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  1. The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle

    Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  2. St Kilda and The Kayak Girls/Hiort & Clann-nighean nan Curach

    The story of the ambitious recreation of one of Scotland's great historic sea crossings.

    BBC ALBA

  3. The Scot Who Shot the American Civil War

    A look at Paisley-born Alexander Gardner whose series of war photos shocked 1860s America.

    BBC Two Scotland

  4. The Red Hand of Ulster

    In Belfast 1912, a Protestant nationalist clergyman published a controversial novel.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  5. Hillsborough: The Fight for Justice

    Judith Moritz reports on a 23-year battle for truth about the UK's worst sporting disaster

    BBC News

  6. The Ulster Covenant

    William Crawley explores the story behind the Ulster Covenant.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  7. Cheaper than Walking

    Andy Kershaw explores the post-war golden age of British micro-cars

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    One Man's War

    Katie Derham delves into the fascinating world of musical life during the Second World War

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. When Jordan Crossed Wales

    Francis Jones looks at the controversial match between Wales and Scotland in 1977.

    BBC Radio Wales

  10. World War Two: 1942 and Hitler's Soft Underbelly

    David Reynolds asks why Britain spent much of the war fighting in north Africa and Italy.

    BBC Four

  11. Learning to Love Dafydd

    Gwyneth Lewis, the first Welsh Poet Laureate, goes in search of the Welsh language Chaucer

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Rubha Robhanais @ 150

    A' comharrachadh 150 bliadhna bho chaidh taigh-solais Rubha Robhanais a thogail.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  13. Bho Stalag Gu Gulag/From Stalag to Gulag

    Norman MacArthur pieces together his grandfather's incredible wartime journey.

    BBC ALBA

  14. Eric Liddell: The Spirit Lives On

    Mo McCullough meets people who knew 'Uncle Eric' as youths in a WW2 internment camp.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  15. We Will Remember Them

    Anna Magnusson hears stories of the WWII Arctic Convoys and marks the two-minute silence.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  16. The Road to El Alamein: Churchill's Desert Campaign

    Jonathan Dimbleby sheds new light on the significance of the North African campaign.

    BBC Two

  17. The Place of Padres

    Andrea Rea examines the role of British Army chaplains over the last 200 years and today.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  18. Ballaí Dhoire

    Revealing the story behind the construction of Derry's 400-year-old city walls.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  19. Revolutionary Radio

    Fi Glover investigates radio's 90 years as a potent political force in revolutions.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. The Curse of Pendle

    400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. We Beat the All Blacks

    Reliving the Scarlets' historic victory over the All Blacks in 1972.

    BBC One Wales

  22.

    The Beat Hotel

    How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Voyage to Iona

    Exploring the cult of Derry's patron, Saint Columba, and recreating his legendary journey.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  24. Scotland's Greatest Warrior

    Revealing the astonishing military strategy of the 17th-century campaign of James Graham.

    BBC Two Scotland

  25. Wales and the Basque Refugees: The Children's Stories

    Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Basque refugees fleeing Spain's Civil War.

    BBC One Wales

  26. Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier

    A film looking back on three centuries of contact and conflict with Roman invaders.

    BBC Two Scotland

  27. Cuimhne an Clò

    Cuimhneachan an sgrìobhaiche Osgood MacCoinnich air sgìre Gheàrrloich san 19mh linn.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  28. The Last Battle of the Vikings

    Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland.

    BBC Two Scotland

  29. Rome's Lost Empire

    Dan Snow uses technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire.

    BBC One

  30. Bàthaidhean Nis

    A' comharrachadh gu bheil 150 bliadhna bho thachair Bàthadh Mòr Nis. Le Iain MacIlleathain

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  31. Christmas at the Patti

    Martin Ace tells the story of how a cult album came to be recorded in Swansea in 1972.

    BBC Radio Wales

  32. The Christmas No.1 Story

    A journey through the last 60 years of British Christmas number ones.

    BBC Two

  33. Murder on the Victorian Railway

    Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.

    BBC Two

  34. Blackpool Big Night Out

    A look at Blackpool through the eyes of the people who played there in the city's heyday.

    BBC Two

  35. Neil Armstrong - First Man on the Moon

    Documentary telling the life story of the first man to set foot on the moon.

    BBC Two

  36. Goodbye to Canterbury

    Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams reveals the hidden corners of the cathedral.

    BBC Two

  37. Cuimhne an Clò

    Mark Wringe agus aoighean le sùil air eachdraidh-beatha Aonghais Chaimbeul, Am Puilean.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  38. Queen's University - Belfast Built

    William Crawley considers the past 50 years of the Queen's University of Belfast.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  39. The Battle for Malta

    James Holland takes a fresh look a the battle for Malta during the Second World War.

    BBC Two

  40. Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here

    Jeremy Black examines an extraordinary time in British history, the Industrial Revolution.

    BBC Two

  41. Memory Man

    Documentary about Peter Heathwood and his vast video archive library of The Troubles.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  42. The Princess Victoria Disaster

    Karen Atkinson tells the story of the sinking of the MV Princess Victoria, 60 years later.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  43. Prisoner Number A26188: Henia Bryer

    One woman's extraordinary testimony of her survival through the genocidal horrors of WWII.

    BBC One

  44. Tryweryn

    Hanes boddi cymuned Cwm Celyn a'r ffrwydriadau fu yno 50 mlynedd yn ôl.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  45. Who Was Rosalind?

    Susan Hitch looks at the boys who played Shakespeare's female characters.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. Harold Wilson Night with Peter Snow

    Peter Snow presents archive programmes and a discussion on the first TV prime minister.

    BBC Parliament

  47. 1970 General Election

    A whistle-stop tour of the 1970 general election.

    BBC Parliament

  48. The Making of Yesterday's Men

    Interview with Angela Pope (producer) and David Dimbleby (presenter) of the documentary.

    BBC Parliament

  49. David Holmes Interview

    David Holmes looks back on his time as BBC political editor during the Wilson years.

    BBC Parliament

  50. Wilson's World

    Peter Snow debates Harold Wilson with Baroness Williams, Lord Donoughue and Lord Hurd.

    BBC Parliament

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