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  1. Kitch!

    Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener

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    Beirut's House of Barakat

    Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's house of memory.

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  3. Magna Carta

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

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  4. Wittgenstein's Jet

    A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.

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    Death of An Orchestra

    Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.

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  6. A History of Ideas

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

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  7. The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy

    Grace Dent presents a conversational history of radio comedy, from 1975 to 2005.

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  8. Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary

    Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk

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  9. 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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  10. Cymry 1914-1918

    Cyfres sy鈥檔 defnyddio dyddiaduron, llythyron ac atgofion i gyflwyno Cymry鈥檙 Rhyfel Mawr,

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  11. Hidden Histories of the Information Age

    Aleks Krotoski explores innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.

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  12. Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano

    Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.

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  13. Soldiers of the Empire

    Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian soldiers who served the Empire in WWI.

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  14. Paul is Dead

    In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor

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  15. Germany: Memories of a Nation

    Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

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  16. Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip

    Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.

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    The Lost Women of British Jazz

    Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.

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  18. Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

    Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.

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  19. The Birth of Love

    Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.

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  20. Heroes at War

    Stories of sporting heroes who went to into battle during the First World War

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  21. Betjeman's Banana Blush

    Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.

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  22. The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform

    Amanda Foreman examines how the elite transformed politics in the shadow of revolution.

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  23. Plants: From Roots to Riches

    Our relationship with plants: a major new history by Kew's science director Kathy Willis.

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  24. The Long and the Short of It

    Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives.

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  25. My Family鈥檚 Fight For Civil Rights

    Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.

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  26. Y Rhyfel Mawr

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

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  27. The War That Changed the World

    The effect of World War One from a global perspective

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  28. 1914: Day by Day

    Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

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  29. Arnold of the Five Towns

    Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.

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    The Science of D-Day

    Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.

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  31. Britain at Sea

    Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.

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  32. Melencolia

    Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.

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  33. The History of Brazil Is Round

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

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  34. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.

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  35. The First Action Movie

    1903 Sheffield's on location 'Daring Daylight Burglary' inspired every action movie since.

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    Bombay Jazz

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.

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    Blind Date with Don Camillo

    Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.

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  38. Five Hundred Years of Friendship

    Dr Thomas Dixon explores the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

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  39. Five Hundred Years of Friendship

    A history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

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  40. Poetry Idol

    Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.

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    I Was There: The Great War Interviews

    Never-before-seen footage from interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War.

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  42. Taisce Shean Uladh - Treasures of Ancient Ulster

    Four-part documentary series exploring the history of Ulster.

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  43. Venus in View

    Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago

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  44. World War One: The Cultural Front

    Francine Stock explores how World War I changed art, words and society.

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  45. The Long March

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

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  46. World War One at Home

    Marking the centenary of the war through stories and events across Ireland.

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  47. The Great War of Words

    Michael Portillo explores the intellectual battleground of World War One.

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  48. Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room

    How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.

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  49. Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    Alastair Sooke looks at masterpieces of Ancient Egypt through the eyes of an art lover.

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  50. Acts of Union and Disunion

    Linda Colley examines the forces that have united and divided Britain over many centuries

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