Underage Drinking
Exclusive figures obtained by the Victoria Derbyshire programme on 5 live reveal the true extent of underage drinking in the UK. The programme has discovered that nearly three hundred children aged 11 or younger went to A&E last year for an alcohol related condition. In total, 6,500 children aged 17 and under were admitted to hospital in the last year as a result of drinking.
30 Sep 201359min
Energy Day highlights
Anna Foster presents highlights from Energy Day, when 5 live discussed key issues from the energy debate, as well as trying to power a radio studio entirely from renewable sources of energy.
29 Sep 201350min
Victoria Derbyshire - Scottish Independence
Victoria Derbyshire is in Glasgow, a year to go before Scotland gets to vote on whether or not to go it alone as an independent country
16 Sep 20131h 46min
Sir David Frost Tribute
A tribute to broadcasting giant, Sir David Frost who has died at the age of 74.
1 Sep 201353min
Ed Miliband with John Pienaar
The Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Drive the House of Commons made the right decision by refusing to rush to military action in Syria. But he says Britain still has enough weight in the world to make a difference. Hear his interview with John Pienaar here:
30 Aug 201317min
50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
Listen to the highlights of two special programmes presented from Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Dotun Adebayo discusses Dr King’s legacy and the impact of the speech which has become a defining moment in the history of the American civil rights movement. Guests include the King family friend Juanita Abernathy, the cousin of Emmett Till whose death sparked civil rights protests, the mother of the murdered teenager Trayvon Martin and the daughter of George Wallace, one of America’s most famous segregationists.
27 Aug 20131h 12min
Kenny Sansom
Arsenal left back Kenny Sansom was one of the golden boys of football earning 86 caps for England In recent years he has been secretly battling with alcoholism. His alcohol addiction and gambling left him with money problems so severe he was homeless and had to sleep on park benches. With the help of the Professional Football Association, Kenny has been in detox and is now sober. In his first interview since his detox, he talks about his struggle with alcoholism.
23 Aug 201322min
Simpson in China
In this documentary, the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reports from China, five years after the Beijing Olympics. Simpson talks to activists, academics and artists who are openly questioning whether Chinese communism can survive and returns to Tiananmen Square, where he dodged bullets to cover the 1989 massacre for the BBC.
16 Aug 201349min
