Factual: - All Programmes
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Morning in the Streets
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
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The Ancient Novel
In search of the ancient novel, Tibor Fischer discovers they're like film scripts.
ѿý Radio 4 Extra
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The Strange Case of Oliver Cromwell's Head
Mark Whitaker explores a bizarre and gruesome story.
ѿý Radio 4
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America, Empire of Liberty
Justin Webb presents a debate to launch Radio 4's new American history series.
ѿý Radio 4
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Greg Dyke on Nye Bevan
Greg Dyke takes a bus tour through Wales and the life of Labour politician Aneurin Bevan.
ѿý Four
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Breakout
The story of the 1983 Maze prison escape, told by escape leaders and a prison officer.
ѿý One Northern Ireland
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Merlin the Legend
A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and mystery.
ѿý Two Wales
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Peter Manuel - Deireadh an Uilc
Fifty years after serial killer Peter Manuel was hanged, questions still remain.
ѿý ALBA
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Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails
Ian Hislop looks at the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed a third of the UK's railways.
ѿý Four
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Am Posadh Hiortadh
A drama-documentary examining life on St Kilda prior to the 1930 evacuation.
ѿý ALBA
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The Day the Troubles Began
Documentary about the Civil Rights march that took place in Derry on October 5th, 1968.
ѿý One Northern Ireland
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In Search of Spanish Flu
Virologists attempt to detect the genetic footprint of Spanish Flu by exhuming a body.
ѿý Four
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Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!
The story of the biggest prisoner-of-war break out in Britain.
ѿý Two Wales
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How the Stone Came ѿý
Elizabeth Quigley looks back at the day in 1996 when the Stone came home.
ѿý Radio Scotland
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The Crown Jewel
Dan Gordon uncovers the history of Belfast's famous Crown liquor saloon.
ѿý One Northern Ireland
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Belsen After Belsen
The story of the former prisoners who had to remain in Belsen after it was liberated.
ѿý Radio 4
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Armistice
David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the events that brought about the armistice of 1918.
ѿý Four
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Keepsakes of Conflict: Remembering World War One
Mark Stephen hears the individual stories that reveal the scale of the First World War.
ѿý Radio Scotland
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People's Century
The stories of those who suffered in the depression that followed the Wall Street Crash.
ѿý Two
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Return of the Helmet
Phil Carradice presents the story of Hywel Davies from Abergavenny.
ѿý Radio Wales
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Celebrating Cecilia!
Soprano Catherine Bott asks why St Cecilia still inspires composers and musicians.
ѿý Radio 4 Extra
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The Lament of the SS Mendi
Jackie Kay remembers the sinking of the SS Mendi in the English Channel in 1917.
ѿý Radio 4
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Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero
The story of a pioneering black British footballer who died heroically in WWI.
ѿý Four
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An Ciuin Mac Adhaimh
Documentary about a Presbyterian businessman from Belfast.
ѿý Two Northern Ireland
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Shooting Soviets: Cartier-Bresson in Moscow
The story of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson's journey to the Soviet Union in 1954.
ѿý Radio 4 Extra
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Merthyr War Memorial: Behind the Stone
The story behind the Pontmorlais First World War memorial in Merthyr Tydfil.
ѿý Two Wales
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The 'Stute
Looking back at the time when the Oakdale Miners Institute was a thriving cultural centre.
ѿý Two
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Escape from Marseilles
Documentary about a Frenchwoman who escaped to Wales during the Second World War.
ѿý Radio Wales
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A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain
Dramatisation of the life of Vera Brittain, a young woman who survived the First World War
ѿý One
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The Human Button
Historian Prof Peter Hennessy speaks to the people who operate Britain's nuclear deterrent
ѿý Radio 4
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The Partisan Coffee House
Mike Berlin tells the story of an influential left-wing London coffee house set up in 1958
ѿý Radio 4
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A Dream of Eleanor
Mary Robinson examines Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
ѿý Radio 4 Extra
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Behind the Scenes with Carbon Dioxide
The story of Joseph Black, the chemist who described carbon dioxide for the first time.
ѿý Radio 4
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SOS: The History of the RNLI in Scotland
Phil Cunningham narrates a documentary charting the history of the RNLI in Scotland.
ѿý One Scotland
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Private Harry Patch
A year in the life of Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the World War One trenches.
ѿý Four
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France on a Plate
A gastronomic tour through French history, from Versailles through to ethnic fusion food.
ѿý Four
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The Story of Asthma Island
How the island of Tristan da Cunha could hold the key to the genetic basis for asthma.
ѿý Four
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The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
How the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture.
ѿý Four
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Frankie Vaughan and the Live Gang Show
How did Frankie Vaughan manage to end rival gang violence in a Glasgow suburb?
ѿý Radio 4 Extra
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Carluccio and the Leopard
Antonio Carluccio travels to Sicily to discover more about Lampedusa's novel The Leopard.
ѿý Four
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The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio
Documentary about the great Italian Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.
ѿý Four
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Brand Cuba
Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.
ѿý Radio 4
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The Dirty Dozens
Benjamin Zephaniah tells the story of the 17th-century language game The Dozens.
ѿý Radio 4
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1968: Day by Day
Another chance to hear the highlights of Radio 4's 1968 Day by Day series.
ѿý Radio 4