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Frost Fair
Celebrating the extraordinary fairs once held on London's frozen River Thames.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Grampian - Toradh nam Bliadhna
Nostalgic look back at Gaelic TV with Norman Macleod and Patsi Mackenzie.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Boom Hall
Ken McCormack tells Deirdre Donnelly the story of Derry's grandest ruin.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Foyle
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Diomhair
The story of how successive British governments worked covertly to discredit the SNP.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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The Truth about Christmas Carols
Composer Howard Goodall uncovers the surprising history of the Christmas carol.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Maadai-Kara
Benjamin Zephaniah explores the ancient oral tradition of southern Siberian throat singing
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Thatcher and the Scots
A look back at the tumultuous Thatcher years and the effect they had on Scotland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Omnipresent Mr Handel
How Handel became, through his oratorios, a favourite of the working and middle classes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hunting the Beagle
Searching for the ship aboard which Darwin began to formulate his theory of evolution.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Dusty Bluebells
A nostalgic look back at games and songs from the streets of Belfast.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Anne Frank Remembered
Film about the girl whose diary records two years in hiding in Amsterdam during WWII.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Black Students in Red Russia
The story of the students who were sent from developing countries to study in the USSR.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Shock of the Knee
Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the miniskirt.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists
The story of the Futurist movement and its founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Secret Diary of the Holocaust
The extraordinary tale of a 14-year-old Polish girl who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Do or Die
Jon Latimer explains how and why the keys of La Corunna are in a Welsh military museum.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Discovering the Sitwells
Writer and broadcaster William Sitwell discovers more about his family's literary heritage
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Five Meet to Make Up Myths
Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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M Is for Maxwell Knight
The story of the 1950s naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow
The story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
The story of Timbuktu and its long-hidden legacy of thousands of ancient manuscripts.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Iran and Britain
Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught history of Britain's relations with Iran.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Hunt for U12
The story of German submarine U12, which lay hidden in the Firth of Forth for 93 years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Adventures in Junk
Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the adventure playground.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Tailwind
The untold story of Northern Ireland's key role in the air war from 1939-1945.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans
How the bitter rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone changed British politics forever.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Counterfeiter's Tale
Adolf Burger's role in the Nazi's failed operation to flood Britain with forged cash.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Over Here
Warm-hearted documentary about the American GIs in Northern Ireland during World War Two.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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My Strike
Documentary looking at how going on strike became almost a rite of passage at one time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Satanic Verses Affair
In-depth look at the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Unknown Face
Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
Neil Oliver investigates the story of a ruthless queen who would kill her own siblings.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Suffragettes: Battling for Votes
Rosalyn Ball tells the story of the Suffragettes' campaign to win the vote for women.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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Wrecked
Neil McCarthy seeks out Wirral's wrecking past and looks for its spirit today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Kindertransport Story
Lord Attenborough tells of the British rescue mission to save children from the Nazis.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Tomas Telford: A' togail Na Gaidhealtachd
Fiolm ghoirid a tha a' comharrachadh na rinn Tomas Telford air a Ghaidhealtachd.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Hillsborough
Dylan Jones yn edrych ar drychineb Hillsborough. A look back at the Hillsborough disaster.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Madame Ecosse
The story of Winnie Ewing's election win in Hamilton for the SNP in 1967.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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West End Jungle
1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Baghdad of the Mind
An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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There's More Here Than I Thought
Who was Winifred Gill? Writer Kate Mosse uncovers the life of an extraordinary woman.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra