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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Stories that will delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser.
BBC Sounds
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The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth
In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America.
BBC Two
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Hollywood Exiles
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
BBC
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Face Down: The Killing of Thomas Niedermayer
Granddaughters of a businessman abducted 50 years ago uncover the truth about his killing.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Revisionist History
Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood.
BBC Sounds
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The Great American Buffalo
Ken Burns recounts the tragic story of America’s national mammal.
BBC Four
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Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
Ian Hislop goes in search of the earliest examples of British comedy staples.
BBC Radio 4
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House of the Lion: A Blood Soaked Throne
Susan Morrison & Len Pennie explore the bloody struggles for throne of medieval Scotland.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Chinook: Zulu Delta 576
Two-part documentary series examining the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter crash.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Sexton's Tales
George Cole with extraordinary stories of Victorians buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Discovering Shetland's Past
Join regional archaeologist Dr Val Tuner as she excavates Shetland's archaeological past.
BBC Radio Scotland
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Hollywood Exiles
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
BBC World Service Audio
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Bong! The Condensed History of Big Ben
Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Three Million
The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.
BBC Radio 4
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Black Gold
Stories about the impact of Stanlow oil refinery on a community and landscape.
BBC Sounds
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Seun’s Talking Drum British and West African
Journalist Seun Matiluko takes a close look at Britain’s largest Black African group.
BBC Sounds
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Hometown Boring?
Unearthing hidden histories around the UK in places misjudged as being “boring”
BBC Sounds
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The Captain Tom Story
The 100 year old man who became a global sensation and the controversy that followed.
BBC Three Counties Radio
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Strike Boy
Mark was 10 when the miners' strike took over his life. Forty years on, he goes back.
BBC Radio 4
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Boro's League Cup Heroes: 20 Years On
A look back at the moment Middlesbrough Football Club won their first silverware.
BBC Radio Tees
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Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant's compelling account of the Luddite rebellion. Read by Hugo Speer.
BBC Radio 4
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The Miners' Strike: 40 years on
Stories from across England looking back at the 1984 miners' strike.
BBC Local Radio
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How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev tells the story of World War II propagandist Sefton Delmer.
BBC Radio 4
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The Curious History of Your Home
Discover the extraordinary history of ordinary items all around you.
BBC Sounds
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Strike
Jonny Owen tracks the impact of the miners' strike on Britain, on South Wales, and on him
BBC Radio Wales
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Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
BBC Two
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An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
An epic, sweeping history of the continent told through the voices of Africans themselves.
BBC Radio 4
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Pompeii: The New Dig
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation.
BBC Two
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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
BBC Two
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
BBC Two
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Shadow War: China and the West
Gordon Corera investigates the rise of China in Shadow War: China and the West.
BBC Radio 4
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The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman (Omnibus)
The search for the bells of Edo, now Tokyo, which relied on public bells for timekeeping.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Zelensky Story
Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.
BBC Two
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D-Day 80: We Were There
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
BBC Two
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Vasa: The Ghost Ship
Film about a Swedish galleon which sank after setting off on her maiden voyage in 1628.
BBC Four
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
BBC Radio 4
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The Stalin Affair by Giles Milton
The story of an impossible alliance that won the Second World War. Read by Nigel Anthony.
BBC Radio 4
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Noiser Presents
Step back in time with podcasts that unearth stories from momentous events in history.
BBC Sounds
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D-Day: Secret South England Stories
Explore surprising D-Day stories with curious comrades from the South of England.
BBC Radio Solent
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The Distorted DNA of Download Festival
Exploring the music, culture and legacy of the Download Festival.
BBC Radio Nottingham
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
BBC Radio 4
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
BBC Radio 4
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Extreme
A mountain of trouble. 11 climbers died in 2 disastrous days on K2. What really happened?
BBC
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