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Omnibus 4
The series which traces decisive moments in the history of the NHS.
14 Sep 2018,·58 mins
Episode 2
Therapist Amanda Singh continues her work with a twelve year cannabis user and his family.
21 May 2012,·28 mins
Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago
13 Mar 2014,·30 mins
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
04 Apr 2011,·30 mins
The story of the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, killed at Passchendaele in 1917.
13 Jul 2017,·28 mins
The stories of some of Britain’s most iconic bells – and how they were cast and tuned.
08 Dec 2022,·28 mins
The story of Wally, the physicist that prevented nuclear disaster during the Vietnam war.
04 Sep 2023,·28 mins
Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.
23 Jun 2014,·30 mins
Schoenberg's 12-tone system redefined music. So why are his works rarely performed?
03 Sep 2024,·28 mins
75 mlynedd ers i Butlin's agor ym Mhwllheli, Ffion Emyr sy’n olrhain hanes y gwersyll.
22 May 2022,·27 mins
Professor Emma Griffin explores how British workers became tied to the clock.
30 May 2017,·30 mins
Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
15 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Series 1
2. Nationhood
Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press promoted the rise of nationalism in India.
20 Apr 2017,·30 mins
Violence and tribalism at music gigs in the late 70s and 80s. Adrian Goldberg presents.
10 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
08 May 2012,·28 mins
Gyles Brandreth probes the mystery of the missing teddy bears - the first ever made.
27 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
28 Aug 2017,·30 mins
Microscopes
Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five important inventions that were ahead of their time.
27 Feb 2011,·15 mins
VJ Day Anniversary Special
Peter Snow marks the seventieth anniversary of VJ Day at the end of the Second World War.
14 Aug 2015,·28 mins
Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.
03 Aug 2011,·30 mins
5. Chronicle of a Mess Foretold
David Goldblatt tells Brazil's history through football.
30 May 2014,·15 mins
Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'
23 Jul 2011,·30 mins
People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.
28 Aug 2017,·58 mins
Pianist David Owen Norris goes on a journey in search of the private life of the piano.
19 Dec 1998,·30 mins
Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.
28 Feb 2023,·28 mins
David Aaronovitch asks why Mao's Little Red Book captured the imagination of the West.
05 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Dance Yourself Cheerful
Dancer Deborah Bull looks at the role dance has played during some of our toughest times.
28 Sep 2012,·15 mins
William Crawley visits Winston Churchill's final resting place in Bladon, Oxfordshire
23 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Mission Accomplished
The decade began with total US dominance and ended with a challenge from the rise of China
29 Dec 2009,·28 mins
Frederick Kelly
The story of Frederick 'Clegg' Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and First World War hero.
10 Aug 2014,·60 mins
