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  1. Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland

    Documentary charting the radically changing attitudes towards Scotland's gay community.

    BBC Scotland

  2. Postcards from the Village: An East-West Dialogue

    An exchange of villages inspires Romanian poet Ioana Ieronim and UK poet Fiona Sampson.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. Dan Cruickshank's Warsaw: Resurrecting History

    Dan recalls his boyhood to explore the memories of Warsaw and of its people.

    BBC Four

  4. Turas Sgoile Ypres

    Bho Sgoil MhicNeacail gu làrach-cogaidh Ypres anns a' Bheilg.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  5. Mary McAleese and the Man Who Saved Europe

    Mary McAleese journeys through Europe to uncover the legacy of Columbanus.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  6. Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman

    Jake Chapman explores why Goya's Disasters of War etchings are so central to his own art.

    BBC Four

  7. Race Apart

    Lemn Sissay discovers positive and negative experiences of living in multicultural Britain

    BBC One

  8. The World Since Wales Last Qualified

    Reflection on the 57 years since Welsh footballers last qualified for a major tournament.

    BBC Radio Wales

  9. Saving the Forgotten Jews

    Documentary about the rescue of the Ethiopian Jewish community in the 1980s and 1990s.

    BBC One

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    All Aboard! The Sleigh Ride

    A real-time journey across the wilderness of the Arctic on a traditional reindeer sleigh.

    BBC Four

  11. Cue The Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech

    Kirsty Young looks at the history of the royal Christmas broadcast.

    BBC One

  12. Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

    Michael Palin discovers the story of 17th-century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi.

    BBC Four

  13. Rudolf Nureyev - Dance to Freedom

    The story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961.

    BBC Two

  14. The Great History Quiz: The Tudors

    Two teams of historians answer questions on all aspects of Tudor life.

    BBC Two

  15. Britain's Muslim Soldiers

    Documentary telling the story of Muslims who gave their lives fighting for Britain.

    BBC One

  16. Leningrad and the Orchestra that Defied Hitler

    In the midst of terror in 1942, starving musicians performed Shostakovich's 7th Symphony.

    BBC Two

  17.

    Syrena Songs

    The story of Poland's Syrena Records, a label that defined a nation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Holocaust Memorial Day 2016

    Coverage of a commemoration in London to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

    BBC Two

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    Mao's Little Red Book Goes West

    David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  20. Sea City - Maritime Merseyside

    Meeting the people who work along the waterfront at the Port of Liverpool.

    BBC One

  21. Sea City - Learning the Ropes

    The factors that make Plymouth one of Britain's most vibrant and exciting maritime cities.

    BBC One

  22. Sea City - Band School

    Royal Marines School of Music pupils battle for a career in the Royal Marines Band Service

    BBC One

  23. Children Saved from the Nazis: The Story of Sir Nicholas Winton

    The powerful story of one man's heroism in the face of Nazi brutality.

    BBC One

  24. Sea City - The Humber Estuary

    The teams keeping the treacherous waters of the Humber open for shipping.

    BBC One

  25. Sea City - Changing Tyne

    A look at how is life changing on the River Tyne.

    BBC One

  26.

    Mao's Golden Mangoes

    Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. The Docklands Bomb: Executing Peace

    Looking at the events that resulted in the Docklands bombing twenty years ago.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  28. Abertawe'n Fflam

    75 mlynedd ers bomio Abertawe, dyma raglen a gafodd ei darlledu'n wreiddiol yn 1991.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  29.

    Ireland's Treasures Uncovered

    The story of the iconic Irish artefacts that have helped shape and create modern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  30.

    The Art of Adultery

    Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Kipling's Indian Adventure

    Patrick Hennessey travels to Lahore in the footsteps of Rudyard Kipling.

    BBC Two

  32. Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard

    Mary Beard uses modern technology to examine the secrets of the victims of the eruption.

    BBC One

  33. Dunblane: Our Story

    Commemorating the Dunblane shooting, one of the worst firearms atrocities in the UK.

    BBC One Scotland

  34. Floating In Space

    Samira Ahmed takes you on a radio space journey, with radio dramas, readings and comedies.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Brendan O'Carroll: My Family at War

    In a deeply personal film, Brendan O'Carroll tells the story of the Irish Easter Rising.

    BBC Two

  36. Frongoch: Irish University of Revolution

    How those interned after the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin became a unified force.

    BBC Radio Wales

  37. The Women Who Staged the Rising

    Marie-Louise Muir examines the role of theatre in the 1916 Easter Rising.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  38. The Story of the Day the Clown Cried

    David Schneider reveals unseen material from actor Jerry Lewis's film about the Holocaust.

    BBC News

  39. Easter 1916: The Enemy Files

    Michael Portillo charts the story of the Easter Rising from the British point of view.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  40. 1916: The Irish Rebellion

    Liam Neeson narrates an account of the Dublin Easter uprising of 1916.

    BBC Four

  41. Faoi Gheall ag Éirinn

    The stories of three Ulster women and the part they played before and during the Rising.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  42. The Vikings Uncovered

    Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with space archaeologist Dr Sarah Parcak.

    BBC One

  43. Workers or Shirkers? Ian Hislop's Victorian Benefits

    Ian Hislop provides an entertaining look at Victorian attitudes to welfare.

    BBC Two

  44. Anglo-Saxon Portraits

    Simon Keynes probes the life of the Anglo-Saxon monarch.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  45. Respectable: Omnibus

    Lynsey Hanley explores the experience of class aspiration in Britain over four decades.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. May Blitz: The Seven Days that Rocked Liverpool

    Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the May Blitz on the port of Liverpool.

    BBC One

  47. Finding Our Fathers: Lost Heroes of World War II

    Two women try to find the final resting place of loved ones taken by the Nazis.

    BBC One

  48.

    Jutland: The Battle that Won the War

    Lord West explains why Jutland was the most important battle of the First World War.

    BBC Radio 4

  49. Blàr Jutland

    Blàr Jutland, am blàr-mara bu mhotha sa Chiad Chogadh. Le Gilleasbuig MacDhòmhnaill.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  50. Scotland's First Oil Rush

    The story of the shale oil industry and its impact on the community of West Lothian.

    BBC Two Scotland

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