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  1. Scotland's First First Minister

    BBC political editor Brian Taylor looks at the life and death of Donald Dewar.

    BBC One Scotland

  2. William Quilliam

    Exploring the first community of English Muslims, established by Quilliam in Liverpool.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Tonypandy - One Hundred Years On

    Singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph marks the 100th anniversary of the Tonypandy Riots.

    BBC Radio Wales

  4. Terfysg Tonypandy

    'Slim' Williams gyda helynt Tonypandy, 1910. The Pandy Riots of November 1910.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  5. Words, Words, Words

    Sue Perkins explores the house of Dr Johnson, author of 18th century English dictionary.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Landscape With Canals and Machines: The Legacy of LTC Rolt

    Hermione Cockburn on the writer who led us to value our industrial landscape - LTC Rolt.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. The Yellow Fleet

    The story of the Merchant Navy ships trapped in the Suez Canal during the 1967 Six Day War

    BBC Radio 4

  8. Festival of Remembrance 2010

    Chris Stuart presents highlights from the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.

    BBC Radio 2

  9. Pete Waterman's Armistice Day Special

    Pete Waterman visits the battlefields of Belgium in search of his grandfathers.

    BBC Radio 2

  10. The Forgotten 51st

    The story of the men fighting across France long after the last boat had left Dunkirk.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  11. Tonypandy Riots - A New History

    Four locals learn the truth about events world during the Cambrian miners' dispute.

    BBC One Wales

  12. Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    Poet Simon Armitage follows in the footsteps of one of his personal heroes, Odysseus.

    BBC Four

  13. A Dinosaur Called Sue

    Sue MacGregor tells the story of the battle over a perfect T-Rex skeleton.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. The First World War from Above

    The story of the First World War told from a unique new aerial perspective.

    BBC One

  15. Remembrance: The Sikh Story

    Documentary examining how Sikh soldiers fought for Britain's freedom in two world wars.

    BBC One

  16. Greek Myths: Tales of Travelling Heroes

    Historian Robin Lane Fox embarks on a journey in search of the origins of the Greek myths.

    BBC Four

  17. Cogadh Golz

    A' bhuaidh mhaireannach a bh' aig bàs nàmhaid air Aonghas Mac-a-phì an àm an dàrna cogaidh

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  18. Coventry Blitz: Out of the Ashes

    From raid to reconciliation, a new take on the tragic story of the Coventry blitz.

    BBC One

  19. Làrach Cogaidh - SS Maimoa

    Allan Campbell in conversation with two former prisoners of war captured at St Valery.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  20. Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World

    Michael Scott uncovers the secrets of the Greek oracle at Delphi.

    BBC Four

  21. Escape to Glasgow

    Sally McNair retraces the journey and lives of Britain's first evacuees.

    BBC One Scotland

  22. The Art of Cornwall

    How the art colony of St Ives in Cornwall played a key part in the history of modernism.

    BBC Four

  23. Frederick the Great and the Enigma of Prussia

    Christopher Clark examines the life and achievements of Prussian king Frederick the Great.

    BBC Four

  24. Vital Mental Medicine: Shackleton's Banjo

    Musician Tim van Eyken on the banjo that went with Shackleton to Antarctica, and survived.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Operation Mincemeat

    Ben Macintyre recreates the story of a deception which changed the course of history.

    BBC Two

  26. Sheffield - The Forgotten Blitz

    Terry Deary tracks down the survivors of the WWII Luftwaffe raids on Sheffield.

    BBC One

  27. When Standing Stones Come Down to Drink

    Tom Morton explores the spookiest time of the year in the Northern Isles: Christmas

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. 17 Danube Street

    Pennie Taylor discovers some surprising and uplifting stories about the notorious brothel.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  29. Sally on Sunday

    Sally on Sunday marks the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  30. Stan Laurel's Glasgow

    Alex Norton takes us on a tour of 1900s Glasgow as seen through the eyes of Stan Laurel.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  31. The Lennon Legacy

    Thirty years after John Lennon was shot, reporter Tom Brook looks back on that night.

    BBC News

  32. Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

    Cambridge professor Mary Beard provides insight into life in Pompeii.

    BBC Two

  33. While Shepherds Watched

    Andrea Rea examines the legends, the music and the poetry associated with the shepherds.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  34. The Miraculous Mitten

    Father Brian D'Arcy looks at the life and death of the controversial Saint Padre Pio.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  35. NI's Eldorado

    Gerry Anderson follows the team looking after a find of gold treasure in County Down.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  36. We Three Kings

    Ian Hislop investigates the Three Kings of the Christmas story.

    BBC Radio 7

  37. Le Sunnd a Seoladh

    In the 1950s many young men from the islands used their seamanship to see the world.

    BBC ALBA

  38. Surviving the Blitz

    Robert Hall meets those survivor of the Blitz and finds out how it changed Britain.

    BBC News

  39. Vines On The Front Line

    In a country better known for war than wine Jeremy Bowen meets the winemakers of Lebanon.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Five Meet to Make Up Myths

    Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Charles Byrne - The Irish Giant

    The story of Charles Byrne the famous Irish Giant and some possible modern-day relatives.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  42. The Sinking of the Laconia: Survivors' Stories

    Documentary on the sinking of the Cunard Liner Laconia in World War II.

    BBC Two

  43. The Shirt Factory Horn

    Engaging and poignant documentary charting the work and legacy of Derry's shirt factories.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  44. One Way to Necropolis

    The story of the "dead line" where trains carried the departed to their last stop.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Abraham Lincoln: Saint or Sinner?

    Documentary re-assessing the reputation of American president, Abraham Lincoln.

    BBC Four

  46. The Lighthouse Stevensons

    The story of the remarkable family who tamed the wild Scottish coastline.

    BBC Two Scotland

  47. The Choir Invisible

    Ian Hislop finds out why the women of Victorian society wrote so many hymns.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Baker Boys: How the Co-op Started

    Revealing the incredible vision of the co-operative movement's Welsh founder Robert Owen.

    BBC One Wales

  49. Am Politician

    A further look at the SS Politician incident, as romanticised in the film Whisky Galore.

    BBC ALBA

  50. Midweek - An-diugh

    Contributors reflect on BBC television items filmed for Midweek in the Highlands in 1974.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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