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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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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
A mission gone wrong. A daring rescue attempt. Told by the soldiers who were there.
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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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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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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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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Three Million
The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hollywood Exiles
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
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The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth
In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America.
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Chinook: Zulu Delta 576
Two-part documentary series examining the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter crash.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
Ian Hislop goes in search of the earliest examples of British comedy staples.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
A look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation Sherlock Holmes.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Empire of Tea
Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of our national drink and its imperial past.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Berlin 1933
Hitler's rise to power, told through the personal writings of those who lived through it.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
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Being Roman with Mary Beard
From a slave to an emperor, Mary Beard reveals the real people of the Roman Empire.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes
A look at Nazi war crimes and the complex motives at play at the start of the Cold War.
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When Hoover Sneezed...
How the iconic factory shaped postwar Merthyr with laughs, drama, romance and spirit.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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The Mandates
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Union with David Olusoga
David Olusoga exposes the fault lines dividing the UK through the lens of the past.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two
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Notable
Stars of stage and screen reveal the intense emotional battles of 10 pioneering composers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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The Long and the Short of It
History show presented by the big man Tim McGarry and the wee man David Hume.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One Northern Ireland
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Wally, the Reluctant Nuclear Hero
The story of Wally, the physicist that prevented nuclear disaster during the Vietnam war.
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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History on the Edge
Anita Anand uncovers hidden stories from recent British history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Film following the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four
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History's Heroes
Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on extraordinary people from across history.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
Unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland, 25 years on.
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Frontlines of Journalism
Jeremy Bowen presents stories from the frontlines of conflict - and journalism itself.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival
The story of an extraordinary secret archive recording daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Blood on the Dance Floor
The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live
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Murder In Mayfair
The inside story of the hunt for a fugitive in a high-profile murder case
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service
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The Beauty Queen Riots
How one spark made a neighbourhood explode in Birmingham in 2005.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Great Inflation
How has the experience of hyperinflation in Germany in 1923 shaped the past 100 years?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Shock and War: Iraq 20 Years On
"Essential listening..." Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Breaking Mississippi
The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in the 1960s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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My Cousin, Regime Changer
Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Woke: The Journey of a Word
Matthew Syed traces the history of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.
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Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot
This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales
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How the Holocaust Began
Using new evidence, historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust.
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Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game
Grand Theft Auto shocked and thrilled the world. For rapper Bugzy Malone – it goes deep.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live
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Life on the isle of Berneray as seen through the lens of 8mm Kodachrome in the 60s and 70s
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The Film We Can't See
Adam Zmith listens to some lost sound recordings from 1930.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra