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  1. Frost Fair

    Celebrating the extraordinary fairs once held on London's frozen River Thames.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  2. Grampian - Toradh nam Bliadhna

    Nostalgic look back at Gaelic TV with Norman Macleod and Patsi Mackenzie.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  3. Boom Hall

    Ken McCormack tells Deirdre Donnelly the story of Derry's grandest ruin.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Foyle

  4. An Iolaire

    The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  5. Diomhair

    The story of how successive British governments worked covertly to discredit the SNP.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  6. The Truth about Christmas Carols

    Composer Howard Goodall uncovers the surprising history of the Christmas carol.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  7. Maadai-Kara

    Benjamin Zephaniah explores the ancient oral tradition of southern Siberian throat singing

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  8. Thatcher and the Scots

    A look back at the tumultuous Thatcher years and the effect they had on Scotland.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  9. The Omnipresent Mr Handel

    How Handel became, through his oratorios, a favourite of the working and middle classes.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  10. Hunting the Beagle

    Searching for the ship aboard which Darwin began to formulate his theory of evolution.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  11. Dusty Bluebells

    A nostalgic look back at games and songs from the streets of Belfast.

    蜜芽传媒 One Northern Ireland

  12. Anne Frank Remembered

    Film about the girl whose diary records two years in hiding in Amsterdam during WWII.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  13. Black Students in Red Russia

    The story of the students who were sent from developing countries to study in the USSR.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  14. The Shock of the Knee

    Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the miniskirt.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  15. Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists

    The story of the Futurist movement and its founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  16. The Secret Diary of the Holocaust

    The extraordinary tale of a 14-year-old Polish girl who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  17. Do or Die

    Jon Latimer explains how and why the keys of La Corunna are in a Welsh military museum.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wales

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    A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  19. Discovering the Sitwells

    Writer and broadcaster William Sitwell discovers more about his family's literary heritage

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  20. Five Meet to Make Up Myths

    Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  21. M Is for Maxwell Knight

    The story of the 1950s naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  22. 1929: The Great Crash

    A look at the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  23. Paper Clips

    Documentary about an unusual school project related to the Holocaust.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  24. Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow

    The story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  25. Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species

    How Charles Darwin struggled for 20 years to create his book On the Origin of Species.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  26. Cl貌 M貌r

    The story of an iconic fabric, Harris Tweed.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  27. The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

    The story of Timbuktu and its long-hidden legacy of thousands of ancient manuscripts.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  28. Iran and Britain

    Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught history of Britain's relations with Iran.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  29. The Hunt for U12

    The story of German submarine U12, which lay hidden in the Firth of Forth for 93 years.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland

  30. Adventures in Junk

    Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the adventure playground.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  31. Tailwind

    The untold story of Northern Ireland's key role in the air war from 1939-1945.

    蜜芽传媒 One Northern Ireland

  32. Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans

    How the bitter rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone changed British politics forever.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  33. The Counterfeiter's Tale

    Adolf Burger's role in the Nazi's failed operation to flood Britain with forged cash.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  34. Maighstir Ailean

    The story of priest, poet and folklorist Father Allan MacDonald.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  35. Over Here

    Warm-hearted documentary about the American GIs in Northern Ireland during World War Two.

    蜜芽传媒 One Northern Ireland

  36. My Strike

    Documentary looking at how going on strike became almost a rite of passage at one time.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  37. The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India

    Documentary telling the story of Rolls-Royce in India through the lives of its princes.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  38. The Satanic Verses Affair

    In-depth look at the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  39. Tom Driberg and Me: A Personal Portrait by William G Stewart

    William G Stewart tries to find out whether Labour politician Tom Driberg was a KGB spy.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  40. The Unknown Face

    Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  41. Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    Neil Oliver investigates the story of a ruthless queen who would kill her own siblings.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  42. Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

    Rosalyn Ball tells the story of the Suffragettes' campaign to win the vote for women.

    蜜芽传媒 Parliament

  43. Wrecked

    Neil McCarthy seeks out Wirral's wrecking past and looks for its spirit today.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Kindertransport Story

    Lord Attenborough tells of the British rescue mission to save children from the Nazis.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  45. Tomas Telford: A' togail Na Gaidhealtachd

    Fiolm ghoirid a tha a' comharrachadh na rinn Tomas Telford air a Ghaidhealtachd.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  46. Hillsborough

    Dylan Jones yn edrych ar drychineb Hillsborough. A look back at the Hillsborough disaster.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Cymru

  47. Madame Ecosse

    The story of Winnie Ewing's election win in Hamilton for the SNP in 1967.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  48. West End Jungle

    1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  49. Baghdad of the Mind

    An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  50. There's More Here Than I Thought

    Who was Winifred Gill? Writer Kate Mosse uncovers the life of an extraordinary woman.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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