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Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time
Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Promises, Promises: A History of Debt
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Albert Speer
A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.
麻豆社 Four
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Salt
Steph McGovern discovers that salt is much more than something to season our food with.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Churchill's Grave
William Crawley visits Winston Churchill's final resting place in Bladon, Oxfordshire
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Kitch!
Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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So Here I Am: 100 Years of Crofting
James Hunter on crofting 100 years after the crofters of Braes fought for land rights.
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Magna Carta
Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
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Wittgenstein's Jet
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
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Death of An Orchestra
Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.
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A History of Ideas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.
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The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy
Grace Dent presents a conversational history of radio comedy, from 1975 to 2005.
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Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary
Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Voices of the First World War
Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.
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Cymry 1914-1918
Cyfres sy鈥檔 defnyddio dyddiaduron, llythyron ac atgofion i gyflwyno Cymry鈥檙 Rhyfel Mawr,
麻豆社 Radio Cymru
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Hidden Histories of the Information Age
Technological innovations and cultural events from the age of communication
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano
Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.
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Soldiers of the Empire
Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian soldiers who served the Empire in WWI.
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Paul is Dead
In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Germany: Memories of a Nation
Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.
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Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The Lost Women of British Jazz
Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath
Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.
麻豆社 Two
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The Birth of Love
Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Heroes at War
Stories of sporting heroes who went to into battle during the First World War
麻豆社 Radio 5 Live
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Betjeman's Banana Blush
Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform
Amanda Foreman examines how the elite transformed politics in the shadow of revolution.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Plants: From Roots to Riches
Our relationship with plants: a major new history by Kew's science director Kathy Willis.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The Long and the Short of It
Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives.
麻豆社 Radio Ulster
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Stone Age Sound
Can sound solve the mysteries of the 5,000-year-old Neolithic grave in Ireland?
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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My Family鈥檚 Fight For Civil Rights
Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.
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Y Rhyfel Mawr
Tweli Griffiths yn edrych ar hanes y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918 fesul blwyddyn.
麻豆社 Radio Cymru
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The War That Changed the World
The effect of World War One from a global perspective
麻豆社 World Service
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Arnold of the Five Towns
Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Fragments in Time
Christopher Morris searches for the owner of a 1940s wartime diary, found in Sussex.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Britain at Sea
Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.
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Melencolia
Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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The History of Brazil Is Round
David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its historical passion for football.
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The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.
麻豆社 Four
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The First Action Movie
1903 Sheffield's on location 'Daring Daylight Burglary' inspired every action movie since.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Bombay Jazz
Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Blind Date with Don Camillo
Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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Five Hundred Years of Friendship Omnibus
Dr Thomas Dixon presents a history of the changing meaning of friendship.
麻豆社 Radio 4
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Five Hundred Years of Friendship
A history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.
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