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Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
The story of how Homo sapiens survived its not-too-distant past, against all the odds.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry presents the very best sketches from the Bafta-winning Horrible Histories.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in...
Documentary looking at the items valued or desired by men and women over the centuries
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Soft Power Hard News
How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Lunatic Line
Ayisha Yahya tells the story of the 600-mile railway line from the Kenyan coast to Uganda
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jane Robinson - Bluestockings
The sacrifices made for university education by the pioneering women at Cambridge in 1869.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Dwli Ar...
Cyfres hanes lle fydd Aled Sam yn gwneud i ni wenu, a rhyfeddu! New history series.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Stories from Notting Hill
The complex history of the Notting Hill Carnival, with writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Story of British Pathé
Series delving into film and newsreel company British Pathé's treasure trove of images.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square
Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Series looking at one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Vasily Grossman from the Frontline
Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Scottish Intellect
Billy Kay celebrates the 600-year history of Scottish universities.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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The Queen's Palaces
Documentary taking a look at the stories behind HM the Queen's three official residences.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Regimental Stories
Five regiments reveal how their identities were forged by moments in British history
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia
The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Day They Tried to Close Down Merthyr
Melanie Doel revisits the turbulent period in the 1930s when Merthyr's future was in doubt
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Ceramics: A Fragile History
Three-part series looking at the history of pottery in Britain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Art of Monarchy
Will Gompertz examines objects in the Royal Collection that define the British monarchy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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A History of the Brain
Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories 20 objects tell us about Shakespeare's world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Freedom Trail
Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Manor Reborn
A team of historians and experts reinterpret 500-year-old Avebury Manor in Wiltshire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Last Explorers
Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland
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The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office
Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the history of Jerusalem
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office
Omnibus edition. Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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How New Is the New Philanthropy?
Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black Is a Country
Exploring the underground music generated by the Black Power and Black Arts movements
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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One of Hitler's Mistakes
81-year-old Mady Gerrard recounts growing up as a teenage Jew in Hungary during the war
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
Unlocking the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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To Strive and Seek
Sara Wheeler studies the men on Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova polar expedition
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy
A two-part portrait of Elizabeth II's grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Sport and the British
Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Sport and the British: Omnibus
Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Fred Dibnah travels cross-country to reveal how steam engines powered British industry.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War
A look at how wars are really fought - in the backroom of military planning
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Nile
Edward Stourton explores the impact of the famous river on the people of Egypt
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Diamond Queen
Andrew Marr presents three films looking at the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Real Patron Saints
Ian Hislop delves into the history of the patron saints of Britain and Ireland
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Britain's Heritage Heroes
Series celebrating the people dedicated to maintaining Britain's rich history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Be' 'Di'r Hanes
Rhun ap Iorwerth yn dod a hanes Cymru yn fyw. The history of Wales.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture
Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Alvin Hall in The Bonfire of the Vanities
Alvin Hall compares the New York of Tom Wolfe's scathing 1980s satire with that of today
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces
The stories of objects with links to the Titanic
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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How God Made the English
Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two