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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
The podcast that unpicks history鈥檚 spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories.
麻豆社 Sounds
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What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie, with special guests, discover strange-but-true stories.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Human Intelligence
Great minds don't think alike. Naomi Alderman investigates brilliant thinkers.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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7/7: The London Bombings
On 7 July 2005, four bombs explode in London, followed by a further attack.
麻豆社 Two
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Betwixt The Sheets
Sex historian Kate Lister uncovers stories that鈥檇 make your history teacher blush.
麻豆社 Sounds
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Shadow of War - A Tainted Anatomy
Why is the brain of a Scottish soldier in a German archive, 80 years after his death?
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Tutankhamun's Egypt
Series exploring the mysterious and remote culture during the time of Egypt's boy king.
麻豆社 Two
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The Aberdovey X-Troopers
The story of how Wales helped Jewish refugees fight the Nazis.
麻豆社 Radio Wales
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2025
A unique commemoration to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, hosted by Reeta Chakrabarti.
麻豆社 One
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Lev's Violin by Helena Attlee (Omnibus)
Helena sets off on a journey to Italy to find out where Lev's violin was made.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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An Cogadh Fuar: Cold War Stories
Stories of how the Cold War impacted the lives of ordinary people
麻豆社 ALBA
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The Architecture the Railways Built
Tim Dunn explores the railway's stunning structures and incredible engineering.
麻豆社 Four
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China's Greatest Treasures
麻豆社 art historian Alastair Sooke travels through China to explore its greatest treasures.
麻豆社 News
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Under a Metal Sky by Philip Marsden
A journey through the landscape of metals and how they transformed human history.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts
The life of the extraordinary, controversial polymath scientist and inventor, 1919-2022.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle (Omnibus)
The extraordinary life of the outstanding artist of the 16th Century.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Heart & Stone
Exploring our connections to folk stories, songs and landmarks across the UK.
麻豆社 Sounds
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Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7
Hugh Sheehan explores how a landmark legal case changed the lives of seven men forever.
麻豆社 Sounds
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Instrumental: Black British Trailblazers
Recognising black artists' contributions to Britain's best loved music genres.
麻豆社 Sounds
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Currently
Reactive features from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Nazis, U-boats and the Battle for the Atlantic
Deep-sea divers hunt for the wrecks of Hitler鈥檚 dreaded U-boat fleet.
麻豆社 One Northern Ireland
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Liberation 80
Marking the 80 years of liberation after German occupation during World War Two.
麻豆社 Local Radio
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Saint Patrick: Born in Britain, Made in Ireland
In Roman Britain 1,500 years ago, Patrick鈥檚 extraordinary mission changed Irish history.
麻豆社 One Northern Ireland
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This Week in History
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Omnibus)
Biography of the leader of the slave revolt sparking Haiti鈥檚 independence.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Belsen: What They Found
A documentary directed by Sam Mendes, reliving the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
麻豆社 Two
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Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Simon Schama confronts the Holocaust as a Europe-wide crime of complicity.
麻豆社 Two
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Language City by Ross Perlin
Linguist Ross Perlin meets speakers of little-known languages across New York.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Sexton's Tales
Extraordinary stories of Victorian people buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The North Road by Rob Cowen
An archaeological dig alongside a busy highway inspires a journey through place and time.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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VE Day 80: We Were There
Rachel Burden speaks to veterans about the VE Day celebrations 80 years ago.
麻豆社 Two
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A Spring Day Like I'd Never Seen Before
Ilse Rewald recalls secretly living secretly as a Jew in Nazi Germany.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Mnathan-brathaidh an D脿rna Cogaidh/Female Spies of WWII
Spotlighting the remarkable real lives of six courageous women during WWII.
麻豆社 ALBA
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Richard Dimbleby at Belsen
Richard Dimbleby returns to Belsen, 20 years after his radio account of its liberation.
麻豆社 Two
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Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 (Omnibus)
Women's wartime experiences revealed in Virginia Nicholson's account.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
The story of one of the worst disasters in footballing history and the loss of 56 lives.
麻豆社 Two
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Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Holding the Line by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver's first book; an eyewitness account of a woman-led strike in Arizona.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster
After an implosion on a Titanic dive, investigators search for the truth.
麻豆社 Two
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Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick
China's one-child policy explored through the story of twin girls, separated in 2001.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Please Live by Lana Estemirova
A moving memoir by the daughter of assassinated human rights activist Natalya Estemirova.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Patagonia
Keith MacDonald on the story of the Scots who travelled to Patagonia over a century ago.
麻豆社 ALBA
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Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World
The incredible story of how Merthyr Tydfil became the heart of the Industrial Revolution.
麻豆社 One Wales
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A鈥� Cluich 'son a bhith Be貌: Von Cramm v Hitler/Playing to Survive: Von Cramm v Hitler
How tennis champion Gottfried von Cramm defied the Nazi regime.
麻豆社 ALBA
