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Series 6
What Happens Next: Part 2
Sally and Nick return with more of their favourite family history items from past series.
11 Oct 2011,·30 mins
5. Retromania
Travis looks at the impact of the internet and the rise of "vintage" wares.
10 Aug 2018,·14 mins
Terry Riley: In C
Ivan Hewett examines the chord of C major as found in Terry Riley's In C.
13 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Omnibus Edition
A celebration of the first moon landing and the Welsh people who played vital roles.
22 Dec 2019,·60 mins
Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia
Raleigh tries to persuade Elizabeth I that the North American settlements were a success.
05 Oct 2005,·15 mins
Electoral reform
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of electoral reform.
16 Jun 2026,·28 mins
8. Spies, Lies and a Political Prize
Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie unravel a strange-but-true tale, with guest Chris Chung.
22 Feb 2025,·28 mins
Surviving the strike
Hard-working families faced new poverty in confusing times for the community.
02 Mar 2024,·18 mins
3. The Road through Turkey to Istanbul
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient road from Rome to Istanbul.
18 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Episode 4
Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring, as two worlds collide.
31 Dec 2013,·43 mins
Omnibus
Episode 5
Final omnibus edition of Prof Kathy Willis's history of our relationship with plants.
07 Nov 2014,·58 mins
Week 4 Omnibus
Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
22 Apr 2022,·57 mins
Saigon, 1965
In the 1960s the Pentagon set up a research project in an old villa in downtown Saigon.
06 Sep 2024,·41 mins
Series 3
Transportation
Amanda Vickery tells the stories of three criminals who were transported.
04 Sep 2014,·43 mins
Introducing House of the Lion: A Blood Soaked Throne
Susan Morrison & Len Pennie explore the bloody struggles for throne of medieval Scotland.
26 Jan 2024,·2 mins
Series 1
From the Fabians to Tony Benn
Anne McElvoy traces the influence of Beatrice and Sidney Webb on British socialism.
02 Mar 2018,·58 mins
9. Hannah Ingram-Moore in conversation
Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore answers our questions.
07 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Tutankhamun and Egyptomania; Nosferatu; Pirandello's Henry IV; Einstein, Time and Aboriginal Modernism
An omnibus edition of four things from 1922 with an impact a century later.
04 Feb 2022,·57 mins
Acts of Union and Disunion: Omnibus
Episode 3
Linda explores Britain's relationships with North America, Europe and expatriate Britons.
24 Jan 2014,·58 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
A West Coast Monument
Why a landmark building in Oban by John Stewart McCaig never got finished.
27 Jul 2012,·15 mins
Might the Baroque still be with us? Tim Marlow meets the Baroque-inspired artists of today
15 Mar 2013,·15 mins
The Legend of La Chic
The story of the groundbreaking Nottingham nightclub.
23 Jul 2026,·17 mins
Scramble
A day that changed the course of World War Two
11 Jul 2020,·18 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
5. Nadar - The Psychological Side of Photography
Nadar, the photographer adept at capturing his subjects' inner worlds in the 19th century.
01 Aug 2025,·14 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,·58 mins
Cuba - That Four Letter Word
An American-backed invasion of Cuba fails.
15 Jun 2009,·15 mins
8. Born this Way
Sam Smith explores the experiences of young people who were born with HIV.
19 Aug 2022,·37 mins
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
