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  1. Robert Peston Goes Shopping

    Robert Peston tells the story of shopping in Britain in the decades after WW2.

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  2. Our Libraries: The Next Chapter

    Michael Rosen investigates the story of the library

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  3. The Italian Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton presents the story of the biggest mass POW breakout in history

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  4. Our Dreams: Our Selves

    Exploring the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings

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  5. Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age

    Documentary series celebrating Britain's rich industrial heritage.

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  6. Iolo's Natural History of Wales

    Iolo Williams presents a series covering the natural history of Wales

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  7. Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death

    How people in the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life.

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  8. The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors

    Rageh Omaar examines the history of the Ottoman empire

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  9. Bingo, Barbie and Barthes: 50 Years of Cultural Studies

    Laurie Taylor looks back at 50 years of cultural studies

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  10. Silk

    Steph McGovern presents a two-part series on the global history of silk

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  11. Getting on Air: The Female Pioneers

    Jane Garvey investigates the history of the female voice in broadcasting

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  12. Cold War, Hot Jets

    How the invention of the jet engine transformed Britain after the Second World War.

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  13. Wales in the Sixties

    Series using colour archive and personal accounts to recount life in the Sixties.

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  14. Cathedrals

    Richard Alwyn goes behind the scenes at Wells, Wakefield and Southwark Cathedrals.

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  15. 1963: That Was The Year That Was

    Michael Grade celebrates 1963 with special guests at London's Riverside Studios.

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  16. Tales of a Crimewriter: The Stewarts

    Crimewriter Louise Welsh investigates tales of murder and the medieval Scottish kings.

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  17. Morecambe and Wise the Whole Story

    The story of Eric and Ernie, from struggling variety turns to the kings of TV comedy.

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  18. Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

    Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large.

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  19. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities

    Series in which historian Simon Sebag Montefiore traces the sacred history of Istanbul.

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  20. The Silent War

    The story of the underwater war between US, UK and Soviet submarines.

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  21. Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World

    Graham Ingham presents a series tracing the extraordinary history of the American dollar

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  22. The Enfield Thunderbolt

    Peter Curran tells the story of the Enfield 8000, Britain's pioneering electric car

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  23. The Making of the Modern Arab World

    Tarek Osman traces characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world

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  24. Tim McGarry's Ulster Scots Journey

    Tim McGarry takes a look at the history and culture of the Ulster Scots.

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  25. Morecambe & Wise In Pieces

    Penelope Keith takes an in-depth look at all things Eric and Ernie.

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  26. Sacred Wonders of Britain

    Neil Oliver reveals the sacred face of Britain, an ancient landscape of belief and ritual.

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  27. Restoring England's Heritage

    A look at England's endangered historic buildings.

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  28. Hidden Histories: Britain's Oldest Family Businesses

    Series revealing the history of three of Britain's longest-running family businesses.

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  29. Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness

    Waldemar Januszczak celebrates the finest cultural achievements of the Rococo period.

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  30. Voices of the First World War

    Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.

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  31. The Great War of Words

    Michael Portillo explores the intellectual battleground of World War One.

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  32. Bible Hunters

    Looking at the people who travelled across Egypt to uncover the earliest Christian texts.

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  33. The Long March

    Edward Stourton retraces the route of Mao's Long March, to mark its 80th anniversary

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  34. How to Get Ahead

    What it took to prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts.

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  35. Taisce Shean Uladh - Treasures of Ancient Ulster

    Four-part documentary series exploring the history of Ulster.

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  36. A Very British Renaissance

    Art historian Dr James Fox makes the case for a singularly British renaissance.

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  37. Border Country: The Story of Britain's Lost Middleland

    Two-part series exploring the border country created by the building of Hadrian's Wall.

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  38. Kim Philby - His Most Intimate Betrayal

    Author Ben Macintyre explores the truth behind famous double agent Harold Kim Philby.

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  39. Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century

    The story of the composers and musicians that shaped Britain's 18th-century musical map.

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  40. Ian Hislop's Olden Days

    Ian Hislop explores how the British look to 'the olden days' to make sense of the present.

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  41. How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears

    Ray Mears explores how the wilderness of North America shaped the story of the Wild West.

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  42. The History of Brazil Is Round

    David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its historical passion for football.

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  43. WWI at Home

    Stories about the impact of World War One from around the regions

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  44. World War I at Home

    Stories about the impact of World War I around the regions

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  45. Walking with the Wind

    Nile Rodgers on the struggle for African-American civil rights in the 1960s and beyond.

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  46. Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces

    Dan Cruickshank tells the story of a thousand years of palace building.

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  47. Ambridge in the Decade of Love

    Richard Stilgoe explores how The Archers coped with the Swinging Sixties

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  48. Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter

    Dr Pamela Cox charts the history of the shopgirl.

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  49. Commonwealth on Film

    How film-makers have captured the rich diversity of the Commonwealth over the decades.

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  50. Y Rhyfel Mawr

    Tweli Griffiths yn edrych ar hanes y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918 fesul blwyddyn.

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