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The Italian Freedom Trail
Edward Stourton presents the story of the biggest mass POW breakout in history
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Caligula with Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard explores the life and times of the notorious Roman emperor Caligula.
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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.
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1913: The Year Before
Michael Portillo challenges the notion of calm before the storm of the Great War
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D-Day: The Last Heroes
Historian Dan Snow reveals the incredible story behind the D-Day landings.
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Disability: A New History
Peter White presents a history of disability in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Ice Age Giants
Professor Alice Roberts travels 40,000 years into the past to meet Ice Age's great beasts.
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When Washington Came to Brum
How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.
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Archaeology: A Secret History
Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.
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How to Run Europe
Anne McElvoy explores the history of governing Europe across three eras
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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.
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The Forgotten Black Cowboys
Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys
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Baroque in Britain
Tim Marlow explores Britain's response to Europe's most lavish art movement
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Murder on the Victorian Railway
Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways.
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Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler
The comedian-author-adventurer recreates bizarre bets from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Sexual Nature: A Brief Natural History of Sex
Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex
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Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II
The story of the men who fought in tanks during World War II.
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Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the history of Rome.
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The Beat Hotel
How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.
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Foreign Bodies
Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.
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One Man's War
Katie Derham delves into the fascinating world of musical life during the Second World War
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China: As History Is My Witness
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history
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Deborah Bull's Dance Nation
Dancer, writer and broadcaster Deborah Bull presents a social history of dance in the UK
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The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle
Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.
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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.
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Unbuilt Britain
Jonathan Glancey looks at the great building projects of Britain that never made it
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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.
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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Revealing the heroic spies who helped contribute to victory in WWII.
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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?
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Through Persian Eyes
Prof Ali Ansari presents a world history as seen through Persian eyes
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Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Simon Schama says to understand Shakespeare we must appreciate how he was of his time.
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London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century.
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The New Elizabethans
James Naughtie profiles 60 public figures nominated to mark the diamond jubilee
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Reading between the Lines
Michael Morpurgo on the changing experience of learning to read over the last 70 years
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The Trouble with Kane
Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders
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Hurricane Rash
Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.
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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
Professor Mary Beard reveals the everyday people at the heart of the Roman Empire.
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Shakespeare's Restless World
Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories 20 objects tell us about Shakespeare's world.
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Titanic Town
Gerry Anderson considers Titanic's complex relationship with the city of her birth.
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The Psychiatrist and the Deputy Fuhrer
1941. A British psychiatrist is sent to a safe house in Surrey to examine POW Rudolf Hess.
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The Man Who Discovered Egypt
Documentary about Flinders Petrie, the pioneer who transformed field archaeology in Egypt.
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The London Chronicles Archive
The sounds of the historic and influential city, through its music, life, noise and people
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The Art of Monarchy
Will Gompertz examines objects in the Royal Collection that define the British monarchy.
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Famed for Its Knitting
The life and changing times of Woman's Weekly as it celebrates its centenary
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The Nile
Edward Stourton explores the impact of the famous river on the people of Egypt
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Sport and the British
Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport
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The Secret Catacombs of Paris
Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
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