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  1. Vital Mental Medicine: Shackleton's Banjo

    Musician Tim van Eyken on the banjo that went with Shackleton to Antarctica, and survived.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Operation Mincemeat

    Ben Macintyre recreates the story of a deception which changed the course of history.

    BBC Two

  3. Sheffield - The Forgotten Blitz

    Terry Deary tracks down the survivors of the WWII Luftwaffe raids on Sheffield.

    BBC One

  4. When Standing Stones Come Down to Drink

    Tom Morton explores the spookiest time of the year in the Northern Isles: Christmas

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. 17 Danube Street

    Pennie Taylor discovers some surprising and uplifting stories about the notorious brothel.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  6. Sally on Sunday

    Sally on Sunday marks the 450th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  7. Stan Laurel's Glasgow

    Alex Norton takes us on a tour of 1900s Glasgow as seen through the eyes of Stan Laurel.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  8. The Lennon Legacy

    Thirty years after John Lennon was shot, reporter Tom Brook looks back on that night.

    BBC News

  9. Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town

    Cambridge professor Mary Beard provides insight into life in Pompeii.

    BBC Two

  10. While Shepherds Watched

    Andrea Rea examines the legends, the music and the poetry associated with the shepherds.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  11. The Miraculous Mitten

    Father Brian D'Arcy looks at the life and death of the controversial Saint Padre Pio.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  12. NI's Eldorado

    Gerry Anderson follows the team looking after a find of gold treasure in County Down.

    BBC Radio Foyle

  13. We Three Kings

    Ian Hislop investigates the Three Kings of the Christmas story.

    BBC Radio 7

  14. Le Sunnd a Seoladh

    In the 1950s many young men from the islands used their seamanship to see the world.

    BBC ALBA

  15. Surviving the Blitz

    Robert Hall meets those survivor of the Blitz and finds out how it changed Britain.

    BBC News

  16. Vines On The Front Line

    In a country better known for war than wine Jeremy Bowen meets the winemakers of Lebanon.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  17. Five Meet to Make Up Myths

    Gyles Brandreth explores the creative connections between five Victorian authors.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  18. Charles Byrne - The Irish Giant

    The story of Charles Byrne the famous Irish Giant and some possible modern-day relatives.

    BBC Two Northern Ireland

  19. The Sinking of the Laconia: Survivors' Stories

    Documentary on the sinking of the Cunard Liner Laconia in World War II.

    BBC Two

  20. The Shirt Factory Horn

    Engaging and poignant documentary charting the work and legacy of Derry's shirt factories.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  21. One Way to Necropolis

    The story of the "dead line" where trains carried the departed to their last stop.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Abraham Lincoln: Saint or Sinner?

    Documentary re-assessing the reputation of American president, Abraham Lincoln.

    BBC Four

  23. The Lighthouse Stevensons

    The story of the remarkable family who tamed the wild Scottish coastline.

    BBC Two Scotland

  24. The Choir Invisible

    Ian Hislop finds out why the women of Victorian society wrote so many hymns.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Baker Boys: How the Co-op Started

    Revealing the incredible vision of the co-operative movement's Welsh founder Robert Owen.

    BBC One Wales

  26. Am Politician

    A further look at the SS Politician incident, as romanticised in the film Whisky Galore.

    BBC ALBA

  27. Midweek - An-diugh

    Contributors reflect on BBC television items filmed for Midweek in the Highlands in 1974.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  28. David Butler Lecture - The 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates

    Professor Stephen Coleman delivers a lecture on the 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates.

    BBC Parliament

  29. Votes for Women

    Barbara Collins with the story of Lillian Metge, founder of the Lisburn Suffrage Society.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  30.

    How Did We Get Here...? Egypt

    Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt.

    BBC Radio 4

  31. When God Spoke English: The Making of the King James Bible

    Adam Nicolson tells the unexpected story of how the King James Bible came into being.

    BBC Four

  32. Ice Emigrants

    How one Armagh family traced its family roots to the Great Famine.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  33. Poisoned Angel - The Story of Alma Rose

    The life and death of a woman who led a women's orchestra in Auschwitz.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Welsh Icons

    Eddie Butler takes us through Welsh history to discover the origins of some Welsh icons.

    BBC Two Wales

  35. Clydebank Blitz

    Documentary about the intense and devastating wartime bombing of Clydebank.

    BBC One Scotland

  36. Mother Teresa 123 Springhill Avenue

    How the Catholic Church forced Mother Teresa to leave her west Belfast home in the 1970s.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  37. Esler on Eichmann

    Gavin Esler on the legacy of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Holocaust.

    BBC Radio 4

  38.

    The Communist Cosmos

    Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. The Great Estate: The Rise & Fall of the Council House

    A history of one of Britain's greatest social revolutions - council housing.

    BBC Four

  40. Dear Diary

    Vivid first-hand accounts of life in Northern Ireland during the Second World War.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  41. The Belfast Blitz

    Survivors of the WWII bombing campaign remember the raids that devastated the city.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  42. Bailout Boys Go to Dublin

    The inside story of Ireland's bailout. Six months on, the main players tell their story.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Votes for Women

    Barbara Collins with the story of Lillian Metge, founder of the Lisburn Suffrage Society.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  44. The Baby Born in a Concentration Camp

    The story of Anka Bergman, who gave birth to her daughter in a Nazi concentration camp.

    BBC One

  45. The Secrets of Scott's Hut

    Ben Fogle joins the international effort to preserve Captain Scott's hut in Antarctica.

    BBC Two

  46. Manchester and Liverpool: Britain's American Civil War

    Tristram Hunt on a tale of two cities, and their contrasting response to the US Civil War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47.

    A History of the World Special

    The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. The Viking Sagas

    Dr Janina Ramirez finds out about one of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga.

    BBC Four

  49. Dino Stampede

    What was the cause of the only dinosaur stampede to be discovered?

    BBC Two Scotland

  50. Na Fir-Tàileisg

    Fionnlagh Macleòid a' meòrachadh air a h-uile car is toinneamh san sgeulachd aca.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

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