Brexit: A Love Story? - 1. Fanfare for the future - BBC Sounds

1. Fanfare for the future

Mark Mardell navigates his way through the early days of the UK's love affair with the EU

• 18 mins

2. Yes to Britain in Europe

Mark Mardell examines the 1975 referendum to remain in the European Economic Community

• 18 mins

3. Battling Maggie's blues

Mark Mardell follows Margaret Thatcher's fight to reduce Britain's bill to the EEC

• 18 mins

4. From Bruges to Bust

Mark Mardell explores the role of Europe in Margaret Thatcher's downfall

• 18 mins

5. Up Yours Delors!

Mark Mardell considers the role of the press in influencing public opinion about the EU

• 19 mins

6. Major’s Bastards and the Battle of Maastricht

Mark Mardell revisits the tensions in the Conservative party over the Maastricht Treaty

• 18 mins

7. Major and the mad cows

Mark Mardell returns to a health crisis recast into familiar territory: a Brussels battle

• 20 mins

8. The Most Successful Party That Never Won A Seat

Mark Mardell gets to grips with Sir James Goldsmith and his Referendum Party

• 19 mins

9. Blair, Brown and a bike ride

Mark Mardell remembers the push and pull of Europe under New Labour

• 21 mins

10. Pole position

Mark Mardell looks at how EU migration shaped the Brexit debate

• 18 mins

11. Banging on about Europe

Mark Mardell charts the rise of UKIP and the effect it had on the Conservative party

• 20 mins

12. Five miscalculations and a resignation

Mark Mardell asks whether David Cameron's decisions over Europe led to his own demise

• 20 mins

13. An Island Nation

Mark Mardell finishes his journey through Britain's 45 year relationship with the EU

• 20 mins

14. Inside May's Mind

Mark Mardell delves into what the Prime Minister really thought about the EU

• 17 mins

15. Road to Conference

Mark Mardell considers the role of Mrs May’s chiefs of staff in her first months at No10

• 18 mins

16. Article 50 and the Avatar of Hate

Mark Mardell unpicks how – and when – Article 50 was triggered

• 17 mins

17. Lancaster House and red lines

Mark Mardell dissects Theresa May's infamous Lancaster House speech

• 17 mins

Coming soon

Mark Mardell returns with new episodes of Brexit: A Love Story?

• 1 min

18. Dexeu: Brexit from a broom cupboard

Mark Mardell delves into Whitehall and the new Department for Exiting the European Union

• 20 mins

19. The election that broke Brexit

Mark Mardell dissects the 2017 general election

• 20 mins

20. The path to a meaningful vote

Mark Mardell navigates MPs' journey to secure a meaningful vote on Bexit

• 21 mins

21. Checkmate at Chequers

Mark Mardell revisits a hot and sunny day at the Prime Minister's country retreat

• 21 mins

Brexit: How did we get here?

Mark Mardell recaps how Britain joined, and ultimately came to leave the European Union

• 15 mins

22. The Spartans

Mark Mardell meets the European Research Group

• 19 mins

23. Three Strikes and You're Out!

Mark Mardell explores heightened tensions as Mrs May's withdrawal deal fails to impress

• 19 mins

24. The Centre Cannot Hold

Mark Mardell delves into the problems that dogged the centre ground

• 19 mins

25. The Purge

Mark Mardell examines how revolution was afoot in the Conservative Party

• 18 mins