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  1. Ayo Gorkhali: The Gurkhas Are Coming!

    Military historian Hew Strachan on 200 years of Gurkha service to the British Crown.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Patagonia with Huw Edwards

    Huw Edwards meets the descendants of a community established in Patagonia 150 years ago.

    BBC One Wales

  3.

    Rome's Invisible City

    The secret underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world.

    BBC One

  4. Mad Science

    Susan Morrison tells the story of sex guru and electricity experimenter Dr James Graham.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  5. The Scots at Waterloo

    The story of the Battle of Waterloo as seen through the eyes of four Scottish soldiers.

    BBC Two Scotland

  6. Haslar - Secrets of a War Hospital

    Rob Bell marks the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo by exploring battlefield medicine

    BBC One

  7. Waterloo 200 - A Battle Remembered

    Robert Hall explores whether the events of 200 years ago still resonate today.

    BBC News

  8. Dan Cruickshank's Civilisation Under Attack

    What we can do to stop Islamic State destroying important ancient architectural sites?

    BBC Four

  9. The Iron Duke

    Ros Ball takes a brief look at the chief architect of the Battle of Waterloo.

    BBC Parliament

  10. Filming Our Greatest Generation

    Ten top tips on how to film our greatest generation are demonstrated by schoolchildren.

    BBC Two

  11. A Deadly Warning: Srebrenica Revisited

    Journalist Myriam François-Cerrah marks the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

    BBC One

  12. A Deadly Mission: Belfast to Congo

    An Irish missionary family's experience of the bloody 1964 rebellion in Congo.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  13. Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story

    The social history behind the music that kept the nation's spirits up through WW2.

    BBC Two

  14. Was My Uncle Jack the Ripper?

    Investigating whether 19th-century Welshman Sir John Williams was Jack the Ripper.

    BBC Radio Wales

  15. A City Dreaming

    A recollection of Derry/Londonderry, written and narrated by the late Gerry Anderson.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  16. Andrew Marr on Churchill: Blood, Sweat and Oil Paint

    Andrew Marr discovers the story of Winston Churchill's passion for painting.

    BBC Four

  17. A Brief History of Graffiti

    Richard Clay guides us from cave art to street art to unravel the enigma of graffiti.

    BBC Four

  18.

    Donald Duck Gets Drafted

    Gerald Scarfe explores the Walt Disney Studio's activity during the Second World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Poems from Syria

    News presenter Mike Embley hears poems from Syrian writers responding to the conflict.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Blitz Wales with John Humphrys

    John Humphrys marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Blitz in south Wales.

    BBC One Wales

  21.

    Too Much Fighting on The Dance Floor

    Violence and tribalism at music gigs in the late 70s and 80s. Adrian Goldberg presents.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22.

    Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius

    A look at the life of Gordon Welchman, a codebreaker crucial to the defeat of the Nazis.

    BBC Two

  23. The Queen's Longest Reign: Elizabeth & Victoria

    Documentary comparing the lives and the reigns of two extraordinary women.

    BBC One

  24. The King Who Invented Ballet: Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance

    How Louis XIV supported innovations that laid the foundations for classical ballet.

    BBC Four

  25. Hitler ann am Fiolm/The Colour of War: Adolf Hitler

    German colour film collections and eyewitness testimony tell the story of Adolf Hitler.

    BBC ALBA

  26. Blàr Loos

    Call sgriosail Blàr Loos 1915, blàr san do chaillear mòran shaighdearan Ghàidhealach.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  27. The Writers' Propaganda Bureau

    Val McDermid finds out how Britain's writers contributed during the First World War.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  28. Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing

    Lucy Worsley learns the art of horse ballet, leading up to a public performance.

    BBC Four

  29. Glyndwr's Final Days

    Mike Parker marks the 600th anniversary of the death of Owain Glyndwr.

    BBC Radio Wales

  30. Miss Frost and the Spitfire

    A documentary about Margaret Frost, a female pilot during the Second World War.

    BBC Radio Wales

  31. The King Who Invented Ballet: Louis XIV and the Noble Art of Dance

    How Louis XIV supported innovations that laid the foundations for classical ballet.

    BBC Four

  32.

    The Art of Walking into Doors

    Do dyslexia and dyspraxia affect the way you draw? Chris Ledgard investigates.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33.

    The Manchester Ballads

    Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34.

    Something Old, Something New

    From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Alan Johnson: The Post Office and Me

    Former postman Alan Johnson MP tells the story of 500 years of the Royal Mail.

    BBC Four

  36. Tryweryn: 50 Years On

    Wyn Thomas looks back to the submerging of Capel Celyn to create a reservoir for Liverpool

    BBC One Wales

  37. Butch Cassidy agus an Sundance Kid

    Documentary following Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on their infamous escapades.

    BBC ALBA

  38.

    A Man's a Man for a' That: Frederick Douglass in Scotland

    Opera singer Andrea Baker explores the impact of Frederick Douglass' time in Scotland.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39.

    Taking Art To The People

    Michael Symmons Roberts on the life and legacy of the philanthropist Thomas Horsfall.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Os Cionn Cláir

    How wakes and burial customs in Ireland have changed over the last 200 years.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  41.

    The Last Post

    The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music.

    BBC Radio 4

  42.

    The Lost Songs of Hollywood

    Julia Kogan explores the little-known personal music of exiled composers in Los Angeles.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Sgrìobhaidhean às an Trainnse

    Leabhraichean-là Murdie MhicÌomhair agus Mhurchaidh Mhoirich bhon Chiad Chogadh.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  44. Forgotten History

    Neil Kinnock assesses the poetry of a fellow Welshman, Idris Davies.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Particle Poets and Molecular Metaphors

    Anna McNamee explores atomic science as poetic inspiration.

    BBC Radio 4

  46. Mary McAleese & An Chéad Eorpach

    Former Irish president Mary McAleese uncovers the legacy of Irish missionary Columbanus.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  47.

    A Very Welsh Coup

    Robert Orchard traces the Welsh roots of those who brought down Margaret Thatcher.

    BBC Radio Wales

  48. Lynn Hill: Twenty-First Century War Poet

    US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill opens up the alien soul of 21st-century warfare.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Shops of Christmas Past

    Edi Stark takes us on a magical trip to celebrate the Shops of Christmas Past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  50. Sophia: Suffragette Princess

    Anita Anand tells the largely unknown story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh.

    BBC One

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