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Human Intelligence
Great minds don't think alike. Naomi Alderman investigates brilliant thinkers.
BBC Radio 4
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7/7: The London Bombings
On 7 July 2005, four bombs explode in London, followed by a further attack.
BBC Two
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What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie, with special guests, discover strange-but-true stories.
BBC Radio 4
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
The shocking tale of Britain’s nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
BBC Two
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
BBC Radio 4
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Something to Declare
Jack Boswell explores how other cultures handle the universal problems we face at home.
BBC Radio 4
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If Walls Could Talk
Explore some of NI’s best-loved buildings that have endured through the years.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
BBC Radio 4
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Strike
Jonny Owen tracks the impact of the miners' strike on Britain, on South Wales, and on him
BBC Radio Wales
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The Zelensky Story
Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.
BBC Two
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Serial Offender: Arnold Schoenberg's Twelve Tone Adventure
Schoenberg's 12-tone system redefined music. So why are his works rarely performed?
BBC Radio 4
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Extreme
A mountain of trouble. 11 climbers died in 2 disastrous days on K2. What really happened?
BBC
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
BBC Radio 4
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
BBC Radio 4
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
BBC Radio 4
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Vasa: The Ghost Ship
Film about a Swedish galleon which sank after setting off on her maiden voyage in 1628.
BBC Four
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
BBC Two
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D-Day 80: We Were There
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
BBC Two
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The Great War Interviews
A selection of original interview recordings filmed for The Great War in their entirety.
BBC
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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
BBC Two
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Pompeii: The New Dig
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation.
BBC Two
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Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
BBC Two
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Strike Boy
Mark was 10 when the miners' strike took over his life. Forty years on, he goes back.
BBC Radio 4
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Three Million
The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.
BBC Radio 4
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Hollywood Exiles
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
BBC
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The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth
In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America.
BBC Two
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Chinook: Zulu Delta 576
Two-part documentary series examining the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter crash.
BBC One Northern Ireland
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Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
Ian Hislop goes in search of the earliest examples of British comedy staples.
BBC Radio 4
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Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
A look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation Sherlock Holmes.
BBC Two
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Empire of Tea
Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of our national drink and its imperial past.
BBC Radio 4
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Berlin 1933
Hitler's rise to power, told through the personal writings of those who lived through it.
BBC Four
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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
BBC Two
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Larach Leabhar Dheir (The Missing Monastery)
An tòir air Mhanachainn Dhèir a’ leantainn. The search for the Monastery of Deer continues
BBC ALBA
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The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes
A look at Nazi war crimes and the complex motives at play at the start of the Cold War.
BBC Two
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When Hoover Sneezed...
How the iconic factory shaped postwar Merthyr with laughs, drama, romance and spirit.
BBC Radio Wales
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The Mandates
How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
BBC Radio 4
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Union with David Olusoga
David Olusoga exposes the fault lines dividing the UK through the lens of the past.
BBC Two
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Notable
Stars of stage and screen reveal the intense emotional battles of 10 pioneering composers
BBC Radio 3
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Wally, the Reluctant Nuclear Hero
The story of Wally, the physicist that prevented nuclear disaster during the Vietnam war.
BBC Radio 4
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Politically
Conversations with leading political figures reflecting on their lives in politics.
BBC Radio 4
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Inside Museums
Join art critic Alastair Sooke as he discovers how museums around the world are changing.
BBC News
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Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer
Film following the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing.
BBC Four
