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Roy Noble
Music, guests and chat for Sunday, plus listener requests in Roy's Golden Postbag.
BBC Radio Wales
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A Royal Recovery
How the monarchy recovered after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
BBC Radio 4
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Dead Sea Scrolls Revisited
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries
BBC Radio 4
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Things We Forgot to Remember
Series examining overlooked but noteworthy historical events, with Michael Portillo
BBC Radio 4
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Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes
Documentary recalling the life of eccentric Lancastrian Alfred Wainwright.
BBC Four
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The Making of Modern Medicine
Narrative history series exploring over 2,000 years of western medicine
BBC Radio 4
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Prescott at Your Service
Exploring a strange coincidence from 1957, when John Prescott was a cruise ship waiter.
BBC Radio 4
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Voyages of Discovery
Explorer Paul Rose celebrates the achievements of famous seamen and explorers
BBC Four
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Spectacular Hapsburgs
Three-part series exploring the incredible story of Europe's most influential dynasty
BBC Radio 4
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1976: Summer of... Heat
Documentary looking at the heatwave of 1976. As the country sweltered, tensions rose.
BBC Two
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Around the World in 80 Treasures
Dan Cruickshank reveals the most beautiful and precious things in the world
BBC Two
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Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.
BBC One
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A Right Royal Rescue
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh recalls his role in a daring rescue during WWII.
BBC Radio 4
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Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
The events of 1998 to 2005 in the fraught history of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
BBC Two
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This Sceptred Isle: Empire
Christopher Lee's history series telling the story of the growth of Britain's Empire.
BBC Radio 4
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Coming Home
What the end of the Second World War meant to people in Britain and across the world.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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UK Confidential
Martha Kearney and guests reveal the truth behind previously secret government files
BBC Radio 4
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The People's D-Day
Libby Purves follows the way Britain prepared for the assault on Normandy in June 1944.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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From Dunkirk to D-Day
Charles Wheeler recalls the epic of strategic success that made victory possible.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Rossetti - Sex, Drugs and Oil Paint
Andrew Graham-Dixon considers the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (2003)
BBC
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Looking for Victoria
Drama-documentary on the life of Queen Victoria, presented by and starring Prunella Scales
BBC One
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Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
BBC Four
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Discovery of England
Jonathan Bate explores how Elizabethan culture has shaped our image of England.
BBC Radio 4
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Elizabethan Subjects
Dr Justin Champion examines the life and times of Elizabeth I's more unusual subjects.
BBC Radio 4
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The Roman Way
The Roman Way explores aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.
BBC Radio 4
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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.
BBC Radio 4
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Great Lives
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
BBC 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.
BBC Radio 4
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The Long View
History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events
BBC 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.
BBC Radio 4
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Ancient Apocalypse
Series seeking to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature
BBC Two
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A History of Britain by Simon Schama
Simon Schama journeys through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles.
BBC Two
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In Our Time
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
BBC Radio 4
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Windrush
Conflict, controversy and culture - the story of a generation that rebuilt Britain.
BBC Two
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The Nazis: A Warning from History
How could a nation at the heart of Europe have allowed Hitler to come to power?
BBC Two
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Election 97
The BBC's 1997 general election night results coverage, presented by David Dimbleby
BBC Parliament
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The Death of Yugoslavia
The inside story of a nation’s collapse, told by those who lived it and tore it apart.
BBC Two
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One Foot in the Past
Series about the people and issues that have shaped Britain's architectural heritage.
BBC Two
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