Understand BBC Radio 4

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-episode guide to everything that is going on in the election.
Hosted by Adam Fleming, it looks at everything from candidate selection and leader debates, to results day and the difference a manifesto can make, speaking to journalists, election forecasters and people who have worked at the heart of politics.
The series kicks off by taking you inside the campaign trail and asking how parties make it work to their advantage.
This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, Newscast and Anti-Social, alongside political correspondent and host of Any Questions Alex Forsyth, as well as John McTernan who worked as Tony Blair's Political Secretary and Lee Cain, key strategist for Boris Johnson’s campaign to be prime minister and Downing Street Director of Communications.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham
Credit: Good Morning Britain for the Boris Johnson in a fridge archive clip.

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-part guide to everything that is going on in the election, hosted by Adam Fleming.
In this episode, Adam looks at how candidates are selected and why it’s such a critical moment for the parties.
This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, from Newscast and AntiSocial, with Michael Crick, political journalist and founder of @TomorrowsMPs.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-part guide to everything that is going on in the election, hosted by Adam Fleming.
In this episode, Adam looks at manifestos; a set of policies that a party stands for and would hope to deliver if elected. What is their place in British political history? How do they get written and who are they actually for?
This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, from Newscast and Anti-Social, with Rachel Wolf, who co-wrote the Conservatives’ 2019 manifesto for Boris Johnson, and Jonathan Rutherford, who co-wrote Labour’s 2015 manifesto when Ed Miliband was in charge.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-part guide to everything that is going on in the election, hosted by Adam Fleming.
In this episode, Adam looks at why people vote the way they do. What can we tell about how someone will vote from their age, gender, ethnicity and education? And what do labels like Mondeo Man, Worcester Woman and Pebbledash People really mean?
This episode was hosted by Adam Fleming, from Newscast and Anti-Social, with Professor Jane Green, Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre at Oxford University, co-director of the British Election Study and President of the British Polling Council.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham

Understand the UK Election is a simple 10-part guide to everything that is going on in the election, hosted by Adam Fleming.
In this episode; changes to Brits abroad being able to vote, voter ID rules explained, dogs at polling stations and why pencils, not pens, are used to cast your vote.
Hosted by Adam Fleming, from Newscast and Anti-Social, with Vijay Rangarajan, Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission.
Producers: Alix Pickles and Alex Lewis
Production Manager: Janet Staples
Editor: Sam Bonham

How do the parties select their presidential candidates?
This episode was hosted by Justin Webb (Today Programme host and Americast host) alongside Sarah Smith (BBC North America editor and Americast host) and Ned Foley (director of the election law program at Ohio State University).
Producers: Dan Gordon and Alix Pickles
Production coordinator: Sabine Schereck
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham