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Discovery of England
Jonathan Bate explores how Elizabethan culture has shaped our image of England.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Elizabethan Subjects
Dr Justin Champion examines the life and times of Elizabeth I's more unusual subjects.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Roman Way
The Roman Way explores aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: As Seen From Moscow and Havana
Allan Little pieces together the "untold" side of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Voices of the Powerless
Melvyn Bragg explores the lives of ordinary British people across the last 1,000 years.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Long View
History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Fifty Years With The Firm
Anthony Howard looks back at key episodes that have marked the Queen's reign.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Ancient Apocalypse
Series seeking to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The People Detective
Daru Rooke helps people investigate the life of a remarkable ancestor.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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What the Romans Did for Us
The innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments
Documentary series which sees Fred Dibnah touring Britain's great building feats.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Windrush
Conflict, controversy and culture - the story of a generation that rebuilt Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
The inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Election 97
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s 1997 general election night results coverage, presented by David Dimbleby
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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The Death of Yugoslavia
The inside story of a nation’s collapse, told by those who lived it and tore it apart.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Watergate
Norma Percy's definitive documentary series on the crime that brought down Nixon.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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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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In the Highest Tradition
1989 series which delves into the world of British military tradition.
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The Strange Affair of...
Enquiries into the truth behind famous mysteries and popular stories
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Peace in No Man's Land
The story of the 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front, told by three survivors.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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The Great Railway Cavalcade: Rocket 150 at Rainhill
Brian Redhead reports from the 'Rocket 150' event held at Rainhill, Lancashire. (1980)
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Living Legends
A series about the truth behind some of the popular figures in British history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Decision 79 - The Morning After
Archive coverage of the 1979 General Election which swept Margaret Thatcher to power.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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Decision 79 - Election Night
A chance to relive the historic May 3 1979 General Election.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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The War Lords
AJP Taylor, the renowned historian, appraises the performance of World War Two leaders.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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Sir Mortimer and Magnus
Sir Mortimer Wheeler talks to Magnus Magnusson about his life and discoveries
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The Ascent of Man
1973 documentary series examining the social and intellectual evolution of the human race.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Tutankhamun's Egypt
Series exploring the mysterious and remote culture during the time of Egypt's boy king.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Election 1970
A chance to relive the historic 1970 general election and its surprise result.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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Civilisation
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series tracing the history of western art and philosophy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One
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1966 General Election
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s 1966 election night programme, presented by Cliff Michelmore.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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A City Crowned with Green
How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)
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Waiting For Work
Jack Ashley's film showed the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. (1963)
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The Grandeur That Was Rome
Sir Mortimer Wheeler considers some of the outstanding features of the Roman Empire
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After the Battle
Noted war correspondents return to the WWII battlefields from where they had reported.
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1959 General Election
An archive broadcast of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s 1959 General Election results programme.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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Morning in the Streets
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
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1955 General Election
A chance to relive the first recorded ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ television election results coverage.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Parliament
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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
A panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects
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The Pub Historian
Prof Martin Johnes questions and debates the fundamental historical ideas about Wales.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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