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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½town Boring?
Unearthing hidden histories around the UK in places misjudged as being “boringâ€
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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The Captain Tom Story
The 100 year old man who became a global sensation and the controversy that followed.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Three Counties Radio
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Strike Boy
Mark was 10 when the miners' strike took over his life. Forty years on, he goes back.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Boro's League Cup Heroes: 20 Years On
A look back at the moment Middlesbrough Football Club won their first silverware.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Tees
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Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant's compelling account of the Luddite rebellion. Read by Hugo Speer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Miners' Strike: 40 years on
Stories from across England looking back at the 1984 miners' strike.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio
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How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev tells the story of World War II propagandist Sefton Delmer.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Curious History of Your ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Discover the extraordinary history of ordinary items all around you.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Strike
Jonny Owen tracks the impact of the miners' strike on Britain, on South Wales, and on him
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
An epic, sweeping history of the continent told through the voices of Africans themselves.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Pompeii: The New Dig
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Haiti - Descent Into Anarchy
Mike Thomson looks at Haiti's long descent into anarchy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The History Podcast
Reading his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne discovers a disturbing confession.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Shadow War: China and the West
Gordon Corera investigates the rise of China in Shadow War: China and the West.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman (Omnibus)
The search for the bells of Edo, now Tokyo, which relied on public bells for timekeeping.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Zelensky Story
Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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D-Day 80: We Were There
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Vasa: The Ghost Ship
Film about a Swedish galleon which sank after setting off on her maiden voyage in 1628.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Stalin Affair by Giles Milton
The story of an impossible alliance that won the Second World War. Read by Nigel Anthony.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Noiser Presents
Step back in time with podcasts that unearth stories from momentous events in history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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D-Day: Secret South England Stories
Explore surprising D-Day stories with curious comrades from the South of England.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Solent
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The Distorted DNA of Download Festival
Exploring the music, culture and legacy of the Download Festival.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Nottingham
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Extreme
A mountain of trouble. 11 climbers died in 2 disastrous days on K2. What really happened?
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Mystery of the Giant Birds/Dìomhaireachd nan Eun Mhora
Eòin mòra nach b’ urrainn sgèith. Carson? Giant birds that couldn’t fly. Why?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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In Detail...
Hairy Biker Si King investigates who felled the tree at Sycamore Gap in Northumberland.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Local Radio
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Introducing History's Secret Heroes - Series 2
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Cable that Changed the World
The world’s first transatlantic cable pioneered by Ulster physicist William Thomson.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Coming ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Six stories that illustrate how things changed for those who returned home after WWII.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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The Swansea Boys Who Built Bombs
The little known story of the Welsh scientists who worked on atomic weapons
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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The Siege by Ben Macintyre
The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Women vs Hollywood by Helen O'Hara (Omnibus)
Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Death of an Artist
The story of Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner: love, power, alcoholism & an ill-timed death.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder's exploration of freedom - and why it's our only chance for survival.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Politically
Conversations with leading political figures reflecting on their lives in politics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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If Walls Could Talk
Explore some of NI’s best-loved buildings that have endured through the years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Something to Declare
Jack Boswell explores how other cultures handle the universal problems we face at home.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (Omnibus)
David Abulafia’s fascinating history of our relationship with the oceans.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Walking With Dinosaurs
The legend is back as Walking With Dinosaurs returns. Meet six iconic dinosaurs.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Weird in the Wade
Weird in the Wade brings you true tales that are weird, wonderful and a little off kilter
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds