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  1. The Silk Road

    Historian Dr Sam Willis travels the most famous trade route in history, the Silk Road.

    麻豆社 News

  2. Behind the Mask: Tutankhamun's聽Last Tour

    Before Covid-19, a hit exhibition on Tutankhamun was attracting record crowds.

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  3. Blood of the Clans

    Neil Oliver presents a series telling the tale of Scotland鈥檚 17th-century civil war.

    麻豆社 One Scotland

  4. African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power

    Afua Hirsch explores Ethiopia, Senegal and Kenya through their art, music and culture.

    麻豆社 Four

  5. From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)

    A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

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  6. Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden

    Anthony Head reads Richard Ovenden's history of deliberate attacks on recorded knowledge.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  7. Memory Radio

    Memory Radio from the 麻豆社 is a space designed to help people living with dementia.

    麻豆社 Radio Scotland

  8. Britain's Biggest Dig

    In preparation for HS2, two massive digs uncover fascinating burials.

    麻豆社 Two

  9. Slighean Trailleachd (Slavery Routes)

    A look at the slave trade in black Africans from the 7th to the 20th century.

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  10. Hilarious Histories - What's So Funny About the Past?

    Greg Jenner's Arthurian quest to discover why comedy writers love history.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  11. An Taistealaiche/The Far Traveller

    Documentary on the most intrepid woman traveller of the medieval world.

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  12. Monumental Change: The Statue Debate

    Suzanne Packer explores how Welsh statues became a flashpoint for debating bigger issues.

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

  13. L脿rach Cogaidh - Loidhne-r猫ile Burma

    Fianais bho feadhainn dha na bha a' togail a r猫ile ann am Burma aig 脿m an D脿rna Cogaidh.

    麻豆社 Radio nan G脿idheal

  14. Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

    Piecing together the untold story of the transatlantic slave trade.

    麻豆社 Two

  15. Cyfaill Carcharorion

    Rhaglen yn olrhain hanes y diwygiwr carchardai, yr heddychwr a鈥檙 dyngarwr Merfyn Turner.

    麻豆社 Radio Cymru

  16. D猫 nan robh?

    Cothrom cuairt mac-meanmna a ghabhail.

    麻豆社 Radio nan G脿idheal

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    The Most Successful Assassination in History

    The night Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down - changing the Middle East forever.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  18. L脿rach Cogaidh

    Na bha sna seirbhisean armaichte ann an diofar chogaidhean ag innse an sgeulachd.

    麻豆社 Radio nan G脿idheal

  19. Body and Soul - The Oscar Micheaux Story

    Professor Ed Guerrero explores the life of pioneering filmmaker Oscar Micheaux

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  20. Berlin 1945

    Journey back in time to Berlin's most fateful year.

    麻豆社 Four

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  21. My Family, the Holocaust and Me

    Jewish families discover what happened to their relatives during the Holocaust.

    麻豆社 One

  22. Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh

    The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture, a slave who rose to lead the Haitian Revolution.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  23.

    The Raising of Coventry

    Telling the story of the bombing of Coventry 80 years ago on November 14th, 1940.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  24. Hawks and Doves

    Michael Portillo examines the Crown and Ireland's War of Independence.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  25. Unknown Warrior 100

    A unique event marking the 100th anniversary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior.

    麻豆社 One

  26.

    Shooting the Darkness

    The defining photographs of the Troubles and the impact on those who captured them.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  27. The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia

    David Abulafia's human history of the oceans and winner of the Wolfson history Prize 2020.

    麻豆社 Radio 4

  28. Bill W

    The story of Bill W, the man who founded AA. Bill Wilson, am fear a chruthaich an AA.

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  29. Great Speeches: Geoffrey Howe

    Sir Geoffrey Howe revisits his resignation speech to the Commons on 13 November 1990.

    麻豆社 Parliament

  30. Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me Sarajevo

    How the lead singer of Iron Maiden brought music to Sarajevo at the height of Bosnian War.

    麻豆社 Four

  31. Celebrity: A 21st-Century Story

    History series charting the explosion in celebrity culture.

    麻豆社 Two

  32.

    Iorram 鈥� Boat Song

    Across the islands of the Outer Hebrides, voices from the past tell stories of the sea.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  33. Ceol na Loidhne/Song of the Track

    Ingrid Henderson celebrates newly discovered photographs of the West Highland Line.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  34. An Gobha - The Last Blacksmith

    Profile of Calum 鈥楽teallag鈥� Macleod, one of Scotland鈥檚 last traditional blacksmiths.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  35. In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

    Documentary about the late John Hume and the Northern Ireland peace process.

    麻豆社 Two Northern Ireland

  36. Lucy Worsley's Royal Palace Secrets

    Lucy Worsley takes us behind closed doors at three treasure-filled royal palaces.

    麻豆社 Four

  37. Iron Women/Boireannaich Iarainn

    Iron Women explores the extraordinary history of women鈥檚 golf in Scotland.

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  38. The Years That Changed Modern Scotland

    Kirsty Wark reveals how Scotland has transformed over the last 50 years.

    麻豆社 Scotland

  39. How the Irish Shaped Britain

    Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain.

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  40. My Government and I

    Former prime ministers discuss their dealings with Her Majesty the Queen.

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  41. Year 鈥�21

    The story of the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, told week by week.

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  42. Bevan v Churchill

    Lord Kinnock on how Nye Bevan held Churchill to account in the Commons during the war

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

  43. Can't Get You Out of My Head

    Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence 鈥� and You.

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  44. Teicheadh bho Loch Nis/Escape from Loch Ness

    The battle to rescue a rare World War II seaplane that has become stranded on Loch Ness.

    麻豆社 ALBA

  45. Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde

    The story of the epic court clash in 1895 between Oscar Wilde and Edward Carson.

    麻豆社 One Northern Ireland

  46. Eng20 Africa Life Clinic Billboard 1

    麻豆社 World Service

  47. Eng20 Africa Life Clinic Billboard 2

    麻豆社 World Service

  48.

    Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed

    Alice Roberts follows a decade-long quest that reveals Stonehenge's oldest secret.

    麻豆社 Two

  49. Hardware, Software, Anywhere

    Nick Baker reflects on how the impact of technology has changed. With Stephen Fry.

    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

  50.

    Atomic: How Dr Strangelove Exploded Pop Culture

    How did Stanley Kubrick and Welsh author Peter George change Cold War culture for ever?

    麻豆社 Radio Wales

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