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  1. Phantom Thread

    1950s London. A dressmaker meets his match in new muse Alma, who resists being discarded.

    BBC Two

  2. Faith, Hope and Glory

    A century-spanning drama series tracing the emergence of modern Britain.

    BBC Radio 4

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  3. Tsar

    Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Russian tsars.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Gudrun

    Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas.

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Episode 2

    Gar tries to put his doubts behind him and celebrate his last night in Ballybeg.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  6. Land of Mine

    Denmark, 1945. A group of teenage German POWs is tasked with clearing coastal minefields.

    BBC Four

  7. Thomas Middleton - A Mad World, My Masters

    A madcap Jacobean play full of deception, pranking and debauchery.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore

    Helen Dunmore's 1993 debut novel, set in Cornwall during the First World War.

    BBC Radio 4

  9. Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic

    Fantasy audio drama, based on the ancient myths of Wales

    BBC Radio Wales

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  10. Mike Dorrell - Penny Gaffs and Angel Places

    As problems in Charles Dickens's marriage come to a head, he feels pressure mounting.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals

    The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Lesley Bruce - Glass

    How Franklin, Mesmer and Mozart are linked by the invention of the glass harmonica.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. RSC's Henry IV, Part 1

    Antony Sher stars as Falstaff in the RSC's 2014 production of Shakespeare’s history play.

    BBC Four

  14. Dodger

    Hold onto your top hats, Dodger and the gang are in for one heck of a ride!

    CBBC

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  15. Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

    Politics and faith collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles.

    BBC Radio 4

  16. Eleanor Rising (Omnibus)

    Dramatic account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Based on fact, legend - and rumour.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Belle

    Film drama, set in late 1700s London, inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle.

    BBC Four

  18. Chariots of Fire

    The story of 1924 Olympic athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell.

    BBC One

  19. Arracht

    Film set in Ireland in 1845 which tells the story of Colmán Sharke.

    BBC ALBA

  20. Lord of Misrule

    1745: Gruffydd returns to Wales to regain his lands during the Jacobite Rebellion

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  21. Fukushima

    A tsunami hits the Japanese nuclear plant. A drama telling the story of disaster

    BBC Afghan TV

  22. The Famous Five

    Four children and their dog solve mysteries and battle sinister forces.

    CBBC

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  23. Good Queen Bess and the Dastardly Don

    Its 1599. A compromising letter risks ruining Elizabeth’s Virgin Queen reputation....

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. The Buckingham Palace Connection

    Writer Ted Willis's drama about what might have happened in Ekaterinburg in 1918.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Lavinia Greenlaw - The Innocence of Radium

    The devastating consequences of radium's introduction into clock dial production.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)

    Michelle Paver's terrifying 1930s ghost story, set in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

    A story about love, friendship, faith - and what happens when these things are challenged.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Clear Light of Day

    Anita Desai's classic novel about one family's troubles during the partition of 1947.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Precipice by Robert Harris

    A story of intrigue and secrets set in London's corridors of power in the summer of 1914.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal

    New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst

    The new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst.

    BBC Radio 4

  32. South Sea Tales by W. Somerset Maugham

    Short stories inspired by Maugham's travels in the South Seas.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Dìleab - Am Morair Leverhulme

    Deilbh-chluiche le sgoiltean Leòdhais is na Hearadh air dìleab a' Mhorair Leverhulme.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  34. More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood

    Robin Bailey as 'The Brigadier' reads more of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-based tales.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

    Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin

    BBC Radio 4

  36. Battle for the Dome by Jean Binnie

    In a competition held in 15th century Florence, there can only be one winning architect.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  37. The Boy from the Sea by Garrett Carr

    When a baby boy is found abandoned on a beach in Donegal, a local fisherman takes him in.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. Poldark: The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham (Omnibus)

    Richard Goulding concludes the ninth book in Winston Graham's popular Poldark series.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  39. Albion by Anna Hope

    A fractured family prepares to bury the man who once dominated their lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Private Angelo by Eric Linklater

    Eric Linklater's witty and compassionate satire on the folly of war. Read by Carl Prekopp.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Princess Caraboo by Roger Stennett

    A gorgeous princess turns up in a country village and charms the locals - but who is she?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  42. Voices from Vindolanda by Catherine Czerkawska

    Series about everyday life in a Roman fort on the Northern frontier in AD 110.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

    Roth's 2004 novel following his own family's fortunes in an alternative-historical America

    BBC Radio 4

  44. North Woods by Daniel Mason

    The story of a single New England house over the course of several centuries.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Monk

    A 16th century monk succumbs to earthly pleasures - and pays a heavy price.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. A Long Winter by Colm Tóibín

    An unforgettable story about loss and new love from bestselling author Colm Tóibín.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Salt by Catrin Kean

    A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Waverley by Sir Walter Scott

    1745: An Englishman finds himself fighting on the wrong side of the Jacobite Rebellion.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. The Prisoner by Sally Carson

    The sequel to Sally Carson's rediscovered masterpiece Crooked Cross.

    BBC Radio 4

  50. 1926 by Joe Dunlop

    The remarkable story of the UK's only General Strike.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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