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  1. The Hour of the Pig

    Mystery story set in medieval France. A lawyer must defend a pig charged with murder.

    BBC Four

  2. They Won't Believe Me

    Larry Ballentine is given the chance to explain his own story - one of greed and lust.

    BBC Two

  3. Florence Nightingale

    Who was this Lady with the Lamp? And what was it that drove her on despite the struggles?

    BBC One

  4. Fitzcarraldo

    Portrait of a man obsessed with bringing grand opera to South America.

    BBC Four

  5. The War Bride

    After marrying two Canadian servicemen, Lily and Sophie leave London to live in Canada.

    BBC Two

  6. God on Trial

    Auschwitz prisoners demand to know the nature of a God who can allow so much suffering.

    BBC Two

  7. Waterloo

    Rod Steiger stars in this historical drama recreating Napoleon's final defeat.

    BBC Two

  8. Hydref 10 1918

    Drama ddogfen gan Glenys Lloyd. A drama-documentary by Glenys Lloyd.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  9. Vatel

    France, 1671. A penniless prince invites King Louis XIV to his country chateau for a feast

    BBC Two

  10. Casanova

    Legend of the infamous 18th-century Venetian lover. Casanova is ordered to marry a virgin.

    BBC Two

  11. An Ceasnachadh

    Drama mu aona bhoirrineach agus a h-aite ann an eachdraidh na Cloiche.

    BBC ALBA

  12. The Alamo

    Retelling of the historic 1836 battle in the Texan War of Independence.

    BBC Two

  13. Cromwell

    Retelling of the clash between Cromwell (Richard Harris) and Charles I (Alec Guinness).

    BBC Two

  14. Stewart Conn - Thistlewood

    It's the early 19th century and a group of radicals plans to assassinate the cabinet.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Bones Boys

    Drama following two 8th century monks trying to save holy relics from Viking marauders.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  16. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    A tale of fear and revenge in a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic novel.

    BBC One

  17. Land of the Pharaohs

    Drama. An Egyptian pharaoh drives his people to build an enormous pyramid - his tomb.

    BBC Two

  18. Genghis Khan

    Omar Sharif stars in this film charting the rise of one of Mongol Asia's greatest sons.

    BBC Two

  19. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

    Drama-documentary on the 365-day bloodbath created by Robespierre in the French Revolution

    BBC Two

  20. Justice or Murder?: The Death of Charles I

    The monarchy and parliament feature in the Putney Debates, preceding the King's execution.

    BBC Radio 7

  21. Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen

    How a doctor tried to protect Manchester from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.

    BBC Four

  22. Operation Pied Piper

    Docudrama recreating the mass evacuation of 3 million children at the start of WWII.

    BBC Radio 2

  23. The Campden Wonder

    1660: the Campden family's rent collector mysteriously vanishes.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Children of Glory

    The star player on a water polo team is torn between his girlfriend and his sport.

    BBC Four

  25. The Boat Factory

    Local drama set in the Belfast shipyard in the 1950s.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  26. Seraphim Falls

    After the American Civil War, a colonel hunts down a man against whom he has a grudge.

    BBC One

  27. The Special Relationship

    Drama examining the relationship between Tony Blair and US president Bill Clinton.

    BBC Two

  28. The Mission

    An 18th-century Jesuit priest establishes a mission in the South American jungle.

    BBC One

  29. Macbeth

    Film version of Rupert Goold's production, set in an undefined central European world.

    BBC Four

  30. The Other Boleyn Girl

    Anne and Mary Boleyn are drawn into a dangerous rivalry for their king's affections.

    BBC Four

  31. The Father of Australia

    Drama-documentary about the life of Lachlan Macquarie, British governor in Australia.

    BBC Two Scotland

  32. Atlantis

    Drama telling the story of the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world.

    BBC One

  33. Catch a Fire

    A factory worker in South Africa fights for freedom after being falsely imprisoned.

    BBC Two

  34. The Night Watch

    Adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters, following four young Londoners in the 1940s.

    BBC Two

  35. The Man Who Crossed Hitler

    Germany 1931. Rising political star Adolf Hitler is a witness in Berlin's criminal court.

    BBC Two

  36. Martin Sorrell - Mary, Mary

    The imagination of the third Bennet sister gives Austen's Pride and Prejudice a new twist.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37.

    Ran

    Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in medieval Japan.

    BBC Four

  38. The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey

    Classic drama set in the midst of 1916's Easter Rising.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

    David Tennant stars in Robert Browning's legendary poem.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Stephen Mollett - A House Halfway to Africa

    In painter Vincent Van Gogh's final years in an asylum, a nurse becomes fascinated by him.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  41. Cleopatra

    Historical epic about the life and times of the legendary Queen of the Nile.

    BBC Four

  42. Julius Caesar

    Film version of the RSC's 2012 production of Shakespeare's thriller, set in modern Africa.

    BBC Four

  43. Nigel Planer - On the Ceiling

    Two fresco plasterers get on with preparing the Sistine Chapel for boss man Michelangelo.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  44. Yr Oedfa Olaf

    Drama-ddogfen gan Aled Jones Williams am fygythiad rhyfel niwclear ym 1962.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  45. The Last Lesson

    Drama-documentary by Arnold Evans examining the fears of nuclear war during October 1962.

    BBC Radio Wales

  46. Lady Caroline Lamb

    The story of the affair between the wife of politician William Lamb and Lord Byron.

    BBC Two

  47. Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks

    Arrested in Alabama over bus segregation, Rosa Park symbolised American Civil Rights.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda

    Epic historical tale of subterfuge and doppelgangers, set in an East European province.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Anthony Hope - Rupert of Hentzau

    Queen Flavia writes a fateful letter. Sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda with Julian Glover.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Pepys: Fire of London

    The Great Fire of London, as witnessed by the diarist, Samuel Pepys, 350 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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