Factual: - All Programmes
-
Os Cionn Cláir
How wakes and burial customs in Ireland have changed over the last 200 years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
-
The Last Post
The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
-
The Lost Songs of Hollywood
Julia Kogan explores the little-known personal music of exiled composers in Los Angeles.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
Sgrìobhaidhean às an Trainnse
Leabhraichean-là Murdie MhicÌomhair agus Mhurchaidh Mhoirich bhon Chiad Chogadh.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio nan Gà idheal
-
Forgotten History
Neil Kinnock assesses the poetry of a fellow Welshman, Idris Davies.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
-
Particle Poets and Molecular Metaphors
Anna McNamee explores atomic science as poetic inspiration.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
-
Mary McAleese & An Chéad Eorpach
Former Irish president Mary McAleese uncovers the legacy of Irish missionary Columbanus.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland
-
A Very Welsh Coup
Robert Orchard traces the Welsh roots of those who brought down Margaret Thatcher.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
-
Lynn Hill: Twenty-First Century War Poet
US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill opens up the alien soul of 21st-century warfare.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
-
Shops of Christmas Past
Edi Stark takes us on a magical trip to celebrate the Shops of Christmas Past.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
-
Sophia: Suffragette Princess
Anita Anand tells the largely unknown story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
Documentary charting the radically changing attitudes towards Scotland's gay community.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland
-
Postcards from the Village: An East-West Dialogue
An exchange of villages inspires Romanian poet Ioana Ieronim and UK poet Fiona Sampson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
-
Dan Cruickshank's Warsaw: Resurrecting History
Dan recalls his boyhood to explore the memories of Warsaw and of its people.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
-
Turas Sgoile Ypres
Bho Sgoil MhicNeacail gu là rach-cogaidh Ypres anns a' Bheilg.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio nan Gà idheal
-
Mary McAleese and the Man Who Saved Europe
Mary McAleese journeys through Europe to uncover the legacy of Columbanus.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
-
Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman
Jake Chapman explores why Goya's Disasters of War etchings are so central to his own art.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
-
Race Apart
Lemn Sissay discovers positive and negative experiences of living in multicultural Britain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
The World Since Wales Last Qualified
Reflection on the 57 years since Welsh footballers last qualified for a major tournament.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
-
Saving the Forgotten Jews
Documentary about the rescue of the Ethiopian Jewish community in the 1980s and 1990s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
All Aboard! The Sleigh Ride
A real-time journey across the wilderness of the Arctic on a traditional reindeer sleigh.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
-
Cue The Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Kirsty Young looks at the history of the royal Christmas broadcast.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
Michael Palin discovers the story of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
-
Rudolf Nureyev - Dance to Freedom
The story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
The Great History Quiz: The Tudors
Two teams of historians answer questions on all aspects of Tudor life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
Britain's Muslim Soldiers
Documentary telling the story of Muslims who gave their lives fighting for Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Leningrad and the Orchestra that Defied Hitler
In the midst of terror in 1942, starving musicians performed Shostakovich's 7th Symphony.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
Syrena Songs
The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Coverage of a commemoration in London to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
Mao's Little Red Book Goes West
David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
Sea City - Maritime Merseyside
Meeting the people who work along the waterfront at the Port of Liverpool.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Sea City - Learning the Ropes
The factors that make Plymouth one of Britain's most vibrant and exciting maritime cities.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Sea City - Band School
Royal Marines School of Music pupils battle for a career in the Royal Marines Band Service
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Children Saved from the Nazis: The Story of Sir Nicholas Winton
The powerful story of one man's heroism in the face of Nazi brutality.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Sea City - The Humber Estuary
The teams keeping the treacherous waters of the Humber open for shipping.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
-
Mao's Golden Mangoes
Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
The Docklands Bomb: Executing Peace
Looking at the events that resulted in the Docklands bombing twenty years ago.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
-
Abertawe'n Fflam
75 mlynedd ers bomio Abertawe, dyma raglen a gafodd ei darlledu'n wreiddiol yn 1991.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
-
Ireland's Treasures Uncovered
The story of the iconic Irish artefacts that have helped shape and create modern Ireland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
-
The Art of Adultery
Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
Kipling's Indian Adventure
Patrick Hennessey travels to Lahore in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard
Mary Beard uses modern technology to examine the secrets of the victims of the eruption.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
-
Dunblane: Our Story
Commemorating the Dunblane shooting, one of the worst firearms atrocities in the UK.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Scotland
-
Floating In Space
Samira Ahmed takes you on a radio space journey, with radio dramas, readings and comedies.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
-
Brendan O'Carroll: My Family at War
In a deeply personal film, Brendan O'Carroll tells the story of the Irish Easter Rising.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
-
Frongoch: Irish University of Revolution
How those interned after the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin became a unified force.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
-
The Women Who Staged the Rising
Marie-Louise Muir examines the role of theatre in the 1916 Easter Rising.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Ulster
-
The Story of the Day the Clown Cried
David Schneider reveals unseen material from actor Jerry Lewis's film about the Holocaust.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News
-
Easter 1916: The Enemy Files
Michael Portillo charts the story of the Easter Rising from the British point of view.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland