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The Big Picture - BBC3 and Tony Benn/Bob Crow

In the remainder of our show, first broadcast on the 19th March 2014, Maddie leads discussion on the BBC's decision to close BBC3 and in tribute to the late left-wing figures Tony Benn and Bob Crow.


21:37 minutes (19.79 MB)

The Big Picture - No Mo Page Three

Maddie chairs a special debate between members of the "No More Page Three" campaign and some of its critics in the wake of an SU Council decision to boycott papers that print images of topless women.


22:48 minutes (26.09 MB)

The Big Picture Podcast - Russia in Ukraine, Labour Membership Reform, and SU Elections Season

Matt chairs this edition of the Big Picture, originally aired on the 5th March 2014. The panel discuss Russia's intervention in Ukraine's revolution, reforms to trade unions' membership of the Labour Party, and the SU's performance in the light of the upcoming elections season for next year's executive.


47:42 minutes (43.68 MB)

The Big Picture Podcast - Ukraine in Flames, Harriet Harman and PIE, and Clegg vs. Farage

Joseph steps up to the Big Picture chair for the first time in this edition of the show, first broadcast on the 26th February 2014. The panel discusses the growing unrest in Ukraine, the Daily Mail's campaign against Harriet Harman over her historic links through the National Council for Civil Liberties with the Paedophilia Information Exchange; and the coming showdown between Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage over Britain's EU membership.


42:08 minutes (48.22 MB)

The Big Picture Podcast - Scottish Independence, Right to Recall and Swiss Migration

Seb chairs this edition of the Big Picture, first broadcast on the 19th February 2014. The panel discussed developments in Alex Salmond's attempts to convince the Scottish people to vote for independence, the dropping of plans to offer voters the right to recall their MP, and the narrow passage of a Swiss referendum to restrict EU immigration.


45:22 minutes (41.54 MB)