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Acts of Union and Disunion
Linda Colley examines the forces that have united and divided Britain over many centuries
BBC Radio 4
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Sacred Wonders of Britain
Neil Oliver reveals the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual.
BBC Two
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The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman traces characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world
BBC Radio 4
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Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve
Retracing the epic journeys made by our ancestors across the globe.
BBC Two
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1963: That Was The Year That Was
Michael Grade celebrates 1963 with special guests at London's Riverside Studios.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Machiavelli: Devil or Democrat?
Jonathan Freedland reassesses Machiavelli and finds the inspiration for modern republics.
BBC Radio 4
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A History of Britain in Numbers
Andrew Dilnot investigates the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain
BBC Radio 4
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Spin the Globe
Historian Michael Scott takes a global view of familiar historical dates.
BBC Radio 4
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Bingo, Barbie and Barthes: 50 Years of Cultural Studies
Laurie Taylor looks back at 50 years of cultural studies
BBC Radio 4
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Tibet Remembered
A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there.
BBC Radio 4
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The Ideas That Make Us
Bettany Hughes reveals the history of civilisation's most influential ideas.
BBC Radio 4
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British Conservatism: The Grand Tour
Anne McElvoy on the challenges that have spurred British conservative thinkers into action
BBC Radio 4
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The Italian Freedom Trail
Edward Stourton presents the story of the biggest mass POW breakout in history
BBC Radio 4
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The Fairy-Tale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank
Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
BBC Four
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1913: The Year Before
Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War
BBC Radio 4
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Disability: A New History
Peter White presents a history of disability in the 18th and 19th centuries.
BBC Radio 4
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Ice Age Giants
Professor Alice Roberts travels 40,000 years into the past to meet Ice Age's great beasts.
BBC Two
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When Washington Came to Brum
How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Archaeology: A Secret History
Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.
BBC Four
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How to Run Europe
Anne McElvoy explores the history of governing Europe across three eras
BBC Radio 4
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Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time
Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments.
BBC One
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The Forgotten Black Cowboys
Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Baroque in Britain
Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement
BBC Radio 4
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Murder on the Victorian Railway
Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.
BBC Two
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Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex
Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex
BBC Radio 4
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Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the history of Rome.
BBC Four
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The Beat Hotel
How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Foreign Bodies
Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.
BBC Radio 4
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One Man's War
Katie Derham delves into the fascinating world of musical life during the Second World War
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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China: As History Is My Witness
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history
BBC Radio 4
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Deborah Bull's Dance Nation
Dancer, writer and broadcaster Deborah Bull presents a social history of dance in the UK
BBC Radio 4
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The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle
Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Letters to the Russian Front
A story of Austrian siblings told in their wartime letters to and from the Russian front.
BBC Radio 4
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Unbuilt Britain
Jonathan Glancey looks at the great building projects of Britain that never made it
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Old Photographs Fever - The Search for China's Pictured Past
Historical photographs are rare in China, but now the pictured past is being reclaimed.
BBC Radio 4
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The Frock and the Church
Women bishops? Will the Church of England approve them and can it cope with the fallout?
BBC Radio 4
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Through Persian Eyes
Professor Ali Ansari presents a world history as seen through Persian eyes.
BBC Radio 4
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The New Elizabethans
James Naughtie profiles 60 public figures nominated to mark the diamond jubilee
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Reading between the Lines
Michael Morpurgo on the changing experience of learning to read over the last 70 years
BBC Radio 4
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The Trouble with Kane
Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders
BBC Radio 4
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Hurricane Rash
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
BBC Radio 4
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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard reveals the everyday people at the heart of the Roman Empire.
BBC Two
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Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories 20 objects tell us about Shakespeare's world.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Titanic Town
Gerry Anderson considers Titanic's complex relationship with the city of her birth.
BBC Radio 4
