Mark Carruthers and a panel of experts assess Labour's first Budget.
Mark Carruthers and guests celebrate 200 episodes of Red Lines.
Mark Carruthers discusses the Programme for Government with Stormont MLAs.
Mark Carruthers chats to Denis Bradley about his political influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers chats to Máirtín Ó Muilleoir about his influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers chats to Edwin Poots about his political influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers chats to SDLP MP Claire Hanna about political influences & inspirations
Mark Carruthers and guests reflect on the big surprises in the general election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess another three Westminster constituencies.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess the four Belfast constituencies.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess the candidates in another three constituencies.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three Westminster races ahead of the general election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess two Westminster races ahead of the general election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three Westminster races ahead of the general election.
Will Rishi Sunak's Rwanda policy impact the local elections in the Republic?
DUP founding member Wallace Thompson tells Mark Carruthers about his political journey.
Mark Carruthers and a host of MLAs discuss the huge economic issues facing the Executive.
Mark Carruthers and guests look forward to the General Election.
A new Assembly but familiar tensions are already beginning to surface.
Mark is joined by Gareth Gordon & a few MLAs as Stormont gets back up and running.
Mark Carruthers chats to Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill about her political influences.
Who is actually running Northern Ireland?
Mark Carruthers and guests look back on another eventful political year.
We have a go at reallocating unionist politicians into two new notional parties.
Ahead of the party's ard fheis, the panel discuss what's next for Sinn Féin?
Ahead of the party's conference, just what is happening inside the DUP?
Former PSNI Chief Constable Sir George Hamilton speaks exclusively to Mark Carruthers.
Mark Carruthers talks to Eamonn McCann about his influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers talks to actor Ciarán Hinds about his influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers talks to Baroness Hoey about her influences & inspirations.
Mark Carruthers talks to Joe Brolly about his influences & inspirations.
Predicting the political future - with bonus Taylor Swift material.
Mark and guests chat about how museums tell the stories of The Troubles.
Mark Carruthers and guests look at the debate around Irish neutrality
Mark and guests assess the political landscape in Scotland.
Assessing the state of the economies in Northern Ireland & the Republic.
"Is Unionism writing its own obituary?"
What lies ahead for those elected to Derry City and Strabane District Council?
What impact could the local election results have on the battle for Westminster seats?
On the eve of polling in the local election will voters turn out or will apathy set in?
Mark Carruthers & guests profile the 'other' or unaligned parties facing the electorate.
Ahead of the local council election we look at the battle within nationalism
Ahead of the local council election we look at the battle within unionism.
Mark Carruthers catches up with some of the main speakers at QUB's conference on the GFA
Mark and guests chat about US presidential visits to Northern Ireland
Mark Carruthers is joined by David Kerr, Conall McDevitt, Kate Fearon & Mark Simpson
The challenges of political journalism
New production Agreement at the Lyric Theatre reflects on the personalities of 1998.
What can be done to stop the abuse of women on social media?
"If he can, he will sell this deal."
How did the women involved in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations help shape the deal?
What are the big decisions facing the DUP & Sir Jeffrey Donaldson?
Mark & guests discuss the recent anti-migrant protests in the Republic.
"Running to the shop in my pyjamas and someone stopped me to talk about the Protocol."
"Rock hard scones, cold coffee and landline phones."
Talk of deal on the NI Protocol - but how do you get it over the line?
What can we expect in 2023?
Three Prime Ministers, two Monarchs and one NI Protocol.
Leo Varadkar returns as Taoiseach this weekend. Where might Micheál Martin go?
What is Together UK and what is it hoping to achieve?
The former head of the Civil Service assesses just who is running Northern Ireland.
As the SDLP leader reaches a milestone we ask what the future holds for the party.
With no Stormont Ministers, is the head of the Civil Service Jayne Brady now running NI?
Building Belfast better.
"Who's in charge?"
"So far up the pole he can't see a way down."
Three authors discuss the constitutional question.
Can Washington's Derek Chollet help sort out the Stormont stalemate?
"Doing enough is probably not enough."
New challenges for a new party leader and a mini budget with a lot consequences
A new Prime Minister, a new Secretary of State and a new Monarch - but what's changed?
Mark Carruthers chats to ex-minister Claire Sugden about her influences & inspirations
Mark Carruthers chats to Bernadette McAliskey about her influences & inspirations
Mark Carruthers chats to NIO Minister Conor Burns about his influences & inspirations
Mark Carruthers chats to Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill about her influences & inspirations.
Mark & guests discuss the PM's resignation and what it means for Northern Ireland?
The big interview with the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in full.
Mark Carruthers and panel reflect on the year in politics from the Duncairn centre
Six years on from the Brexit referendum - how secure is the Union?
The former education minister chats to Mark about losing his Stormont seat & what's next.
"A premiership in peril."
Former SDLP deputy leader Dolores Kelly chats to Mark about losing her Upper Bann seat.
3 weeks after losing his seat in North Antrim, Mervyn Storey speaks to Mark Carruthers
Boris Johnson says NI has always been a place in its own right - Mark & guests discuss
"Welcome to the three party state."
"Who's been sitting in my chair?"
Mark Carruthers and guests assess the four Belfast constituencies ahead of the election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess two constituencies ahead of the Assembly election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three constituencies ahead of the Assembly election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three constituencies ahead of the Assembly election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three constituencies ahead of the Assembly election.
Mark Carruthers and guests assess three constituencies ahead of the Assembly election.
The big 2022 Assembly Election preview.
"The chickens of St Andrews are coming home to roost."
Weeks away from the Assembly election, what state is political nationalism in?
A feel-good memoir of a challenging time? What are the politics of Belfast - the film?
How does the government get its message across during a political crisis?
Can art catalyse political change?
What's changed since the last election? Rev Steve Stockman and Fr Martin Magill reflect
Will Sinn Féin form the next government in the Republic?
Covid, cash and campaigning.
In a special 100th edition Red Lines reviews 2021
Susan McKay, Henry McDonald & David Torrans pick their local literary highlights of 2021
Which southern stories cut through in the northern news cycle - and why?
Discussing the United Irishmen of 1798 and how they shaped Belfast.
How might the latest polls might translate on election day?
"I think I'd say get stuffed."
Andrea Catherwood and Allan Little chat constitutional change in Scotland and NI
Change makers, influencers and activists who have made their mark in NI
It's time to pause, review the past few weeks & look ahead to what's coming up.
Politics here through the lens of two authors
Why is reporting the Northern Ireland story still so difficult ?
"The protocol is a sore which will not go away."
Mark & guests discuss Northern Ireland's electoral pacts of the past and present.
Mark & guests review how the Dublin media report on stories from & about Northern Ireland
Debating changes to media law in Northern Ireland
Stormont stasis on health service reform and politicking over the Protocol
Mark & guests discuss the leadership of Edwin Poots & the challenges facing his successor
Assessing Sinn Féin's next move. Are we facing a snap election?
"It's a contact sport over here."
What will Arlene Foster do next? Mark and guests discuss the former DUP leader's options
If the latest poll is right - the political landscape here is in for quite a shake-up.
What will a Poots-led DUP look like - and how will we measure success or not?
Mark & guests discuss Sinn Féin's problems in the Foyle constituency.
"When Unionism is challenged it looks for the Lundy."
Mark Devenport & Ken Reid join Mark to assess Arlene Foster's leadership of the DUP.
Can you ever take the politics out of health?
Could coming together to pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh reset the mood at Stormont?
"We're in some political version of WWE Royal Rumble - you're not sure where to look."
Assessing the debate around a united Ireland & a border poll - from the Republic.
Enda Kenny & Sir Christopher Meyer reminisce about US St Patrick's Day celebrations.
Bias, balance and big media.
What makes a good Troubles drama?
Rating different roadmaps to recovery
Time to catch our political breath...?
Does four still go into one?
Mark & guests discuss the fallout from the EU's decision to trigger Article 16
How has the relationship between Stormont & Dublin impacted on the battle with covid19?
How to top Trump's Presidency?
How has the first year in the Assembly been for three of the newest MLAs?
Has the DUP fired the starting gun on its 2022 election campaign?
"As many twists and turns as Bill Bailey on Strictly."
"I feel I don't have another one in me."
"I think we are at a tipping point."
"Do you mark the centenary or celebrate it?"
"It just doesn't work."
Will Joe Biden's Irish heritage influence his Presidency?
Could coronavirus kill the Union?
Mark Carruthers chats to Suzanne Breen, Chris Donnelly and Newton Emerson.
"He's no W.D. Flackes"
Polly Toynbee, John Sergeant & Alex Massie assess 6 months of Boris Johnson's leadership
Mark speaks to Shane Greer, Fintan O'Toole and Marion McKeone about the American election
"It's crunchy enough."
Former Irish President, Mary McAleese speaks to Mark Carruthers
"Ignorance, arrogance and cowardice."
Mark is joined by columnists Mary Kenny, Fintan O'Toole & BBC's John Campbell.
Mark speaks to Sir Declan Morgan, NI's Lord Chief Justice
Mark chats to the former NI Secretary Julian Smith
A chance to listen to the full extended version of Mark's interview with the Taoiseach
"The story was never going to be over."
The Good Friday Agreement is his "guiding star".
'It is an abuse to try and apply our standards to previous generations.'
The end of Civil War politics in the Republic of Ireland?
Mark and guests discuss Brexit, Barnier & a return of Crazy Prices.
"If she has time to listen to Red Lines she's doing something wrong."
Mark & guests discuss covid19, the Union & the fallout over Dominic Cummings.
Mark speaks to Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's Special Envoy to NI & ex-Chief of Staff
"You do feel the weight of responsibility."
Being diplomatic in a pandemic
How does a government communicate with the public in a crisis?
Mark & his guests discuss how politicians are reacting to the coronavirus pandemic.
Reporting restrictions - how society and journalism deals with a pandemic.
"People always smile at you."
Discussing the interactions between media & politicians during the coronavirus outbreak
Mark is joined by Conor Macauley, Mary Kelly & Stephen Grimason to examine the RHI report
Mark, Gareth, Enda & Mary chat St Patrick's Day trips to the USA.
'Maggie Thatcher made me unemployed when I was seven.'
"Who came up with this crackpot idea?'
Mark, Gareth & Jayne are joined by Julian Smith's former special adviser.
Reporting the Republic
With the big election TV debate upon us Red Lines hits the pub in Dublin.
Fish, vacuum cleaners and the Hairy Canary.
'Who are all these people?'
'Is this thing still going?'
Stormont talks and Waiting for Godot
General Election 2019: 'I got shorter as the night went on.'
When Sam got a better offer.
Red Lines looks at the Alliance Party ahead of the general election.
Red Lines looks at the DUP ahead of the general election.
Red Lines looks at Sinn Féin ahead of the general election.
Red Lines looks at the SDLP ahead of the general election.
Red Lines looks at the Ulster Unionist Party ahead of the general election.
"Ruth-less Tories" in Scotland and the "political editor without an Assembly".
MLA's return to Stormont after almost 1,000 days
John shouts at Angela Merkel
RHI and other scandals
The double-edged sword of social media
The back-stop’s here? Bad puns with top political coverage from BBC Northern Ireland.
The Champions League final for constitutional lawyers
The back-stop’s here? Bad puns with top political coverage from BBC Northern Ireland.
Barnier, bigfooting and, as ever, the backstop.