Acclaimed four part bbc documentary series which examines us president barack obama's time in office. As absorbing as any episode of the west wing – guardian featuring interviews with the president, his white house team and his opponents, including hillary clinton, strategist david axelrod and house of representatives speaker nancy pelosi, the programme looks back at the successes and failures of the obama administration. Among them is his hopeful first 100 days of his presidency, his struggle to reform health care, his desire to change foreign policy and end his predecessor's wars in the middle east and his attempts to tackle some of america's most pressing social issues including immigration, racism and gun control. The episodes are '100 days', 'obamacare', 'don't screw it up' and 'the arc of history'.     running time 230 minutes region region 2 release date 04 07 2016