Dr Robert Lynch - Partition and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
A series of talks on the centenary of Partition and establishment of Northern Ireland.
04 Oct 2021,·23 mins
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
The Birth of the NHS
Martha Kearney looks at the arguments over creating the NHS in wartime government papers.
30 Jun 2018,·57 mins
Kerry Irving
Kerry Irving and Max the Miracle Dog.
03 Mar 2020,·17 mins
Retreat
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
17 Oct 2023,·28 mins
Omnibus: Episodes 6-10
The story of a unique wartime archive of life in the Warsaw Ghetto and its recovery.
05 May 2023,·57 mins
5. Retromania
Travis looks at the impact of the internet and the rise of "vintage" wares.
10 Aug 2018,·14 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
Omnibus
Episode 5
Final omnibus edition of Prof Kathy Willis's history of our relationship with plants.
07 Nov 2014,·58 mins
6. Glitch
Exposing the hurdles and challenges of putting on an event of this size.
13 Jun 2024,·50 mins
Queen Elizabeth II
James Naughtie profiles Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrated her diamond jubilee in 2012.
07 Sep 2012,·12 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
8. Shredded
Hoover’s death starts a race to control his secret files. But his power continues.
23 Jun 2022,·14 mins
1. It's Seun Not Sean!
What can history teach us about the UK’s largest Black African group today?
21 Feb 2024,·35 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
A celebration of the first moon landing and the Welsh people who played vital roles.
22 Dec 2019,·60 mins
28/07/2017
The story of the 1993 Waco siege and the lasting impact on those who survived.
28 Jul 2017,·15 mins
7. Road to the Past
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.
29 Aug 2024,·40 mins
Episode 2
The 300th anniversary of Louis XIV's death, and how fighting him changed Britain forever.
10 Jun 2015,·28 mins
10. Legacy
'Some of the mindset from the past is gone. It's smaller - my family comes first.'
15 Mar 2024,·15 mins
5. Where Woke Goes to Die
Matthew Syed traces the evolution of a term that's synonymous with our era of angry debate
24 Feb 2023,·14 mins
3: Remembering
Experts call for a permanent memorial to remember the North East Witch Trial victims
31 Oct 2023,·12 mins
Britain at Sea: Omnibus
New Britain, New Navy
Lord West concludes his history by examining the period since the end of Empire.
20 Jun 2014,·58 mins
Transplant
In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant operation.
16 Mar 2007,·15 mins
London versus the Rest?
Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore historical connections to today's big issues.
04 Feb 2020,·28 mins
The Legacy of Magna Carta
Melvyn Bragg examines the 800-year legacy of Magna Carta.
08 Jan 2015,·43 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series on shared beliefs with a look to the future and hope.
01 Dec 2017,·14 mins
Series 2
Voting
Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
27 Feb 2015,·15 mins
9. Our Legacy
A story of a shocking miscarriage of justice which led to the execution of Mahmood Mattan.
11 Nov 2022,·40 mins
