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Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
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The Lost Women of British Jazz
Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.
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Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath
Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.
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The Birth of Love
Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.
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Heroes at War
Stories of sporting heroes who went to into battle during the First World War
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Betjeman's Banana Blush
Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.
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The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform
Amanda Foreman examines how the elite transformed politics in the shadow of revolution.
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Plants: From Roots to Riches
Our relationship with plants: a major new history by Kew's science director Kathy Willis.
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The Long and the Short of It
Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives.
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My Family’s Fight For Civil Rights
Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.
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Y Rhyfel Mawr
Tweli Griffiths yn edrych ar hanes y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918 fesul blwyddyn.
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The War That Changed the World
The effect of World War One from a global perspective
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Arnold of the Five Towns
Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.
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The Science of D-Day
Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.
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Britain at Sea
Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
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Melencolia
Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.
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The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its historical passion for football.
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The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.
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The First Action Movie
1903 Sheffield's on location 'Daring Daylight Burglary' inspired every action movie since.
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Bombay Jazz
Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.
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Blind Date with Don Camillo
Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.
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Five Hundred Years of Friendship
Dr Thomas Dixon explores the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.
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Five Hundred Years of Friendship
A history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.
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Poetry Idol
Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.
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I Was There: The Great War Interviews
Never-before-seen footage from interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War.
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Taisce Shean Uladh - Treasures of Ancient Ulster
Four-part documentary series exploring the history of Ulster.
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Venus in View
Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago
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World War One: The Cultural Front
Francine Stock explores how World War I changed art, words and society.
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The Long March
Edward Stourton retraces the route of Mao's Long March, to mark its 80th anniversary
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World War One at ±«Óãtv
Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events across Ireland.
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The Great War of Words
Michael Portillo explores the intellectual battleground of World War One.
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Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room
How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.
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Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Alastair Sooke looks at masterpieces of Ancient Egypt through the eyes of an art lover.
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Acts of Union and Disunion
Linda Colley examines the forces that have united and divided Britain over many centuries
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PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster
Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the Arctic convoys of WWII and their greatest disaster.
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Sacred Wonders of Britain
Neil Oliver reveals the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual.
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The Making of the Modern Arab World
Tarek Osman traces characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world
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1963: That Was The Year That Was
Michael Grade celebrates 1963 with special guests at London's Riverside Studios.
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Machiavelli: Devil or Democrat?
Jonathan Freedland reassesses Machiavelli and finds the inspiration for modern republics.
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A History of Britain in Numbers
Andrew Dilnot investigates the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain
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Spin the Globe
Historian Michael Scott takes a global view of familiar historical dates.
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Bingo, Barbie and Barthes: 50 Years of Cultural Studies
Laurie Taylor looks back at 50 years of cultural studies
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Tibet Remembered
A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there.
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The Ideas That Make Us
Bettany Hughes reveals the history of civilisation's most influential ideas.
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British Conservatism: The Grand Tour
Anne McElvoy on the challenges that have spurred British conservative thinkers into action
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