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  1. The Shock of the Knee

    Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the miniskirt.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists

    The story of the Futurist movement and its founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. The Secret Diary of the Holocaust

    The extraordinary tale of a 14-year-old Polish girl who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.

    BBC One

  4. Do or Die

    Jon Latimer explains how and why the keys of La Corunna are in a Welsh military museum.

    BBC Radio Wales

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    A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Discovering the Sitwells

    Writer and broadcaster William Sitwell discovers more about his family's literary heritage

    BBC Radio 4

  7. Five Meet to Make Up Myths

    Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.

    BBC Radio 4

  8. M Is for Maxwell Knight

    The story of the 1950s naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. 1929: The Great Crash

    A look at the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

    BBC Two

  10. Paper Clips

    Documentary about an unusual school project related to the Holocaust.

    BBC Two

  11. Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow

    The story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species

    How Charles Darwin struggled for 20 years to create his book On the Origin of Species.

    BBC Four

  13. Clò Mòr

    The story of an iconic fabric, Harris Tweed.

    BBC ALBA

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    The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

    The story of Timbuktu and its long-hidden legacy of thousands of ancient manuscripts.

    BBC Four

  15. Iran and Britain

    Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught history of Britain's relations with Iran.

    BBC Four

  16. The Hunt for U12

    The story of German submarine U12, which lay hidden in the Firth of Forth for 93 years.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  17. Adventures in Junk

    Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the adventure playground.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. Tailwind

    The untold story of Northern Ireland's key role in the air war from 1939-1945.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  19. Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans

    How the bitter rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone changed British politics forever.

    BBC Four

  20. The Counterfeiter's Tale

    Adolf Burger's role in the Nazi's failed operation to flood Britain with forged cash.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Maighstir Ailean

    The story of priest, poet and folklorist Father Allan MacDonald.

    BBC ALBA

  22. Over Here

    Warm-hearted documentary about the American GIs in Northern Ireland during World War Two.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  23. My Strike

    Documentary looking at how going on strike became almost a rite of passage at one time.

    BBC Four

  24. The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India

    Documentary telling the story of Rolls-Royce in India through the lives of its princes.

    BBC Four

  25. The Satanic Verses Affair

    In-depth look at the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.

    BBC Two

  26. Tom Driberg and Me: A Personal Portrait by William G Stewart

    William G Stewart tries to find out whether Labour politician Tom Driberg was a KGB spy.

    BBC Four

  27. The Unknown Face

    Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    Neil Oliver investigates the story of a ruthless queen who would kill her own siblings.

    BBC Four

  29. Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

    Rosalyn Ball tells the story of the Suffragettes' campaign to win the vote for women.

    BBC Parliament

  30. Wrecked

    Neil McCarthy seeks out Wirral's wrecking past and looks for its spirit today.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. The Kindertransport Story

    Lord Attenborough tells of the British rescue mission to save children from the Nazis.

    BBC One

  32. Tomas Telford: A' togail Na Gaidhealtachd

    Fiolm ghoirid a tha a' comharrachadh na rinn Tomas Telford air a Ghaidhealtachd.

    BBC ALBA

  33. Hillsborough

    Dylan Jones yn edrych ar drychineb Hillsborough. A look back at the Hillsborough disaster.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  34. Madame Ecosse

    The story of Winnie Ewing's election win in Hamilton for the SNP in 1967.

    BBC ALBA

  35. West End Jungle

    1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.

    BBC Four

  36. Baghdad of the Mind

    An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. There's More Here Than I Thought

    Who was Winifred Gill? Writer Kate Mosse uncovers the life of an extraordinary woman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Kings of the Road

    Billy Kay tracks down the men at the heart of the M8 motorway's construction.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  39. Young John Paul II - Witness to Evil

    Drama-documentary tracing the formative experiences on Karol Wojtyla's path to the Vatican

    BBC One

  40. The Thatcher Generation

    A look at Margaret Thatcher's era, and the effect it had on three Welsh families.

    BBC One Wales

  41. Restoration Revisited

    Griff Rhys Jones revisits some of the buildings and campaigners featured in Restoration.

    BBC Two

  42. Ossian

    The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Here Come the Tattie Howkers

    Looking at the Irish potato pickers who used to come to Scotland for the harvest each year

    BBC Two Scotland

  44. France's Forgotten Concentration Camps

    Investigating the concentration camps set up in France to hold Spanish Civil War refugees.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Walking Through Time

    Francis Pryor explores prehistoric archeological sites at Goldcliff, near Newport.

    BBC Radio Wales

  46. Barbado'ed: Scotland's Sugar Slaves

    A look at the descendants of the Scottish POWs sent to Barbados in the 17th century.

    BBC Two Scotland

  47. Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers!

    We all know the phrase, but who was he? Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. The Six Faces of Henry VIII

    Can Ian Hislop create a photofit image of Henry VIII from the many created down the ages?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. A Very Theatrical Revolution

    Dominic Dromgoole goes in search of Shakespeare's indoor playhouse, Blackfriars Theatre.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    Film about James Brown's gig in Boston the night after Martin Luther King's assassination.

    BBC Four

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