Political satire
The Documentary Podcast. Poking the Establishment. Audio, 27 minutes
Satire in the Arab world that targets social injustice, corruption and political leaders
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. Free Thinking Essay: Speaking Truth to Power in the Past and Present. Audio, 20 minutes
Joanne Paul on satire, flattery and document leaks in the C16 and C17 centuries and now.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Free Thinking Essay, Speaking Truth to Power in the Past and Present. Audio, 15 minutes
Joanne Paul on satire, flattery and document leaks in the C16 and C17 centuries and now.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. The Launch of Private Eye. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor brings together the satirists who launched Private Eye magazine in 1961.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Who's Afraid of Teatr Doc? Audio, 28 minutes
Why does Vladimir Putin fear a tiny drama company which operated from a Moscow basement?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Georgian Portraits, Martin Rowson on William Hogarth. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson discusses the satiric genius of William Hogarth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
South Africa Spits Back. Audio, 30 minutes
Roger Law, co-creator of Spitting Image, discovers South Africa's satirical puppets.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Craig Brown. Audio, 45 minutes
Critic and satirist Craig Brown is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Swift's A Modest Proposal. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jonathan Swift's satirical 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. William Hogarth. Audio, 30 minutes
Eighteenth-century satirist and painter William Hogarth is nominated by Ian Hislop.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Pope. Audio, 45 minutes
The life and work of the brilliant, acerbic and unpopular poet Alexander Pope.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Scriblerus Club. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirical 18th century Scriblerus Club.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. James Gillray. Audio, 30 minutes
Political cartoonist Steve Bell chooses the 18th-century caricaturist James Gillray.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. John Bird. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is satirist John Bird
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Primary Colors. Video, 132 minutes
Political satire. An idealistic aide manages the campaign of a presidential candidate.
- AttributionBBC Three
- Available for over a year
