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  1. David Butler Lecture - The 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates

    Professor Stephen Coleman delivers a lecture on the 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates.

    BBC Parliament

  2. Votes for Women

    Barbara Collins with the story of Lillian Metge, founder of the Lisburn Suffrage Society.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  3.

    How Did We Get Here...? Egypt

    Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible

    Adam Nicolson tells the unexpected story of how the King James Bible came into being.

    BBC Four

  5. Ice Emigrants

    How one Armagh family traced its family roots to the Great Famine.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  6. Poisoned Angel - The Story of Alma Rose

    The life and death of a woman who led a women's orchestra in Auschwitz.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  7. Welsh Icons

    Eddie Butler takes us through Welsh history to discover the origins of some Welsh icons.

    BBC Two Wales

  8. Clydebank Blitz

    Documentary about the intense and devastating wartime bombing of Clydebank.

    BBC One Scotland

  9. Mother Teresa 123 Springhill Avenue

    How the Catholic Church forced Mother Teresa to leave her west Belfast home in the 1970s.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  10. Esler on Eichmann

    Gavin Esler on the legacy of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Holocaust.

    BBC Radio 4

  11.

    The Communist Cosmos

    Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. The Great Estate: The Rise & Fall of the Council House

    A history of one of Britain's greatest social revolutions - council housing.

    BBC Four

  13. Dear Diary

    Vivid first-hand accounts of life in Northern Ireland during the Second World War.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  14. The Belfast Blitz

    Survivors of the WWII bombing campaign remember the raids that devastated the city.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  15. Bailout Boys Go to Dublin

    The inside story of Ireland's bailout. Six months on, the main players tell their story.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Votes for Women

    Barbara Collins with the story of Lillian Metge, founder of the Lisburn Suffrage Society.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  17. The Baby Born in a Concentration Camp

    The story of Anka Bergman, who gave birth to her daughter in a Nazi concentration camp.

    BBC One

  18. The Secrets of Scott's Hut

    Ben Fogle joins the international effort to preserve Captain Scott's hut in Antarctica.

    BBC Two

  19. Manchester and Liverpool: Britain's American Civil War

    Tristram Hunt on a tale of two cities, and their contrasting response to the US Civil War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20.

    A History of the World Special

    The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. The Viking Sagas

    Dr Janina Ramirez finds out about one of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga.

    BBC Four

  22. Dino Stampede

    What was the cause of the only dinosaur stampede to be discovered?

    BBC Two Scotland

  23. Na Fir-Tàileisg

    Fionnlagh Macleòid a' meòrachadh air a h-uile car is toinneamh san sgeulachd aca.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  24.

    The Luddite Lament

    The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. A303: Highway to the Sun

    Tom Fort whisks us through the landscape around the A303 road and 5,000 years of history.

    BBC Four

  26.

    The Golden Age of Canals

    The home movies of the enthusiasts who helped to save Britain's inland waterways.

    BBC Four

  27. Operation Crossbow

    How the Allies used 3D photographs to thwart the Nazis' superweapons.

    BBC Two

  28. Bombed But Not Broken - House of Commons

    Looking back to 1941 when the chamber of the House of Commons was destroyed in the Blitz.

    BBC Parliament

  29. Battling for Votes

    Ros Ball takes a look back at the suffragettes' campaign for women's voting rights.

    BBC Parliament

  30. Tubáiste Bhaile Mhánais

    Dónall Mac Ruairí investigates the 1943 explosion of a WWII sea mine in Ballymanus.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  31. Vote 2001

    David Dimbleby presents the General Election results from Thursday 7 June 2001.

    BBC Parliament

  32.

    Egypt's Lost Cities

    A team heads to Egypt in an attempt to uncover lost cities beneath the sands.

    BBC One

  33. Smuigleiri Leabhar

    An Irish poet and a Lithuanian director explore the links between language and identity.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  34. World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

    David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the struggle between Germany and Russia.

    BBC Four

  35.

    Royal Racers and Fascinators

    Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the royal connections linking Ascot racecourse with fashion.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Leo Africanus; A Man Between Two Worlds

    The story of the 16th century adventurer Leo Africanus, author of The Description Africa.

    BBC HD

  37. Summer Over England

    An evocation from the BBC Archive of summers past, of long grass and long days and rain.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. The Battle of Byker

    Finnish photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen looks back over 40 tumultuous years in Byker.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Staffordshire Hoard

    Dan Snow travels unravels the secrets of the Staffordshire Hoard.

    BBC One West Midlands

  40.

    Late Nights at the Blue Boar

    Pete Paphides visits the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar Services.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Barry Humphries in Weimar

    Barry Humphries shares his passion for the decadent world of 20s and early 30s Berlin.

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Britain Through a Lens: The Documentary Film Mob

    The unlikely story behind the birth of the British documentary genre.

    BBC Four

  43. Divide and Rule

    Examining the conflicts of 1911 between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

    BBC Parliament

  44.

    How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading

    Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45.

    The Shipwrecked Bears

    Gyles Brandreth probes the mystery of the missing teddy bears - the first ever made.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Wrecsam! Wrecsam!

    Hywel Gwynfryn yn crwydro tref Wrecsam. Hywel discovers Wrexham's mysteries and histories.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  47.

    The Ice Cream Van Cometh

    Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48.

    Human Kind

    Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Wordsworth's Mysterious Trip to Calais

    A love affair and a secret daughter takes Wordsworth to Calais as John Worthen discovers.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. Terfysg Tredegar

    Golwg ar hanes yr Iddewon yng Nghymru. The Tredegar Riots of August 1911.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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