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  1. The Tarpaulin - A Biography

    Historian Dina Gusejnova tells the story of tarpaulin from the 17th Century to now.

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    Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

    How Caribbean and African women came to the UK to save the then ailing health service.

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  3. Black and British: A Forgotten History

    A look at the relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa.

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  4. Aberfan: Memory and Meaning

    Dai Smith asks what meaning might be found in the deaths of so many people at Aberfan.

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    Aberfan: Covering a Catastrophe

    Felicity Evans meets some of the journalists who reported on the Aberfan disaster.

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  6. The Robber Barons

    Historian Adam Smith tells the stories of the giants of 19th Century American business.

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  7. The Envy of the World

    Humphrey Carpenter charts the history of the Third Programme and Radio 3

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  8. Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank

    Dan Cruickshank explores some of the most intriguing stories from Ancient Egypt

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  9. Songs for the Dead

    Marie-Louise Muir explores the lost tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.

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    Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

    Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.

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    A Brief History of TIM

    Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.

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  12. Defoe

    Through documentary and drama, Radio 4 put a spotlight on 18th-century writer Daniel Defoe

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  13. Farewell Doctor Finlay

    Dr Margaret McCartney and leading medical historians tell the story of general practice.

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  14. Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey

    Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.

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    The Secret History of Yoga

    Mukti Jain Campion explores the surprising origins of modern yoga practice.

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  16. England: Made in the Middle

    Historian Helen Castor examines the role of the Midlands in the creation of England.

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  17. Jutland: The Battle that Won the War

    Lord West explains why Jutland was the most important battle of the First World War.

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  18. Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

    Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of the ancient world.

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  19. The Anglo-Irish Century

    Historian Diarmaid Ferriter looks back at a century of Anglo-Irish relations.

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  20. The Easter Rising 1916

    Heather Jones explores the armed struggle that changed Irish and British history forever.

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  21. Museum of Lost Objects

    Tracing the histories of antiquities and landmarks that have been destroyed or looted.

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  22. The Art of Adultery

    Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.

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  23. Verdun - The Sacred Wound

    David Reynolds presents a two-part documentary about the battle of Verdun

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  24. Mao's Golden Mangoes

    Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China鈥檚 history - mango mania.

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    Mao's Little Red Book Goes West

    David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.

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    Syrena Songs

    The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.

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  27. The Ever Widening War

    Professor Christopher Clark presents a documentary series on the First World War.

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  28. Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy Worsley tells the story of the dynasty that ruled Russia for over three centuries.

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  29. British Liberalism: The Grand Tour

    Anne McElvoy tours 300 years of British liberalism.

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  30. Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes

    Bettany Hughes follows the Egnatian Way and explores how it helped to shape Europe.

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  31. A Very Welsh Coup

    Robert Orchard traces the Welsh roots of those who brought down Margaret Thatcher.

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    The Lost Songs of Hollywood

    Julia Kogan explores the little-known personal music of exiled composers in Los Angeles.

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    The Last Post

    The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music.

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    Taking Art To The People

    Michael Symmons Roberts on the life and legacy of the philanthropist Thomas Horsfall.

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  35. All Fair in War: A History of Military Deception

    Historian and writer Ben Macintyre presents a series on bluff and guile in battle

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  36. A Man's a Man for a' That: Frederick Douglass in Scotland

    Opera singer Andrea Baker explores the impact of Frederick Douglass' time in Scotland.

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  37. A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance in our country.

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  38. Something Old, Something New

    From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.

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    The Manchester Ballads

    Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.

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    The Art of Walking into Doors

    Do dyslexia and dyspraxia affect the way you draw? Chris Ledgard investigates.

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    Too Much Fighting on The Dance Floor

    Violence and tribalism at music gigs in the late 70s and 80s. Adrian Goldberg presents.

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    Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius

    A look at the life of Gordon Welchman, a codebreaker crucial to the defeat of the Nazis.

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  43. The Ascent of Woman

    Dr Amanda Foreman uncovers stories of women that have made and changed human history.

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  44. Donald Duck Gets Drafted

    Gerald Scarfe explores the Walt Disney Studio's activity during the Second World War.

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  45. Charisma: Pinning Down the Butterfly

    Francine Stock's history of the alluring yet elusive quality that is charisma

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  46. A City Dreaming

    A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.

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  47. Genius of the Ancient World

    Bettany Hughes seeks out the stories behind three giants of ancient philosophy.

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  48. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    David Olusoga explores Britain's dark past - how it was built on the profits of slavery.

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  49. Lost Children of the Holocaust

    Alex Last traces the fate of 12 children named in a series of post-war 蜜芽传媒 radio appeals

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  50. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

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