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National Health Stories
Sally Sheard on the characters, innovations and heroic standoffs that have shaped the NHS.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The Town That Floored the World
How did the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy become the world centre for linoleum?
麻豆社 Scotland
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Classified Britain
James Naughtie finds the heartbeat of history in small ads of old UK newspapers.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Chinese Characters
Series of essays exploring Chinese history through the life stories of key personalities.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The Channel
Series examining how the English Channel has affected British identity through time.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Two Thousand Years of Puzzling
Chris Maslanka traces the history of mankind's seemingly insatiable delight in puzzles.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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A House Through Time
The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now.
麻豆社 Two
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The Unconscious Life of Bombs
Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Living with the Gods
Neil MacGregor explores the role and expression of shared beliefs around the world.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The British Road to Bolshevism
Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in the Russian Revolution.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Toynbee At War
How did the Great War shape the life of historian Arnold J Toynbee?
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The Frontline Prince
Edward VIII, the king who abdicated, was deeply marked by the Great War.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs
Paul Murton explores Scotland's lochs, discovering the secrets of these iconic features
麻豆社 Scotland
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Little Shop of Colours
What stories are hiding among the paints and pigments in an art supplies shop?
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Queens of Chapeltown
Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The Day I Met Diana
People from around the UK and beyond recall their meetings with Diana, Princess of Wales.
麻豆社 Radio 5 Live
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Edinburgh 70: Nothing Short of a Miracle
Jim Naughtie reflects on the origins of the Edinburgh Festival.
麻豆社 Radio 3
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Waco: Surviving the Apocalypse
The story of the 1993 Waco siege and the lasting impact on those who survived.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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When Yorkshire Played New York
A legendary match leads us into the extraordinary cultural history of cricket in America.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Clocking On
Professor Emma Griffin explores how British workers became tied to the clock.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Time Travels
Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.
麻豆社 Radio Scotland
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Eye of the Storm
Meeting the people at the heart of news stories to learn what really happened.
麻豆社 Radio 5 Live
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Printing a Nation
Historian Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press made modern India.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Pepys the Musician
Lucie Skeaping hears music written for Pepys, played for the first time since his death.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Did the Victorians Ruin the World?
Kat and Helen Arney present revisionist revelations about our Victorian forebears.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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A Call from Joybubbles
How phone phreaking teenagers hacked the USA's phone system.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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A Slick of Red Lippie
Cathy Macdonald explores the history and glamour of red lipstick.
麻豆社 Radio Scotland
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Gift Of The Gods
Beekeeper Martha Kearney explores the importance of honey in antiquity.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
How British history is a concoction of stories manipulated by whoever was in power.
麻豆社 Four
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All in a Chord
Ivan Hewett examines five chords to test the idea that harmony is a reflection of history.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Documentary series dramatically reconstructing events in the lives of Henry VIII's wives.
麻豆社 One
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The Tarpaulin - A Biography
Historian Dina Gusejnova tells the story of tarpaulin from the 17th Century to now.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Black and British: A Forgotten History
A look at the relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa.
麻豆社 Two
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Aberfan: Memory and Meaning
Dai Smith asks what meaning might be found in the deaths of so many people at Aberfan.
麻豆社 Radio Wales
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Aberfan: Covering a Catastrophe
Felicity Evans meets some of the journalists who reported on the Aberfan disaster.
麻豆社 Radio Wales
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The Robber Barons
Historian Adam Smith tells the stories of the giants of 19th Century American business.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The Envy of the World
Humphrey Carpenter charts the history of the Third Programme and Radio 3
麻豆社 Radio 3
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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank
Dan Cruickshank explores some of the most intriguing stories from Ancient Egypt
麻豆社 Two
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Songs for the Dead
Marie-Louise Muir explores the lost tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time
Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.
麻豆社 Four
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A Brief History of TIM
Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Defoe
Through documentary and drama, Radio 4 put a spotlight on 18th-century writer Daniel Defoe
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Farewell Doctor Finlay
Dr Margaret McCartney and leading medical historians tell the story of general practice.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
Lucy Worsley traces the story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London.
麻豆社 Four
