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The Cuban Missile Crisis: As Seen From Moscow and Havana
Allan Little pieces together the "untold" side of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
tv Radio 4
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Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
tv Radio 4
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Voices of the Powerless
Melvyn Bragg explores the lives of ordinary British people across the last 1,000 years.
tv Radio 4
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Fifty Years With The Firm
Anthony Howard looks back at key episodes that have marked the Queen's reign.
tv Radio 4
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Ancient Apocalypse
Series seeking to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature
tv Two
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In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
tv Radio 4
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Election 97
The tv's 1997 general election night results coverage, presented by David Dimbleby
tv Parliament
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The Strange Affair of...
Enquiries into the truth behind famous mysteries and popular stories
tv Two
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The Great Railway Cavalcade: Rocket 150 at Rainhill
Brian Redhead reports from the 'Rocket 150' event held at Rainhill, Lancashire. (1980)
tv
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Living Legends
A series about the truth behind some of the popular figures in British history.
tv One
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Decision 79 - The Morning After
Archive coverage of the 1979 General Election which swept Margaret Thatcher to power.
tv Parliament
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Decision 79 - Election Night
A chance to relive the historic May 3 1979 General Election.
tv Parliament
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Sir Mortimer and Magnus
Sir Mortimer Wheeler talks to Magnus Magnusson about his life and discoveries
tv
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The Ascent of Man
1973 documentary series examining the social and intellectual evolution of the human race.
tv Two
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tv Election 1970
A chance to relive the historic 1970 general election and its surprise result.
tv Parliament
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Civilisation
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series tracing the history of western art and philosophy.
tv One
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1966 General Election
The tv's 1966 election night programme, presented by Cliff Michelmore.
tv Parliament
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A City Crowned with Green
How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)
tv
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Waiting For Work
Jack Ashley's film showed the suffering caused by high unemployment in Hartlepool. (1963)
tv
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The Grandeur That Was Rome
Sir Mortimer Wheeler considers some of the outstanding features of the Roman Empire
tv
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After the Battle
Noted war correspondents return to the WWII battlefields from where they had reported.
tv
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1959 General Election
An archive broadcast of the tv's 1959 General Election results programme.
tv Parliament
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Morning in the Streets
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
tv
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1955 General Election
A chance to relive the first recorded tv television election results coverage.
tv Parliament
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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
A panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects
tv
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The Pub Historian
Prof Martin Johnes questions and debates the fundamental historical ideas about Wales.
tv Radio Wales
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بودكاست "عَلاقات"
بودكاست أسبوعي يناقش العلاقات العاطفية باختلافها ويسلط الضوء على تحدياتها وحلولها المتاحة
إذاعة بي بي سي عربي
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The Fainting Field
Explore why hundreds of people collapsed at a marching band competition.
tv Radio Nottingham
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Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man
A shocking miscarriage of justice which led to the execution of Mahmood Mattan
tv Radio Wales
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The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater
A 25-year-old estate agent disappears on a routine house viewing.
tv Local Radio
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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.
tv Sounds
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D-Day: Secret South England Stories
Explore surprising D-Day stories with curious comrades from the South of England.
tv Radio Solent