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  1. Belfast's Victory in Vienna: A Footballing Odyssey

    Holly Hamilton tells the story of Glentoran’s historic triumph in the first European cup.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    Ardal O’Hanlon: Tomb Raider

    Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish using archaeology.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  3. Cofio Butlin's Pwllheli

    75 mlynedd ers i Butlin's agor ym Mhwllheli, Ffion Emyr sy’n olrhain hanes y gwersyll.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  4. Grenada: Confronting the Past

    Laura Trevelyan travels to Grenada to try and learn more about the legacy of slavery.

    BBC News

  5. The Beetle, A Timeless Car

    Fans of the legendary Volkswagen model tell us the story of the Beetle.

    BBC ALBA

  6. Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen

    The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.

    BBC One

  7. The Crown Jewels

    Clive Myrie uncovers the hidden stories of Britain’s national treasures.

    BBC One

  8. The People vs J Edgar Hoover

    An examination of how the first director of the FBI's iron grip still permeates America.

    BBC Radio 4

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  9. Falklands Anniversary

    Soldiers and survivors share their stories of the Falklands War, forty years on.

    BBC One Wales

  10. The Day I Met The Queen

    Reflections on what it's like to meet Her Majesty The Queen.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  11. Back in Time for Birmingham

    A look at the life of South Asian families who settled in Britain from the 1950s onwards.

    BBC Two

  12. The Rise and Fall of T in the Park

    Arielle Free uncovers what happened to Scotland's legendary festival.

    BBC Radio 1

  13. A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today

    Sam Smith presents stories of HIV in the UK; beginning with the life of Terrence Higgins.

    BBC Radio Wales

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  14. Arnish

    We hear memories from those who worked at the Arnish oil yard.

    BBC ALBA

  15. Nuair a Thàinig Àranais

    Nuair a Thàinig Àranais

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  16. A Transport Pioneer

    The incredible story of Monmouth legend Charles Rolls.

    BBC Radio Wales

  17. Rory Stewart: The Long History of...

    Rory Stewart with a radical take on the concepts that shape our lives.

    BBC Radio 4

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  18. The Fainting Field

    Explore why hundreds of people collapsed at a marching band competition.

    BBC Radio Nottingham

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  19. Spors air a' Bhlar/Games on the Battlefield

    How sport provided a welcome respite from the killing fields of World War One.

    BBC ALBA

  20. The Museum of Bad Vibes

    Treasured artefacts inside Britain’s celebrated museums speak for the first time.

    BBC Sounds

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  21. The Film We Can't See

    Adam Zmith listens to some lost sound recordings from 1930.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  22. The Churchills - Speaking For Themselves (Omnibus)

    The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. With Alex Jennings.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Torn

    Gus Casely-Hayford unpicks the hidden histories behind what we wear.

    BBC Radio 4

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  24. If You Love Your Baby... The Fight for an Apology for Forced Adoptions

    The story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers’ search for justice.

    BBC News

  25. Wounds by Fergal Keane

    Fergal Keane tells the family story that lies at the root of his fascination with war.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison

    Edwardian folk song, the Fens and the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Poppy Miller reads.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Who Are the '22?

    David Cannadine tells the story of the origins of the 1922 Committee.

    BBC Radio 4

  28.

    The Past is a Foreign Country, with Peter Curran

    Secrets from celebrated Northern Ireland iconoclasts, from peace negotiation to pop.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Bhopal

    The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.

    BBC Radio 4

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  30. Colouring in Britain

    Uncovering the incredible lives and stories of Britons of colour, past and present.

    BBC Sounds

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  31. Who Was Michael X?

    The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you’ve never heard of.

    BBC Sounds

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  32. The History of Brazil is Round (Omnibus)

    David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its abiding passion for football.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. As Estranhas Origens das Guerras Culturais

    Adaptação de premiado podcast da BBC ‘Things Fell Apart’, de Jon Ronson.

    BBC Brasil

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  34. Secrets and Deals: How Britain Left the Middle East

    How, in 1971, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE ceased to be part of the British Empire.

    BBC Four

  35. Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man

    A shocking miscarriage of justice which led to the execution of Mahmood Mattan

    BBC Radio Wales

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  36. Gandhi

    A film about Gandhi as the embodiment of non-violent resistance.

    BBC ALBA

  37. The Island

    The story of the island of Ireland’s epic geological journey, spanning 1.8 billion years.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  38. The Rest Is History

    Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past to de-tangle the present.

    BBC Sounds

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  39. The Queen: Her Commonwealth Story

    George Alagiah explores the history of Queen Elizabeth II and the Commonwealth.

    BBC News

  40. The Royal Diplomat

    Emma Barnett looks back on Queen Elizabeth II’s role as a global stateswoman.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  41. Fallout: Living in the Shadow of the Bomb

    An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. Sounds from the Seabed

    Lucie Skeaping relives the sound of musical instruments found on Henry VIII’s Mary Rose.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Slighe Naoimh Cuithbeirt/St Cuthbert's Way

    Iagan MacNeil explores the St Cuthbert’s Way, from Melrose to St Boswells.

    BBC ALBA

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    Litir Ghrá ón Dara Cogadh Domhanda

    How a Belfast doctor survived the WWII Japanese POW camps and came home to his sweetheart.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  45. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

    What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.

    BBC

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  46. The Home of Radio

    David Hatch explores the facts, myths and legends of the BBC's much loved 'BH'.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. The People’s Piazza: A History of Covent Garden

    David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of London’s Covent Garden Piazza.

    BBC Two

  48. Seanchas sa Chaisteal

    Sgeulachdan agus seanchasan mu chaistealan na Gàidhealtachd.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  49. Simon Schama's History of Now

    Simon Schama reflects on a life in culture - and its enduring power in shaping our world.

    BBC Two

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  50. Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

    This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.

    BBC Radio Wales

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