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  1. Blind Flight

    Drama exploring the relationship between hostages Brian Keenan and John McCarthy.

    BBC One

  2. The Falklands Play

    Dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war against Argentina.

    BBC Four

  3. La Reine Margot

    A politically motivated marriage fails to reconcile warring factions in C16th France.

    BBC Two

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    Copenhagen

    Two physicists behind the atomic bomb, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, meet in 1941.

    BBC Four

  5. Aguirre, Wrath of God

    After sacking the Inca Empire, a group of Spanish adventurers sets out to find El Dorado.

    BBC Two

  6. Beau Brummell - This Charming Man

    Drama chronicling the rise and fall of the 18th-century dandy and man-about-town.

    BBC Four

  7. The Last Duel

    Drama-documentary telling the story of one of the last trials by battle fought in Europe.

    BBC Four

  8. Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time

    When time was standardised in the 19th century, not everyone was convinced by the idea.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Howard Brenton - Nasser's Eden

    1956: Eden and Nasser battle over Egypt nationalising the Suez Canal.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  10. David Constantine - The Listening Heart

    Summer 1802: Beethoven's life is at crisis point with his impending deafness.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Philip Palmer - The King's Coiner

    Royal Mint warden Isaac Newton goes to any length to pursue a notorious counterfeiter.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  12. Treating Strictly Prohibited

    Allan Beswick recalls the circumstances of the nationalisation of Carlisle's pubs in 1916.

    BBC Radio 4

  13. Mrs Miniver

    Oscar-winning drama following life in a small English village during World War II.

    BBC Two

  14. The Long Duel

    Historical action drama set on the Raj's north-western frontier.

    BBC Two

  15.

    El Cid

    The epic story of the 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar - known as El Cid.

    BBC Two

  16. Taras Bulba

    A Cossack chief sends his son to Polish schools to learn from their sworn adversaries.

    BBC Two

  17. Amistad

    A shipload of slaves overpower their captors at sea and land on the shores of America.

    BBC Two

  18.

    The Fall of the Roman Empire

    After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor.

    BBC Two

  19. The Black Rose

    Saga following the fortunes of a Saxon nobleman and his Robin Hood-type retainer.

    BBC Two

  20. Solomon and Sheba

    Adaptation of the Biblical tale of Solomon and the temptress Queen of Sheba.

    BBC Two

  21. During One Night

    A soldier is desperate to lose his virginity after a friend is castrated on a mission.

    BBC Two

  22. A Tale of Two Cities

    Historical drama set during the French Revolution.

    BBC Two

  23. Julius Caesar

    Dramatisation of the life of Julius Caesar.

    BBC Two

  24. Regeneration

    A First World War psychiatrist questions his values when treating victims of shell shock.

    BBC Two

  25. The Hawaiians

    Historical drama sequel to Hawaii, following the story of the island's white settlers.

    BBC Two

  26. Nicholas and Alexandra

    Lavish, Oscar-winning account of the Russian royal family's demise.

    BBC Two

  27. The Witchfinder General

    Vincent Price stars in a disturbing tale of evil, set during the English Civil War.

    BBC Two

  28. Exodus

    Chronicle of Palestine's fight for independence in 1947 and beyond.

    BBC Two

  29. Young Winston

    Biopic recounting the eventful early life of Winston Churchill (Simon Ward).

    BBC Two

  30. The Triple Echo

    World War II drama. A woman living alone on a farm finds an army deserter on her land.

    BBC Two

  31. Fateless

    Drama about a 14-year-old Hungarian Jew caught up in the holocaust.

    BBC Four

  32. White Mischief

    The story of an affair within the British aristocracy in Kenya during World War Two.

    BBC One

  33. The Boys from Brazil

    Thriller about the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and his bid to propagate the Aryan race.

    BBC Two

  34. Casualty 1906

    Doctors, nurses and patients at the Royal London Hospital vividly come back to life.

    BBC One

  35. Co Loisg Air?

    Revisiting the famous case of the Appin murder from the 18th century.

    BBC ALBA

  36. Compton Mackenzie - Whisky Galore

    A Second World War shipwreck brings relief to Hebridean islanders longing for whisky.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. Rumours of Guns

    A powerful Battle of Britain drama about the emotional cost of war.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Eric Pringle - Hard Row to Porlock

    The story of how the Lynmouth lifeboat went to sea, via the heights of Exmoor.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Operation Lightning Pegasus

    Comic spin on events inside the Wooden Horse during the siege of Troy.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Playing For Time - Three Days In May 1940

    Facing defeat in Dunkirk, the War Cabinet challenges Winston Churchill.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic

    Historical drama about the sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania in 1915.

    BBC One

  42.

    Only A Matter Of Time by Alan Plater

    When time-telling was standardised in the 19th century, some had their doubts...

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Becket

    Powerful historical drama about the relationship between Henry II and Thomas Becket.

    BBC Two

  44. Lady Hamilton

    Drama about the ill-fated romance of Horatio Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton.

    BBC Two

  45. Consenting Adults

    Drama based around the 1950s Wolfenden Report into the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

    BBC Four

  46. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

    The life of a fictional American slave from the Civil War to the civil rights movement.

    BBC One

  47. Les Choristes

    A failed musician begins work at a boarding school for difficult boys in post-WW2 France.

    BBC Four

  48. Merry Christmas

    Dramatisation of the 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front during the First World War.

    BBC Two

  49. Heist

    Dick Puddlecote and his gang break into the vault at Westminster Abbey to steal the gold.

    BBC Four

  50. Les Visiteurs

    French time-warp comedy about a 12th-century dignitary who kills his future father-in-law.

    BBC Four

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