Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond.
Radio 4,·699 episodes
Alan Dein uncovers a little known story of postwar conflict.
19 Apr 2008,·57 mins
John Sergeant and Tony Benn look back on the impact of live broadcasting from the Commons.
05 Apr 2008,·60 mins
Tune back to the inter-war rivalry between commercial radio and the BBC.
05 Jan 2008,·60 mins
Ray Gosling explores the history of shoemaking in Northampton.
29 Dec 2007,·60 mins
The start of BBC local radio with stations in Leicester, Sheffield and Merseyside.
10 Nov 2007,·60 mins
Rory Bremner looks back at 50 years of BBC Radio coverage of Test Match cricket.
26 May 2007,·60 mins
Poet Paul Muldoon recalls a fellow Belfast wordsmith who innovated radio production.
06 Jan 2007,·58 mins
Adam Fowler tracks down the survivors of the 1957 Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
30 Dec 2006,·60 mins
John Edwards explores the story of the cinema newsreel and the people who filmed history.
09 Dec 2006,·60 mins
Jeffrey Richards tells the story of Paul Graney - audio history collector.
18 Nov 2006,·60 mins
Malcolm Taylor explores the work of folk archivist Doc Rowe recording traditional events.
26 Aug 2006,·60 mins
Jeffrey Richards on the impact of the BBC radio programme on the lives of ordinary people.
20 May 2006,·60 mins
Denys Blakeway looks at the history and purpose of the royal tour.
15 Apr 2006,·60 mins
Commentator and satirist Joe Queenan takes a look at the past 35 years of American history
29 Oct 2005,·60 mins
Climber Stephen Venables recalls Sir Chris Bonington's 1975 expedition to Everest.
24 Sep 2005,·58 mins
Charles Wheeler presents some of the most memorable extracts from BBC journalists
03 Sep 2005,·60 mins
Memories of those involved in the BBC's 1957 groundbreaking live Christmas Day broadcast.
25 Dec 2004,·60 mins
Sixty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
11 Dec 2004,·60 mins
The rise and fall of the car factory. Presented by Sarfraz Mansoor.
31 Jan 2004,·60 mins
James Naughtie probes the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.
27 Dec 2003,·60 mins
Alan Thompson relives the events in the assassination of President John F Kennedy
22 Nov 2003,·60 mins
Barry Cryer hears how recordings are restored so that music hall stars can be heard again.
04 Oct 2003,·60 mins
Colonel John Hughes-Wilson explains the role of the Home Guard during the Second World War
05 Jul 2003,·60 mins
Pete McCarthy examines the work of Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri.
15 Feb 2003,·60 mins
Shirley Collins tells the story of Alan Lomax's historic 1959 trip to the southern states.
27 Jul 2002,·60 mins,·
Surprising history and compelling testimonies of US immigrants using Ellis Island gateway.
06 Jul 2002,·60 mins
Alan Dein explores how people recorded their own voices on gramophone records.
20 Apr 2002,·60 mins
How Britain's MI9 ensured daring escapes of Second World War prisoners.
09 Mar 2002,·60 mins
Ken Barnes explores how a beloved singer became king of radio.
29 Dec 2001,·58 mins
Stan Stennett recreates British variety theatre's heyday.
22 Dec 2001,·60 mins
