min
5 live Drive: Key moments as the UK votes to leave the EU and David Cameron quits.
The UK votes to leave the European Union, prompting David Cameron to announce he will step down as prime minister. Hear Anna Foster and Tony Livesy bring you the key moments as David Cameron resigns, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage react to the news they'd fought so hard for, and Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon suggests a second Scottish referendum on independence might now be triggered.All that and reaction from those in highest office in Europe and the governor of bank of England.
24 Jun 201652min
5 live Daily EU Debate from Dover
Peter Allen hosts a special EU referendum audience debate from Dover - featuring Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith from the Leave campaign and Labour MP Liz Kendall for the Remain camp
9 Jun 20161h 28min
Your Call: Muhammad Ali Tribute
Callers pay tribute to Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, who has died at the age of 74.Ali was admitted to hospital on Thursday suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease and died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona.
4 Jun 201644min
Your Call: Shakespeare - the bard of bards' or much ado about nothing?
Ahead of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Nicky Campbell takes your calls and views on the bard and why he has endured where some others writers have faded into history.
24 Mar 201642min
Nick Yarris
Nick Yarris spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit -- before he finally walked out of prison a free man in 2004. He was wrongly convicted in the 1982 case of a woman who was raped and murdered in the US state of Delaware, but eventually acquitted when DNA evidence proved that he was not the killer. Yarris later moved to the UK, and now lives in Los Angeles, from where he spoke to Peter Bowes & Rhod Sharp on BBC Radio 5 live's Up All Night programme.
23 Mar 201630min
