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Series 7

Myxomatosis

Chris Ledgard recalls the outbreak of the early 1950s.

• 28 mins

Series 7

1990 Poll Tax Riots

Jolyon Jenkins recalls the Poll Tax demonstration of March 1990.

• 30 mins

Series 7

1967 Mossdale Caverns Tragedy

Ray Kershaw recalls the 1967 tragedy at Mossdale Caverns, when six young potholers drowned

• 30 mins

Series 7

The 1974 Lions

Chris Ledgard recalls the controversial 1974 British Lions rugby tour to South Africa.

• 30 mins

Series 10

The Contraceptive Train

The story of the women who defied Irish law by bringing contraceptives into the country.

• 28 mins

Series 10

T Dan Smith

The story of T Dan Smith, Labour leader of Newcastle city council who was jailed in 1974.

• 28 mins

Series 10

Oil in Dorset

How did newly privatised BP extract oil from Dorset in the 1980s without a fight?

• 28 mins

Series 10

Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin

Jolyon Jenkins recalls the controversy in 1986 that surrounded a children's picture book.

• 30 mins

Series 11

The 1975 Moorgate tube disaster

Jolyon Jenkins investigates the Moorgate tube crash of February 1975.

• 28 mins

Series 11

The Mapplethorpe Affair

Chris Ledgard examines the work of iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

• 30 mins

Series 11

The Afghan Crisis

Jolyon Jenkins talks to those involved in the UK's longest plane hijack, in February 2000.

• 30 mins

Series 11

Sunday Trading

Chris Ledgard explores the restoration of Sunday trading in August 1994.

• 30 mins

Series 12

Pope John Paul II in Britain

The historic first visit by a Pope to England, Scotland and Wales.

• 30 mins

Series 12

Episode 2

Jolyon Jenkins recalls the university sit-ins of 1970, when revolution was in the air.

• 30 mins

Series 12

Episode 3

The rise of the ostrich investment mania of the 1990s - and why it all went so badly wrong

• 30 mins

Series 12

The Humber Bridge

Chris Ledgard explores the political background to the building of the Humber Bridge.

• 30 mins

Series 13

Episode 1

Chris Ledgard tells the story of Brighton's naturist beach, which opened in 1980.

• 30 mins

Series 13

Episode 2

Chris Ledgard visits New York to explore the origins of zero tolerance policing.

• 30 mins

Series 13

Episode 3

Jolyon Jenkins reports on the "Death of a Princess" film which angered the Saudis in 1980.

• 30 mins

Series 13

Episode 4

First-hand accounts of the Woolworths fire in Manchester in May '79 that killed ten people

• 30 mins

Series 14

Episode 1

New history documentary on the 1961 evacuation of the loneliest island, Tristan da Cunha.

• 30 mins

Series 14

Episode 2

The mystery of the Thetford Treasure, one of the most important finds from Roman Britain.

• 30 mins

Series 14

Episode 3

Chris Ledgard revisits the scandal surrounding the notorious play The Romans in Britain.

• 30 mins

Series 14

Episode 4

History documentary on the Portsmouth Sinfonia, 'the world's worst orchestra'.

• 28 mins

Series 15

Ramstein

Chris Ledgard tells the story of the air show disaster at Ramstein, Germany, in 1988.

• 28 mins

Series 15

Gentlemen and Players

Chris Ledgard revisits the final Gentlemen and Players cricket match in September 1962.

• 28 mins

Series 15

Kung Fu

Jolyon Jenkins charts the rise of the 1970s kung fu craze in the wake of Enter the Dragon.

• 28 mins

Series 9

Episode 1

Jolyon Jenkins investigates how Dutch Elm Disease swept through England in the mid-1960s.

• 30 mins

Series 9

The New Volunteers

Chris Ledgard tells the story of the Voluntary Service Overseas organisation.

• 30 mins

Series 9

Episode 3

The controversy surrounding the 1976 sculpture which came to be known as the Tate Bricks.

• 30 mins