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  1. Kings of the Road

    Billy Kay tracks down the men at the heart of the M8 motorway's construction.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland

  2. Young John Paul II - Witness to Evil

    Drama-documentary tracing the formative experiences on Karol Wojtyla's path to the Vatican

    蜜芽传媒 One

  3. The Thatcher Generation

    A look at Margaret Thatcher's era, and the effect it had on three Welsh families.

    蜜芽传媒 One Wales

  4. Restoration Revisited

    Griff Rhys Jones revisits some of the buildings and campaigners featured in Restoration.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  5. Ossian

    The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  6. Here Come the Tattie Howkers

    Looking at the Irish potato pickers who used to come to Scotland for the harvest each year

    蜜芽传媒 Two Scotland

  7. France's Forgotten Concentration Camps

    Investigating the concentration camps set up in France to hold Spanish Civil War refugees.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  8. Walking Through Time

    Francis Pryor explores prehistoric archeological sites at Goldcliff, near Newport.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wales

  9. Barbado'ed: Scotland's Sugar Slaves

    A look at the descendants of the Scottish POWs sent to Barbados in the 17th century.

    蜜芽传媒 Two Scotland

  10. Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers!

    We all know the phrase, but who was he? Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  11. The Six Faces of Henry VIII

    Can Ian Hislop create a photofit image of Henry VIII from the many created down the ages?

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  12. A Very Theatrical Revolution

    Dominic Dromgoole goes in search of Shakespeare's indoor playhouse, Blackfriars Theatre.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  13. The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    Film about James Brown's gig in Boston the night after Martin Luther King's assassination.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  14.

    Hunting Haydn's Head

    Simon Townley learns how 'the father of the symphony' lost his head for 145 years.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Lions' Roar

    Documentary about the sporting and social impact of the Lions' 1974 tour to South Africa.

    蜜芽传媒 One Wales

  16. Michael Wood on Beowulf

    Focusing on Beowulf, historian Michael Wood traces English poetry back to the Dark Ages.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  17. The Race to Dover

    Jonathan Agnew explores the 1909 competition to fly across the English Channel.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  18. For the Love of Prague

    The story of animator Gene Deitch, who lived in Prague during the years of communist rule.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland

  19. Bong! The Condensed History of Big Ben

    Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  20. The Fallen: Legacy of Iraq

    Friends and family of those who died during the Iraq conflict talk about its legacy.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  21. D-Day: Secret Maps

    How tens of thousands of maps were created for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  22. D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special

    Documentary acclaimed as the most important colour footage taken during WWII.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  23. Broken Arrow

    Gerry Northam finds out how a nuclear bomb ended up lying off the US coast in 1958.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  24. D-Day 65: The Veterans Return

    Live reports from Normandy on the events marking the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  25. Mendelssohn, the Nazis and Me

    How Mendelssohn's conflicted identity led to a fight for survival for his descendants.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  26. Goodbye London Aerodrome

    Current and former pilots talk about their memories of Hendon. Presented by Glyn Worsnip.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  27. The '59 Revival: The Outpouring

    William Crawley tells the story of the religious revival that swept through Ulster in 1859

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster

  28. The Grandfather of Self Help

    4 Extra Debut. Kate Williams investigates the legacy of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  29. Martin Martin

    The story of the writer and his written account of the Western Isles, published in 1703.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  30. Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered the Gay Revolution

    Tom Robinson examines the legacy of the Stonewall protests for the gay community.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

  31. The '59 Revival

    William Crawley assesses the religious revival that swept through Ulster in 1859.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster

  32. Wreck of the Alba

    Michael Bird on the story of the great painting by Alfred Wallis.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  33. Those Baneful Articles

    Billy Kay takes a look at the arrival of tea and whisky in 18th century lowland Scotland.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  34. Bha Uair Eile Ann

    The hidden Highland industrial revolution.

    蜜芽传媒 ALBA

  35. A Prince Made in Wales

    Welsh men and women share their unique stories of the investiture of the Prince of Wales.

    蜜芽传媒 Two Wales

  36. A Prince for Wales?

    Huw Edwards asks lords, ladies, politicians and the ordinary people about Prince Charles.

    蜜芽传媒 One Wales

  37. Wales - The Prince and the Plotter

    The investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969 was dogged by extremist threats.

    蜜芽传媒 One Wales

  38. Fiery Cross

    Billy Kay explores the effects of the American Civil Rights Movement on Scottish society.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland

  39. From Dots to Downloads - Tune-Books on the Web

    Centuries before iPods, ordinary folk had 'tune-books'. Tim van Eyken seeks them out.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  40. Moonbathing

    Charles Hazlewood explores the musical legacy of the first moon landing.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

  41. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

    Drama-documentary on the 365-day bloodbath created by Robespierre in the French Revolution

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  42. Khmer Rock and the Killing Fields

    Robin Denselow explores Cambodia's rock and roll in the late '60s, known as 'Khmer Rock'.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  43. The Grandfather of Self Help

    Kate Williams investigates the success and legacy of Samuel Smiles's 1859 book 'Self-Help'

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  44. The Race to Space

    Pallab Ghosh looks back at the 1969 lunar landings.

    蜜芽传媒 News

  45. Tales Before the Stave

    Francis Fyfield unpicks the hidden codes of a beautiful 11th-century musical manuscript.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  46. Written in Stone

    How an ancient stone inscription came to the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  47. The Story of the Open University

    Documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Open University, with Lenny Henry.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  48. Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality

    Lars Tharp on our relationship with the urn, death and imortality

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  49. Luting the Past

    Emma Kirkby tells the story of a 400-year-old lute, recently restored to its former glory.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  50. The 40th Anniversary of Woodstock

    Singer-songwriter John Sebastian marks the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

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