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  1. Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!

    The story of the biggest prisoner-of-war break out in Britain.

    BBC Two Wales

  2. How the Stone Came Home

    Elizabeth Quigley looks back at the day in 1996 when the Stone came home.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  3. The Crown Jewel

    Dan Gordon uncovers the history of Belfast's famous Crown liquor saloon.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  4. Belsen After Belsen

    The story of the former prisoners who had to remain in Belsen after it was liberated.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. The Menin Gate

    Mark Whitaker reports from the Menin Gate in the Belgian city of Ypres.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Westside Wrens

    Mary Ann Kennedy meets a group of former Wrens.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  7. Armistice

    David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the events that brought about the armistice of 1918.

    BBC Four

  8. Keepsakes of Conflict: Remembering World War One

    Mark Stephen hears the individual stories that reveal the scale of the First World War.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  9. People's Century

    The stories of those who suffered in the depression that followed the Wall Street Crash.

    BBC Two

  10. Return of the Helmet

    Phil Carradice presents the story of Hywel Davies from Abergavenny.

    BBC Radio Wales

  11. Celebrating Cecilia!

    Soprano Catherine Bott asks why St Cecilia still inspires composers and musicians.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. The Lament of the SS Mendi

    Jackie Kay remembers the sinking of the SS Mendi in the English Channel in 1917.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero

    The story of a pioneering black British footballer who died heroically in WWI.

    BBC Four

  14. An Ciuin Mac Adhaimh

    Documentary about a Presbyterian businessman from Belfast.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  15. Shooting Soviets: Cartier-Bresson in Moscow

    The story of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson's journey to the Soviet Union in 1954.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Merthyr War Memorial: Behind the Stone

    The story behind the Pontmorlais First World War memorial in Merthyr Tydfil.

    BBC Two Wales

  17. The 'Stute

    Looking back at the time when the Oakdale Miners Institute was a thriving cultural centre.

    BBC Two

  18. AICÍD: An Fliú Mór in Éirinn

    Revealing the story of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Ireland.

    BBC Two

  19. Na Laoich

    A look at the Battle of Festubert and its sad links with the history of Skye.

    BBC ALBA

  20. Escape from Marseilles

    Documentary about a Frenchwoman who escaped to Wales during the Second World War.

    BBC Radio Wales

  21. A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain

    Dramatisation of the life of Vera Brittain, a young woman who survived the First World War

    BBC One

  22. Armistice Day Silence

    The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. The Human Button

    Historian Prof Peter Hennessy speaks to the people who operate Britain's nuclear deterrent

    BBC Radio 4

  24. The Partisan Coffee House

    Mike Berlin tells the story of an influential left-wing London coffee house set up in 1958

    BBC Radio 4

  25. A Dream of Eleanor

    Mary Robinson examines Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Behind the Scenes with Carbon Dioxide

    The story of Joseph Black, the chemist who described carbon dioxide for the first time.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. SOS: The History of the RNLI in Scotland

    Phil Cunningham narrates a documentary charting the history of the RNLI in Scotland.

    BBC One Scotland

  28. Private Harry Patch

    A year in the life of Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the World War One trenches.

    BBC Four

  29. France on a Plate

    A gastronomic tour through French history, from Versailles through to ethnic fusion food.

    BBC Four

  30. The Story of Asthma Island

    How the island of Tristan da Cunha could hold the key to the genetic basis for asthma.

    BBC Four

  31. The Medici: Makers of Modern Art

    How the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture.

    BBC Four

  32. Frankie Vaughan and the Live Gang Show

    How did Frankie Vaughan manage to end rival gang violence in a Glasgow suburb?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. Carluccio and the Leopard

    Antonio Carluccio travels to Sicily to discover more about Lampedusa's novel The Leopard.

    BBC Four

  34. The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio

    Documentary about the great Italian Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.

    BBC Four

  35.

    Brand Cuba

    Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The Dirty Dozens

    Benjamin Zephaniah tells the story of the 17th-century language game The Dozens.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. 1968: Day by Day

    Another chance to hear the highlights of Radio 4's 1968 Day by Day series.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Frost Fair

    Celebrating the extraordinary fairs once held on London's frozen River Thames.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Grampian - Toradh nam Bliadhna

    Nostalgic look back at Gaelic TV with Norman Macleod and Patsi Mackenzie.

    BBC ALBA

  40. Boom Hall

    Ken McCormack tells Deirdre Donnelly the story of Derry's grandest ruin.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  41. An Iolaire

    The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters.

    BBC ALBA

  42. Diomhair

    The story of how successive British governments worked covertly to discredit the SNP.

    BBC ALBA

  43. The Truth about Christmas Carols

    Composer Howard Goodall uncovers the surprising history of the Christmas carol.

    BBC Two

  44. Maadai-Kara

    Benjamin Zephaniah explores the ancient oral tradition of southern Siberian throat singing

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Thatcher and the Scots

    A look back at the tumultuous Thatcher years and the effect they had on Scotland.

    BBC One

  46. The Omnipresent Mr Handel

    How Handel became, through his oratorios, a favourite of the working and middle classes.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Hunting the Beagle

    Searching for the ship aboard which Darwin began to formulate his theory of evolution.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Dusty Bluebells

    A nostalgic look back at games and songs from the streets of Belfast.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  49. Anne Frank Remembered

    Film about the girl whose diary records two years in hiding in Amsterdam during WWII.

    BBC Four

  50. Black Students in Red Russia

    The story of the students who were sent from developing countries to study in the USSR.

    BBC Radio 4

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