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Rugby's Great Split
Clare Balding tells a story of lies, expulsions and bigotry when rugby split in two.
13 Feb 2014,·15 mins
The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
01 Sep 2019,·57 mins
The Discovery of the Island of England
Jonathan Bate examines how a distinct Isle of England found its place on the world map.
10 Apr 2003,·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
'Changed Utterly'
Heather Jones examines the history of commemorating the Easter Rising across Ireland.
25 Mar 2016,·28 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
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2
Helen Mark presents part two of a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
11 Nov 2018,·14 mins
Carols, carouses, and ceasefires: Christmas special
Discover the strange stories behind the music of Christmas.
27 Dec 2019,·24 mins
Omnibus 2
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
11 Sep 2020,·57 mins
Releasing The Bad Vibes
The four objects are back in storage but where does The Museum of Bad Vibes go from here?
09 Aug 2022,·35 mins
Waiting for Demob Day
Phil Carradice looks at the Welsh experience of National Service between 1947 and 1963.
30 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Series 2
Ripley and Heanor News, 2 July 1948
James Naughtie explores the history of the Amber Valley through front page small ads.
03 Sep 2019,·14 mins
Lilo and her husband Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
26 Jan 2020,·28 mins
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
02 Jan 2015,·30 mins
How phone phreaking teenagers hacked the USA's phone system.
13 Mar 2017,·30 mins
A Disabled Identity
Peter White reveals the roots of a modern disabled identity in the 19th century.
07 Jun 2013,·14 mins
Jim Naughtie reflects on the origins of the Edinburgh Festival.
05 Aug 2017,·26 mins
Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.
02 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Anne Askew
Tudor housewife Anne Askew's conversion to Protestantism tore her family apart.
13 Aug 2008,·30 mins
Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener
13 Jan 2015,·30 mins
How does the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which created Bangladesh, still resonate today?
13 Dec 2011,·40 mins
Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.
30 Dec 2008,·40 mins
Opera singer Andrea Baker explores the impact of Frederick Douglass' time in Scotland.
25 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Telling the story of the bombing of Coventry 80 years ago on November 14th, 1940.
16 Nov 2020,·28 mins
Gerald Scarfe explores the Walt Disney Studio's activity during the Second World War.
02 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
05 Oct 2015,·30 mins
Women bishops? Will the Church of England approve them and can it cope with the fallout?
01 Jul 2012,·28 mins
The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.
18 May 2011,·30 mins
Beekeeper Martha Kearney explores the importance of honey in antiquity.
27 Jan 2017,·30 mins
Edward VIII, the king who abdicated, was deeply marked by the Great War.
18 Sep 2017,·30 mins
