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  1. Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

    Dr Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped every aspect of medieval Britain.

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  2. Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power

    Amanda Vickery uncovers the 300 year-long campaign by women for political equality.

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  3. Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time

    Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.

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  4. Promises, Promises: A History of Debt

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.

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  5. Imagining Ulster

    Series exploring the influences that have shaped aspects of identity in Northern Ireland.

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  6. India's Frontier Railways

    Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan

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  7. Back in Time for Dinner

    A British family discover how a revolution in what we eat has transformed the way we live.

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  8. Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney

    Martha Kearney retraces the footsteps of artist and geologist George Victor Du Noyer.

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  9. After Bannockburn

    Two-part historical docudrama

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  10. Portillo's State Secrets

    Michael Portillo unearths previously classified documents from The National Archives.

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  11. David Suchet - In the Footsteps of St Peter

    Actor David Suchet goes in search of one of the most puzzling characters in history.

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  12. Treasures of Ancient Greece

    Series in which Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.

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  13. Sex and the Church

    Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity has shaped western attitudes to sex

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  14. War at Sea: Scotland's Story

    The story of the battle for control of the North Sea during the First World War.

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  15. When Life Was Brill

    The music, writers and buildings in New York which created the soundtrack for a generation

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  16. Gallipoli

    Gilleasbuig MacDonald tells of the Gallipoli campaign in World War One

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  17. The History of the Peloponnesian War

    First-hand account by Thucydides of the 5th-century BC wars between Athens and Sparta.

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  18. 24 Hours in the Past

    Living history show. Six celebrities experience the relentless graft of Victorian Britain.

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  19. World War One Remembered: Gallipoli

    HM the Queen leads tributes from the Cenotaph memorial in London.

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  20. Comhairle nan Eilean @40 - Na L脿ithean Tr脿th

    Two-part Gaelic series

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  21. The Old Road

    Patrick Muirhead retraces the 1899 footsteps of Hilaire Belloc

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  22. Britain's Greatest Generation

    Documentary series about the extraordinary last survivors who fought or lived through WWII

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  23. VE Day: First Days of Peace

    Stories from around the regions to mark the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

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  24. In Search of the Black Mozart

    Chi-chi Nwanoku searches for great black composers and performers of the 18th century.

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  25. Shadow of the Sun King

    Professor Julian Swann marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV of France.

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  26. Napoleon

    Historian Andrew Roberts brings the story of Napoleon vividly to life

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  27. The 蜜芽传媒 at War

    An enthralling series exploring how the 蜜芽传媒 became the institution it is today.

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  28. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

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  29. Lost Children of the Holocaust

    Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war 蜜芽传媒 radio appeals

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  30. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    David Olusoga explores Britain's dark past - how it was built on the profits of slavery.

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  31. Genius of the Ancient World

    Bettany Hughes seeks out the stories behind three giants of ancient philosophy.

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  32. From Within - Revisited

    Series that returns to the locations and communities of previous 蜜芽传媒 documentaries

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  33. Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome

    Professor Wallace-Hadrill explores how the ancient cities of Athens and Rome worked.

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  34. VJ Day 70

    Programmes to mark the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day.

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  35. Canals: The Making of a Nation

    Liz McIvor looks at who built, worked on and regenerated the nation's canal network.

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  36. The Ascent of Woman

    Dr Amanda Foreman uncovers stories of women that have made and changed human history.

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  37. Blitz Cities

    Celebrities explore the Blitz history of their home cities.

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  38. Patagonia 150

    Dylan Iorwerth tells the story the Welsh settlement in the Chubut Valley, Argentina

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  39. Face of Britain by Simon Schama

    Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture.

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  40. Battle of Britain 75

    Programmes to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

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  41. A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance in our country.

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  42. The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice with Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver

    Anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts.

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  43. Peter Snow Returns to the Future

    Peter Snow and guests board a time-travelling DeLorean to go back and forward in time.

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  44. The Stuarts in Exile

    Two-part documentary telling the story of the Stuarts' attempt to reclaim the throne.

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  45. All Fair in War: A History of Military Deception

    Historian and writer Ben Macintyre presents a series on bluff and guile in battle

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  46. Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You

    Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture.

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  47. Ghost Houses

    Charlotte Smith explores once-great houses that are now in ruins

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  48. Minding Our Language

    Two-part documentary in which Tim McGarry explores the history of the Scots language.

    蜜芽传媒 Two Northern Ireland

  49. Leabhraichean-latha a' Chogaidh Mh貌ir/Great War Diaries

    The story of 1914-18 solely through the eyes of those who lived through it.

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  50. The Secret History of the British Garden

    Monty Don explores the fascinating history and evolution of the British garden.

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