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Language City by Ross Perlin
Linguist Ross Perlin meets speakers of little-known languages across New York.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Sexton's Tales
Extraordinary stories of Victorian people buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The North Road by Rob Cowen
An archaeological dig alongside a busy highway inspires a journey through place and time.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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VE Day 80: We Were There
Rachel Burden speaks to veterans about the VE Day celebrations 80 years ago.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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A Spring Day Like I'd Never Seen Before
Ilse Rewald recalls secretly living secretly as a Jew in Nazi Germany.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Mnathan-brathaidh an DÃ rna Cogaidh/Female Spies of WWII
Spotlighting the remarkable real lives of six courageous women during WWII.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Richard Dimbleby at Belsen
Richard Dimbleby returns to Belsen, 20 years after his radio account of its liberation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 (Omnibus)
Women's wartime experiences revealed in Virginia Nicholson's account.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
The story of one of the worst disasters in footballing history and the loss of 56 lives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver's first book; an eyewitness account of a woman-led strike in Arizona.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
After an implosion on a Titanic dive, investigators search for the truth.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Shifty
There is a twilight zone between memory and history. A time when nothing is yet fixed.
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick
China's one-child policy explored through the story of twin girls, separated in 2001.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Please Live by Lana Estemirova
A moving memoir by the daughter of assassinated human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Patagonia
Keith MacDonald on the story of the Scots who travelled to Patagonia over a century ago.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World
The incredible story of how Merthyr Tydfil became the heart of the Industrial Revolution.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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Human
Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's story across 300,000 years of human evolution.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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A’ Cluich 'son a bhith Beò: Von Cramm v Hitler/Playing to Survive: Von Cramm v Hitler
How tennis champion Gottfried von Cramm defied the Nazi regime.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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Albert Speer
A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping charity and politics.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Metro
An exploration of the Paris Metro and the city's love affair with the underground.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Wolf Moon: A Woman's Journey into the Night by Arifa Akbar
An elegant exploration of how the night shapes the mind, culture and society.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Improbable Mr Attlee
Prof David Reynolds examines the achievements of Clement Attlee.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff (Omnibus)
William Hope reads five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Y Brotest
Brwydr ymgyrchwyr heddwch yn erbyn adeiladu byncar niwcliar yng Nghaerfyrddin yn 1985.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Plaid Cymru at 100
The story of 100 years of Plaid Cymru, exploring its successes and failures.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Wales
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer (Omnibus)
How the motion picture was invented by the mysterious man behind it.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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VJ Day 80
A poignant occasion marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War II in Japan.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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The Mystery of the Desert Kites
An international team of archaeologists explores megastructures in the Arabian desert.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Witness History: The Guinness Book of Records
The idea for the Guinness Book of World Records arose after an argument.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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1945: Diwedd y Rhyfel
Bethan Rhys Roberts yn cofnodi diwedd yr Ail Ryfel byd trwy gyfrwng straeon personol.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cymru
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Empire with David Olusoga
David Olusoga explores the legacy of the British Empire and its continued influence.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Civilisations: Rise and Fall
What caused the demise of the greatest civilisations of the ancient world?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus)
Compelling social history of how coal made Britain and became the nation's powerhouse.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Welsh Dragons of the Battle of Britain
How the Welsh fought off invasion in Britain's darkest hour.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet reads her vivid account of how Afghans have survived decades of conflict.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Leonardo da Vinci - Deisciobal an Eòlais/The Disciple of Experience
A look at one of history’s astounding minds, belonging to Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ALBA
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A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke
A history of England exploring the ways in which poetry has shaped English identity.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Salute to Steam
A light-hearted look at pleasures and hazards of steam railways 1825 to 1968.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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How Did We Get Here?
The deep back-stories behind the most consequential events in the world right now
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race
Documentary tracing the progress made by black and Asian people on British television.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw
Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4