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  1. A Dream of Eleanor

    Mary Robinson examines Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  2. Behind the Scenes with Carbon Dioxide

    The story of Joseph Black, the chemist who described carbon dioxide for the first time.

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  3. SOS: The History of the RNLI in Scotland

    Phil Cunningham narrates a documentary charting the history of the RNLI in Scotland.

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  4. Private Harry Patch

    A year in the life of Harry Patch, Britain's last survivor of the World War One trenches.

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  5. France on a Plate

    A gastronomic tour through French history, from Versailles through to ethnic fusion food.

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  6. The Story of Asthma Island

    How the island of Tristan da Cunha could hold the key to the genetic basis for asthma.

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  7. The Medici: Makers of Modern Art

    How the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture.

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  8. Frankie Vaughan and the Live Gang Show

    How did Frankie Vaughan manage to end rival gang violence in a Glasgow suburb?

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  9. Carluccio and the Leopard

    Antonio Carluccio travels to Sicily to discover more about Lampedusa's novel The Leopard.

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  10. The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio

    Documentary about the great Italian Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio.

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    Brand Cuba

    Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.

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  12. The Dirty Dozens

    Benjamin Zephaniah tells the story of the 17th-century language game The Dozens.

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  13. 1968: Day by Day

    Another chance to hear the highlights of Radio 4's 1968 Day by Day series.

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  14. Frost Fair

    Celebrating the extraordinary fairs once held on London's frozen River Thames.

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  15. Grampian - Toradh nam Bliadhna

    Nostalgic look back at Gaelic TV with Norman Macleod and Patsi Mackenzie.

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  16. Boom Hall

    Ken McCormack tells Deirdre Donnelly the story of Derry's grandest ruin.

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  17. An Iolaire

    The moving story of one of Britain's worst maritime disasters.

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  18. Diomhair

    The story of how successive British governments worked covertly to discredit the SNP.

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  19. The Truth about Christmas Carols

    Composer Howard Goodall uncovers the surprising history of the Christmas carol.

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  20. Maadai-Kara

    Benjamin Zephaniah explores the ancient oral tradition of southern Siberian throat singing

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  21. Thatcher and the Scots

    A look back at the tumultuous Thatcher years and the effect they had on Scotland.

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  22. The Omnipresent Mr Handel

    How Handel became, through his oratorios, a favourite of the working and middle classes.

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  23. Hunting the Beagle

    Searching for the ship aboard which Darwin began to formulate his theory of evolution.

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  24. Dusty Bluebells

    A nostalgic look back at games and songs from the streets of Belfast.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  25. Anne Frank Remembered

    Film about the girl whose diary records two years in hiding in Amsterdam during WWII.

    麻豆社 Four

  26. Black Students in Red Russia

    The story of the students who were sent from developing countries to study in the USSR.

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  27. The Shock of the Knee

    Fashion writer Colin McDowell recalls the rise of the miniskirt.

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  28. Triple Espresso, Marinetti and the Futurists

    The story of the Futurist movement and its founder, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

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  29. The Secret Diary of the Holocaust

    The extraordinary tale of a 14-year-old Polish girl who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.

    麻豆社 One

  30. Do or Die

    Jon Latimer explains how and why the keys of La Corunna are in a Welsh military museum.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

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    A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

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  32. Discovering the Sitwells

    Writer and broadcaster William Sitwell discovers more about his family's literary heritage

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  33. Five Meet to Make Up Myths

    Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.

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  34. M Is for Maxwell Knight

    The story of the 1950s naturalist Maxwell Knight, who led a secret existence as an MI5 spy

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  35. 1929: The Great Crash

    A look at the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.

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  36. Paper Clips

    Documentary about an unusual school project related to the Holocaust.

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  37. Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow

    The story of the director of Berlin Zoo who attempted to resurrect extinct animal species.

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  38. Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species

    How Charles Darwin struggled for 20 years to create his book On the Origin of Species.

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  39. Cl貌 M貌r

    The story of an iconic fabric, Harris Tweed.

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  40. The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

    The story of Timbuktu and its long-hidden legacy of thousands of ancient manuscripts.

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  41. Iran and Britain

    Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught history of Britain's relations with Iran.

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  42. The Hunt for U12

    The story of German submarine U12, which lay hidden in the Firth of Forth for 93 years.

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  43. Adventures in Junk

    Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the adventure playground.

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  44. Tailwind

    The untold story of Northern Ireland's key role in the air war from 1939-1945.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  45. Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans

    How the bitter rivalry between Disraeli and Gladstone changed British politics forever.

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  46. The Counterfeiter's Tale

    Adolf Burger's role in the Nazi's failed operation to flood Britain with forged cash.

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  47. Maighstir Ailean

    The story of priest, poet and folklorist Father Allan MacDonald.

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  48. Over Here

    Warm-hearted documentary about the American GIs in Northern Ireland during World War Two.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  49. My Strike

    Documentary looking at how going on strike became almost a rite of passage at one time.

    麻豆社 Four

  50. The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India

    Documentary telling the story of Rolls-Royce in India through the lives of its princes.

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