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  1. Roots

    Actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah explores the impact of the TV drama series Roots.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. The Road to Rome

    On its 50th anniversary, Allan Little recalls the tortured birth of the Treaty of Rome.

    BBC Radio 4

  3. 1707: Take an Englishman and a Scotsman

    Graeme Garden presents a tongue-in-cheek look at the supposed Anglo-Scottish antipathy.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. 1707: The Birth of Britain

    Dramatised account of the wheeling and dealing which led to the Act of Union of 1707.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Auld Firm Old Family

    John Wilson explores the history of Glasgow's bitter sectarian divide.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. WW2: War and Words

    Twenty momentous years that changed the course of world history, from 1936 to 1956.

    BBC World Service

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  7. American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941

    A fascinating look at America through the eyes of different characters of the era.

    BBC Two

  8. The Victoria Cross: For Valour

    Historical documentary. In September 1944, Major Robert Cain won the Victoria Cross.

    BBC Two

  9. Into the Arms of Strangers

    Oscar-winning documentary about the Jewish children evacuated from Germany.

    BBC Two

  10. The Miners' Strike

    Documentary capturing the extraordinary passions unleashed by the 1984 miners' strike.

    BBC Two

  11. The Elgin Marbles

    Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how the Elgin Marbles were removed from Athens.

    BBC Two

  12. Mary Seacole: A Hidden History

    Biography of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who saved thousands of lives in the Crimea.

    BBC Two

  13. Krakatoa Revealed

    What really happened during the eruption of volcanic island Krakatoa in 1883?

    BBC Two

  14. Genghis Khan

    Film about the warrior Genghis Khan, conquered an empire larger than the Roman Empire.

    BBC One

  15. When We Were Scouts

    Celebrities go camping to mark the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement.

    BBC Four

  16. A Tudor Feast

    A group of historians and archaeologists prepare a Tudor feast without modern techniques.

    BBC Two

  17. Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time

    Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the 1942 raid on the Nazi dry dock in France.

    BBC Two

  18. Victoria and the Jubilee

    Documentary examining the significance of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

    BBC Parliament

  19. The Bermuda Triangle: Beneath the Waves

    An attempt to prove whether there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.

    BBC One

  20. The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

    How the British Army learnt modern warfare from the Battle of the Somme.

    BBC One

  21. Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood

    Exploration of the enduring popularity of a Robin Hood, celebrated for over 600 years.

    BBC One

  22. Ms Dynamite in Search of Nanny Maroon

    Ms Dynamite explores the legend of Nanny Maroon, a Jamaican slave turned revolt-leader.

    BBC One

  23. Hippies

    Julian Carey visits a Welsh valley where people have been living under canvas since 1976.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. The Conchies of Holton-Cum-Beckering

    Billy Bragg meets the surviving members of a unique group of war conscientious objectors.

    BBC Radio 4

  25. Up to the Port

    Amateur film of family holidays in Portrush during the late 50s.

    BBC One Wales

  26. Lit by Love and Sunshine

    A film of exciting times in Ballycastle, County Antrim, during the 1950s and 1960s.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  27. The Evacuees

    Documentary about the thousands of children evacuated from Belfast during WWII.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  28. Somme Journey

    David Ervine and Tom Hartley walk the WWI killing fields of northern France and Flanders.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  29. How the Edwardians Spoke

    Documentary revealing the accents and dialects of ordinary Edwardians.

    BBC Four

  30. The Blonde Atomic Traitress

    Gerry Kennedy tells the story of sibling American radicals Joan and William Hinton.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. Edwardian Winners and Losers

    Dan Snow examines the life and times of his great-great grandfather, David Lloyd George.

    BBC Four

  32. Leabhar an Aigh

    The story of the man behind the indispensible Dwelly's Gaelic Dictionary.

    BBC ALBA

  33. Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys

    Ian Hislop uncovers the story behind the book which launched the Scout movement.

    BBC Four

  34. Fir Taileisg Leodhais

    Sgeulachd fir-taileisg Leodhais. The story of the unique Lewis Chessmen.

    BBC ALBA

  35. The 1970s Edwardian Reconstruction

    Peter York investigates how an Edwardian revival swept Britain in the 1970s.

    BBC Four

  36. Peann a' Chlachair

    How a stonemason helped to spread the story of the Sutherland Clearances.

    BBC ALBA

  37. Scotland's VE Day: Countdown to Victory

    Scotland remembers the men and women who battled to bring Hitler's forces to their knees.

    BBC Scotland

  38. VJ Heroes: Scotland's Jungle War

    Remembering the Scottish men who fought at close range with the Japanese in WWll.

    BBC Two Scotland

  39. King of Scots

    The story of how King Robert the Bruce risked all to rule Scotland.

    BBC Two Scotland

  40. Para Shandaidh

    Celebrating the centenary of one of Scotland's best-loved literary creations.

    BBC ALBA

  41. A'Fagail Mhiughalaidh

    Documentary about the legacy of the deserted Isle of Mingulay through story and song.

    BBC ALBA

  42. A'Fagail Bharraigh

    Ceanglaichean teaghlaich is eachdraidh eadar Barraigh is Canada.

    BBC ALBA

  43. The Supreme Sacrifice

    The story of how the 1914 Heart of Midlothian football team became an army unit in WWI.

    BBC One Scotland

  44. Hydro Days

    Recalling the post-war era of Highland hydro-electric construction.

    BBC Two Scotland

  45. Kardomah Boys

    A programme celebrating 1930's Swansea, where local artists met at the Kardomah Cafe.

    BBC Two Wales

  46. The Glencoe Massacre

    How 38 men, women and children of the clan MacDonald were slaughtered in 1692.

    BBC Two Scotland

  47. The Terrible Price

    Documentary looking at one of Britain's worst mining disasters.

    BBC Two Wales

  48. Faenol: Secrets behind the Wall

    The story of one of the most exclusive estates of the last century.

    BBC Two Wales

  49. Wales and Slavery - The Untold Story

    Was Wales involved in the slave trade? Sean Fletcher travels to Jamaica to look for clues

    BBC Two

  50. I Got up out of My Seat

    David Frost recalls the UK visit of evangelist Billy Graham 50 years ago and its effect.

    BBC Radio 4

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