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  1. World War One Remembered: Passchendaele

    Coverage of commemorations marking the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele.

    BBC One

  2. Gay Britannia

    Features celebrating LGBT history in Britain

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. When Michael Met Johnny

    Michael Buerk meets the last surviving British dambuster, George 'Johnny' Johnson.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  4. Hedd Wyn. The Poet and the Hero

    Actor Huw Garmon looks back at the life of Welsh poet and hero Hedd Wyn

    BBC Radio Wales

  5. Seven Days in Summer: Countdown to Partition

    Seven extraordinary days that see the birth of India and Pakistan and the end of the Raj.

    BBC Two

  6. Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

    Illuminating two-part series that reveals the forgotten price of the abolition of slavery.

    BBC News

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    Edinburgh 70: Nothing Short of a Miracle

    Jim Naughtie reflects on the origins of the Edinburgh Festival.

    BBC Radio 3

  8. My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

    Anita Rani explores the human impact of the Partition of India in 1947.

    BBC One

  9. Utopia: In Search of the Dream

    Richard Clay examines what 'utopias' reveal about our deepest hopes, dreams and fears.

    BBC Four

  10. Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

    Journalist and activist Jane Jacobs's fight to save historic New York architecture.

    BBC Four

  11. In Search of Arcadia

    Janina Ramirez and John Bailey explore the origins of the English landscape movement.

    BBC Four

  12. Partition: Legacy of the Line

    Stories from the 1947 Partition of India.

    BBC Scotland

  13. Driving Bill Drummond

    Bill Drummond is driving to every county in Ireland in five days. But what's driving Bill?

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Tochailt Staire - Na Lochlannaigh

    Seán Ó Baoill exmaines the Viking era in Ireland.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  15. The Hungry Empire by Lizzie Collingham (Omnibus)

    Culinary journey through history on how Britain harnessed the globe's edible resources.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Tasglann Chanada

    Sgeulachdan eilthireachd nan Gàidheal a Chanada san 19mh agus aig toiseach na 20mh linn

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  17.

    The Day I Met Diana

    People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  18.

    Queens of Chapeltown

    Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. A Day in the Life: The Beatles in Bangor

    Alan Thompson marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles in Bangor.

    BBC Radio Wales

  20. Diana: The Last Princess of Wales

    Charting the relationship that Diana, Princess of Wales, had with the people of Wales.

    BBC One Wales

  21. Canal a' Phanama/The Panama Canal

    Sgeulachd Canàl a' Phanama. The story of the Panama Canal.

    BBC ALBA

  22.

    Little Shop of Colours

    What stories are hiding among the paints and pigments in an art supplies shop?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. The School on the Moor

    Cornwall's Bolventor School has 24 pupils. Reginald Bennetts is headmaster. From1948.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. The Day I Met Diana

    People from across the country recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.

    BBC Radio Wales

  25. From Out of Town

    The origins of the American divide between the small town and big city.

    BBC News

  26. Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs

    Paul Murton explores Scotland's lochs, discovering the secrets of these iconic features

    BBC Scotland

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  27. Great War Horses

    The story of the the Australian Light Horse regiments' role in World War I.

    BBC Four

  28. Election 97

    The BBC's 1997 general election night results coverage, presented by David Dimbleby

    BBC Parliament

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  29. Peacemakers

    Three-part documentary series following groups who advocated for peace

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  30. Losgadh air a' Phap/Shooting of the Pontiff

    An là a chaidh losgadh air a' Phàp. The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II.

    BBC ALBA

  31. Time Travels

    Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  32. The Frontline Prince

    Edward VIII, the king who abdicated, was deeply marked by the Great War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. The Vietnam War

    Series telling the epic story of the Vietnam War.

    BBC Four

  34. Bobby Sands: 66 Days

    The story of Bobby Sands's 66-day hunger strike in the spring of 1981.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  35. Britain Afloat

    A history of the British people told through six of its best-loved boats.

    BBC One

  36. Concorde: A Supersonic Story

    Sophie Okonedo narrates a documentary exploring the life of the Concorde.

    BBC One

  37. Wounds by Fergal Keane (Omnibus)

    Fergal Keane returns to Ireland to tell the story at the root of his fascination with war.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The First Jazz Poet

    Michael Rosen visits the seminary where Gerard Manley Hopkins changed the sound of poetry.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Cornwall's Native Poet: Charles Causley

    Profile of Charles Causley, one of the great poets of his generation.

    BBC Four

  40. Reformation: Europe's Holy War

    David Starkey tells the story of the Reformation and how it transformed modern Europe.

    BBC Two

  41. An Ataireachd Bhuan

    Documentary telling the story of life on the high seas.

    BBC ALBA

  42. Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

    The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin and the 245 days that brought them to supreme power

    BBC Two

  43. Wales's Home Movies

    Documentary showcasing a century of amateur home movies.

    BBC One Wales

  44. Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I's Battle for God's Music

    Lucy Worsley investigates the story of choral evensong.

    BBC Four

  45.

    The British Road to Bolshevism

    Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in the Russian Revolution.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Toynbee At War

    How did the Great War shape the life of historian Arnold J Toynbee?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. England's Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation

    How books by Tyndale, Cranmer and Foxe defined the Reformation in England.

    BBC Four

  48. Living with the Gods

    Neil MacGregor explores the role and expression of shared beliefs around the world.

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

    A look at the secret network behind Queen Elizabeth I's 40-year reign.

    BBC Two

  50. Chwyldro Rwsia 1917

    Rhaglen yn nodi canrif ers y Chwyldro yn Rwsia yn 1917.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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