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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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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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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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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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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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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Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
After an implosion on a Titanic dive, investigators search for the truth.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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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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Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
The story of one of the worst disasters in footballing history and the loss of 56 lives.
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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.
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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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Instrumental: Black British Trailblazers
Recognising black artists' contributions to Britain's best loved music genres.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds
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Belsen: What They Found
A documentary directed by Sam Mendes, reliving the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Simon Schama confronts the Holocaust as a Europe-wide crime of complicity.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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This Week in History
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Currently
Reactive features from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the Atlantic
Deep-sea divers hunt for the wrecks of Hitler’s dreaded U-boat fleet.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
In Roman Britain 1,500 years ago, Patrick’s extraordinary mission changed Irish history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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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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The Architecture the Railways Built
Tim Dunn explores the railway's stunning structures and incredible engineering.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
A unique commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, hosted by Reeta Chakrabarti.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Shadow of War - A Tainted Anatomy
Why is the brain of a Scottish soldier in a German archive, 80 years after his death?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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What Happened at Auschwitz
Journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Human Intelligence
Great minds don't think alike. Naomi Alderman investigates brilliant thinkers.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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7/7: The London Bombings
On 7 July 2005, four bombs explode in London, followed by a further attack.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie, with special guests, discover strange-but-true stories.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
The shocking tale of Britain’s nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Extreme
A mountain of trouble. 11 climbers died in 2 disastrous days on K2. What really happened?
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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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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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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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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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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
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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.
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The Great War Interviews
A selection of original interview recordings filmed for The Great War in their entirety.
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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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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
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