Election Night Fever

Available for over a year

Rachel Burden reveals the inside story of how the human and national drama of politics plays out on Election Night. In 2024 Rachel has a stake in the answer: she's co-presenting the BBC election night coverage on Radio 4 and 5 Live. So in this programme she looks back at the archives from great General Election nights past, speaks to politicians and presenters about what makes these nights so special, and records behind the scenes during recent programmes. She'll give a sense of what happens when the cameras aren’t looking, the microphones are off, and the spin hasn't yet been spun, and offer the insider story of the unique place which election nights hold in British politics. Producers: Daniel Kraemer and Giles Edwards.