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  1. A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

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

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  2. 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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    Donald Duck Gets Drafted

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

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  8. Charisma: Pinning Down the Butterfly

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

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  9. A City Dreaming

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

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  10. Genius of the Ancient World

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

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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Napoleon: The Man and the Myths

    Historian Andrew Roberts dispels some myths about Napoleon Bonaparte.

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  14. Ayo Gorkhali: The Gurkhas Are Coming!

    Military historian Hew Strachan on 200 years of Gurkha service to the British Crown.

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    Notes From a Northern Irish Childhood

    Marie-Louise Muir revisits youth orchestras set up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland

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  16. Shadow of the Sun King

    Professor Julian Swann marks the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV of France.

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  17. In Search of the Black Mozart

    Chi-chi Nwanoku searches for great black composers and performers of the 18th century.

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  18. Churchill: When Britain Said No

    Documentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following World War II.

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  19. Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

    The history of India told through the lives of 50 phenomenal people.

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  20. Britain's Greatest Generation

    Documentary series about the extraordinary last survivors who fought or lived through WWII

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  21. Hollow Earth: A Travel Guide

    Comedian Robin Ince takes us on a tour of a world beneath the earth's crust.

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  22. Treasures of Ancient Greece

    Series in which Alastair Sooke explores the riches and unique legacy of Greek art.

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  23. A Wing and a Prayer

    Battle of Britain fighter pilots recall the summer of 1940. Presented by Misha Glenny.

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    Voices From Our Industrial Past: Women

    Emma Griffin examines the lives of working women during the industrial revolution.

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    Food in the Frame

    Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.

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  26. Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time

    Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.

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  27. Promises, Promises: A History of Debt

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.

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  28. Albert Speer

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

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  29. Salt

    Steph McGovern discovers that salt is much more than something to season our food with.

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  30. A Timewatch Guide

    Series looking at how the 蜜芽传媒 has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.

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  31. Shoah

    Documentary recounting the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses.

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  32. Churchill's Grave

    William Crawley visits Winston Churchill's final resting place in Bladon, Oxfordshire

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    Kitch!

    Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener

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    Beirut's House of Barakat

    Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's house of memory.

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  35. Magna Carta

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

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  36. Wittgenstein's Jet

    A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.

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    Death of An Orchestra

    Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.

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  38. A History of Ideas

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

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  39. The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy

    Grace Dent presents a conversational history of radio comedy, from 1975 to 2005.

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  40. Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary

    Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk

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  41. Voices of the First World War

    Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.

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  42. Cymry 1914-1918

    Cyfres sy鈥檔 defnyddio dyddiaduron, llythyron ac atgofion i gyflwyno Cymry鈥檙 Rhyfel Mawr,

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  43. Hidden Histories of the Information Age

    Aleks Krotoski explores innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.

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  44. Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano

    Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.

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  45. Soldiers of the Empire

    Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian soldiers who served the Empire in WWI.

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  46. Paul is Dead

    In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor

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  47. Germany: Memories of a Nation

    Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

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  48. Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip

    Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.

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    The Lost Women of British Jazz

    Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.

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  50. Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

    Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.

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