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  1. QUB Talks 100 - Subtitled Talks

    The Partition of Ireland: Causes and Consequences

    BBC Radio Ulster

  2. Students of War - The Rise of the Taliban

    Yalda Hakim examines the rise of the Taliban after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

    BBC News

  3. 9/11: Twenty Years On

    Special coverage of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

    BBC News

  4. Remembering 9/11

    Jonathan Thomas presents a special programme to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

    BBC Radio Wales

  5. 9/11: Y bore wnaeth newid America

    Maxine Hughes yn cofio ymosodiadau terfysgol 9/11 a'r effaith ar America a gweddill y byd.

    BBC Cymru

  6. Na Deachdairean/Dictators

    We meet the most ruthless rulers of recent history, tracing their rise and fall.

    BBC ALBA

  7. Let’s Talk About the English

    Chris McQueer examines the relationship between Scotland and England.

    BBC Scotland

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    History on the Edge

    Anita Anand uncovers an extraordinary untold refugee story from 1940.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. A Letter to Mrs Campbell

    Gavin Porter celebrates the influence of Wales' first black head teacher, Betty Campbell.

    BBC Radio Wales

  10. The Story of Aids

    The early years of the HIV-AIDS crisis, as told by the people who lived through it

    BBC World Service

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  11. We Want the Light: Jews and German Music

    What is the complex but fruitful relationship between Jewish people and German music?

    BBC Four

  12. Wonders of Gibraltar

    Historian Bettany Hughes discovers the treasures of Gibraltar.

    BBC News

  13. Great Lives - 400 and Counting

    From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  14. Isles of Old

    Daniel Bennett explores the now uninhabited isles of Shetland to learn of the past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  15. Arwyr Glew yr Erwau Glo

    Aled Sam sy'n dathlu hanes y diwydiant glo gan ddangos fod yna ddyfodol iddi yng Nghymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  16. Aberfan: Tip Number 7

    The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966

    BBC Radio Wales

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  17. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner

    The true story of the woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler.

    BBC Radio 4

  18. The Explanation

    Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin

    BBC World Service

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  19. Cerrig yn Siarad

    Ifor ap Glyn sy'n mynd ar drywydd straeon diddorol tu ôl i englynion ar gerrig beddi.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  20. Watergate

    The lie that cost the presidency. A' bhreug a sgrios a' phrìomhaireachd.

    BBC ALBA

  21. Ar Lan Afon

    Jon Gower ac Elinor Gwynn sy'n crwydro glannau afonydd Cymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  22. Isles of Old

    Daniel Bennett explores the now uninhabited isles of Shetland to lean of the past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  23. Na Fàrdaichean Sguabta

    A look at the deserted villages of Skye.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  24. Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye

    A history of 16th-century Antwerp from the author of The Edge of the World.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Calum Cille: An Naomh Dana/Columba - The Bold Saint

    The life story of one of Ireland and Scotland’s most important saints, St Columba.

    BBC ALBA

  26. The Asian Welsh

    Series exploring how immigration has transformed Welsh health, culture and the economy.

    BBC One Wales

  27. The Army Girls

    80 years after female conscription, the final few tell their extraordinary WW2 stories.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Gaisgich sna Glinn

    How the Highlands made the ideal military training ground during World War II.

    BBC ALBA

  29. Cruth-tire na h-Alba - Changing Landscapes

    Ceòl agus faclan air cruthan-tìre na h-Alba. Music and images of Scotland's landscapes.

    BBC ALBA

  30. Past Forward: A Century of Sound

    Greg Jenner dives deep into the BBC archive to explore what it says about who we are now.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. The Coming Storm

    is now here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m002j8rr

    BBC Radio 4

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    Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Deagh Fhonn

    Rannsachadh air an eachdraidh agus na cruthan a th' aig fuinn air a bheil sinn eòlach.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  34. Afghanistan

    Covering six decades of turmoil in Afghan history.

    BBC ALBA

  35. A Big Year for the Census

    Sarah Moore travels back 100 years to reveal the contents of the 1921 census.

    BBC Radio Wales

  36. 1922: The Birth of Now

    Matthew Sweet investigates objects and events from 1922, the crucial year for modernism.

    BBC Radio 4

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  37. Worn by Sofi Thanhauser

    American author Sofi Thanhauser explores stories of craft and labour through five fabrics.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Cymru Carwyn

    Cyfres gyda Carwyn Jones yn trafod trysorau Cymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  39. Bloody Sunday: Fifty Years On

    Peter Taylor analyses what happened on Bloody Sunday.

    BBC News

  40. Roots

    Kwame Kwei-Armah explores how the US TV series Roots changed perceptions of slavery

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff

    Michael Ignatieff explores the language of consolation through a series of five portraits

    BBC Radio 4

  42. Lost Worlds

    Escape the now and immerse yourself in a lost 12th-century world.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. The Museums That Make Us

    Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.

    BBC Radio 4

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  44. Ukraine: How Did We Get Here?

    Edward Stourton and a panel of guests explain the steps that led to the current conflict.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.

    BBC Four

  46. Lucy Worsley Investigates

    Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic chapters in British history.

    BBC Two

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  47. The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan

    Romesh Ranganathan explores some of the most mysterious celebrity deaths.

    BBC Two England

  48. Notorious Nottinghamshire

    Explore fascinating stories from across Nottinghamshire.

    BBC Radio Nottingham

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  49. Rhyfel y Cymry

    40 mlynedd wedi Rhyfel y Falklands, dyma straeon personol rhai o’r Cymry a effeithiwyd.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  50. Falklands War Stories

    Documentary series

    BBC Two England

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