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  1. The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India

    Documentary telling the story of Rolls-Royce in India through the lives of its princes.

    BBC Four

  2. The Satanic Verses Affair

    In-depth look at the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.

    BBC Two

  3. Tom Driberg and Me: A Personal Portrait by William G Stewart

    William G Stewart tries to find out whether Labour politician Tom Driberg was a KGB spy.

    BBC Four

  4. The Unknown Face

    Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine.

    BBC Radio 4

  5. Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

    Neil Oliver investigates the story of a ruthless queen who would kill her own siblings.

    BBC Four

  6. Suffragettes: Battling for Votes

    Rosalyn Ball tells the story of the Suffragettes' campaign to win the vote for women.

    BBC Parliament

  7. Wrecked

    Neil McCarthy seeks out Wirral's wrecking past and looks for its spirit today.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. The Kindertransport Story

    Lord Attenborough tells of the British rescue mission to save children from the Nazis.

    BBC One

  9. Tomas Telford: A' togail Na Gaidhealtachd

    Fiolm ghoirid a tha a' comharrachadh na rinn Tomas Telford air a Ghaidhealtachd.

    BBC ALBA

  10. Hillsborough

    Dylan Jones yn edrych ar drychineb Hillsborough. A look back at the Hillsborough disaster.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  11. Madame Ecosse

    The story of Winnie Ewing's election win in Hamilton for the SNP in 1967.

    BBC ALBA

  12. West End Jungle

    1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.

    BBC Four

  13. Baghdad of the Mind

    An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. There's More Here Than I Thought

    Who was Winifred Gill? Writer Kate Mosse uncovers the life of an extraordinary woman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. Kings of the Road

    Billy Kay tracks down the men at the heart of the M8 motorway's construction.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  16. Young John Paul II - Witness to Evil

    Drama-documentary tracing the formative experiences on Karol Wojtyla's path to the Vatican

    BBC One

  17. The Thatcher Generation

    A look at Margaret Thatcher's era, and the effect it had on three Welsh families.

    BBC One Wales

  18. Restoration Revisited

    Griff Rhys Jones revisits some of the buildings and campaigners featured in Restoration.

    BBC Two

  19. Ossian

    The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. Here Come the Tattie Howkers

    Looking at the Irish potato pickers who used to come to Scotland for the harvest each year

    BBC Two Scotland

  21. France's Forgotten Concentration Camps

    Investigating the concentration camps set up in France to hold Spanish Civil War refugees.

    BBC Radio 4

  22. Walking Through Time

    Francis Pryor explores prehistoric archeological sites at Goldcliff, near Newport.

    BBC Radio Wales

  23. Barbado'ed: Scotland's Sugar Slaves

    A look at the descendants of the Scottish POWs sent to Barbados in the 17th century.

    BBC Two Scotland

  24. Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers!

    We all know the phrase, but who was he? Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. The Six Faces of Henry VIII

    Can Ian Hislop create a photofit image of Henry VIII from the many created down the ages?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  26. A Very Theatrical Revolution

    Dominic Dromgoole goes in search of Shakespeare's indoor playhouse, Blackfriars Theatre.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  27. The Night James Brown Saved Boston

    Film about James Brown's gig in Boston the night after Martin Luther King's assassination.

    BBC Four

  28.

    Hunting Haydn's Head

    Simon Townley learns how 'the father of the symphony' lost his head for 145 years.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Lions' Roar

    Documentary about the sporting and social impact of the Lions' 1974 tour to South Africa.

    BBC One Wales

  30. Michael Wood on Beowulf

    Focusing on Beowulf, historian Michael Wood traces English poetry back to the Dark Ages.

    BBC Four

  31. The Race To Dover

    Jonathan Agnew explores the 1909 competition to fly across the English Channel.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. For the Love of Prague

    The story of animator Gene Deitch, who lived in Prague during the years of communist rule.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  33. Bong! The Condensed History of Big Ben

    Adam Long celebrates The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. The Fallen: Legacy of Iraq

    Friends and family of those who died during the Iraq conflict talk about its legacy.

    BBC Four

  35. D-Day: Secret Maps

    How tens of thousands of maps were created for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.

    BBC Four

  36. D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special

    Documentary acclaimed as the most important colour footage taken during WWII.

    BBC Four

  37. Broken Arrow

    Gerry Northam finds out how a nuclear bomb ended up lying off the US coast in 1958.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. D-Day 65: The Veterans Return

    Live reports from Normandy on the events marking the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

    BBC One

  39. Mendelssohn, the Nazis and Me

    How Mendelssohn's conflicted identity led to a fight for survival for his descendants.

    BBC Four

  40. Goodbye London Aerodrome

    Current and former pilots talk about their memories of Hendon. Presented by Glyn Worsnip.

    BBC Four

  41. The '59 Revival: The Outpouring

    William Crawley tells the story of the religious revival that swept through Ulster in 1859

    BBC Radio Ulster

  42. The Grandfather of Self Help

    4 Extra Debut. Kate Williams investigates the legacy of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Martin Martin

    The story of the writer and his written account of the Western Isles, published in 1703.

    BBC ALBA

  44. Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered the Gay Revolution

    Tom Robinson examines the legacy of the Stonewall protests for the gay community.

    BBC Radio 2

  45. The '59 Revival

    William Crawley assesses the religious revival that swept through Ulster in 1859.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  46. Wreck of the Alba

    Michael Bird on the story of the great painting by Alfred Wallis.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Those Baneful Articles

    Billy Kay takes a look at the arrival of tea and whisky in 18th century lowland Scotland.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Bha Uair Eile Ann

    The hidden Highland industrial revolution.

    BBC ALBA

  49. A Prince Made in Wales

    Welsh men and women share their unique stories of the investiture of the Prince of Wales.

    BBC Two Wales

  50. A Prince for Wales?

    Huw Edwards asks lords, ladies, politicians and the ordinary people about Prince Charles.

    BBC One Wales

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