A scorching week in politics
Adrian Chiles welcomes journalist and political activist Ash Sarkar and comedian Geoff Norcott to chew over one of the most dramatic and significant political weeks in recent memory as Boris Johnson b...
26 Jul 201947min
Boris Johnson: First Commons address and MP reaction
Listen back to the moment Boris Johnson made his first speech as prime minister in the House of Commons.You will also hear the response from MPs, including Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn and n...
25 Jul 20191h 2min
A tale of two speeches: May out, Johnson in
Relive the moment Theresa May gave her last speech as prime minister and Boris Johnson gave his first. 5 Live's Anna Foster was outside Downing Street with political correspondent Nick Eardley.
24 Jul 201924min
Boris Barometer: Your views on the UK's new PM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson: How does that make you feel?Are you energised? Are the guy ropes off? Is he the man to get the job done?5 Live's Nicky Campbell hears from callers.
24 Jul 201942min
Boris Johnson wins race to be next PM
As the country sizzled on one of the hottest days of the year – the heat was turned up on Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt.The pair had been battling it out to win the Conservative leadership contest, an...
23 Jul 201951min
An audience with Melinda Gates: Empowerment, careers and society
5 Live's Laura Whitmore meets Melinda Gates - one of the world’s most powerful women. She’s a former general manager at Microsoft, co chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropist w...
17 Jul 201954min
Ed Dwight Jr: The first black astronaut who never flew
In the autumn of 1962, US president John F Kennedy laid out his ambition for the USA to put the first man on the moon. At the time, it seems, Kennedy already had in mind one particular individual who ...
17 Jul 201949min
Andy Woodward: I was abused by football coach Barry Bennell
Andy Woodward was a promising young footballer at Crewe Alexandra when he was groomed and sexually abused from the age of 10 to 16 by the club's youth coach Barry Bennell.In 2016 Andy Woodward decided...
27 Jun 201939min
