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  1. Senghenydd - Britain's Worst Mining Disaster

    Exploring the causes and aftermath of the explosion that killed 439 miners.

    BBC One Wales

  2. Senghennydd

    Alun Thomas sy'n cofio'r danchwa yng nglofa'r Universal ar y 14eg o Hydref 1913.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  3. Home at the Top

    Programmes from 1963 which covered Lord Home's appointment as prime minister.

    BBC Parliament

  4. Bluebirds and Swans

    How Cardiff City and Swansea City overcame their dark histories to forge new identities.

    BBC One Wales

  5. 'Electric News' - The World's First Radio Station

    The story of the world's first broadcasting organisation - in 1890s Budapest.

    BBC Radio 4

  6. Llanelly House Restored

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen follows the twists and turns of a £6 million renovation.

    BBC Two Wales

  7. A Resting Place in Assynt

    In 1941 a flight crew crashed on Ben More Assynt. Mark Stephen visits their memorial.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  8. The Story of the Swastika

    In Diwali week, the fascinating history of one of Hinduism's most sacred symbols.

    BBC One

  9. The Far Side of Revenge

    Chronicling Theatre of Witness Teya Sepinuck's engagement with a diverse group of women.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    Machiavelli: Devil or Democrat?

    Jonathan Freedland reassesses Machiavelli and finds the inspiration for modern republics.

    BBC Radio 4

  11. Who Murdered Maxine?

    Is anyone still looking for those who bombed two Birmingham pubs almost 40 years ago?

    BBC One

  12. JFK: The Final Visit to Britain

    Glen Campbell uncovers the events behind President John F Kennedy's last visit to Britain.

    BBC Two

  13. 4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog

    Documentary following the investigation of a 4,000-year-old body found preserved in a bog.

    BBC Four

  14. Exploring the Past: Post War Britain

    Six young people trace their family histories in post-war Britain.

    BBC Two

  15. JFK: Calamity and Conspiracy

    Nicky Campbell looks back 50 years to the day John F Kennedy was killed.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

  16. The Fir Tree

    Film telling the story of a Christmas tree through the 'voice' of the tree itself.

    BBC Four

  17. Suffragettes Lecture

    Baroness Hollis of Heigham delivers a lecture on the Suffragettes, from 6 November.

    BBC Parliament

  18. Kindertransport: Journey to Life

    75 years after Kindertransport, those who came to Britain speak about their memories.

    BBC News

  19. July 1914 Crisis Lecture

    Historian Vernon Bogdanor lectures on Diplomacy: Sir Edward Grey and the Crisis of 1914.

    BBC Parliament

  20. PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster

    Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the Arctic convoys of WWII and their greatest disaster.

    BBC Two

  21. Charles Chilton - Lincoln Frees the Slaves

    The history of slavery and the American Civil War, through songs and eyewitness accounts.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space Again

    Charles Chilton and his cast recall 1953, when six million listeners were moon bound.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Music of the Monarchy with David Starkey

    David Starkey presents music created for- and by royalty, performed in historic locations.

    BBC Two

  24.

    Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room

    How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Knight Club

    Film following novice British knights at the Battle of the Nations 2013.

    BBC Three

  26. The Search for Alfred the Great

    Neil Oliver joins a team investigating the final resting place of Alfred the Great.

    BBC Two

  27. Remembering the Holocaust: Defiant Requiem

    How a choir of Jewish prisoners defiantly performed Verdi's Requiem in front of the Nazis.

    BBC Four

  28. Belfast City: Mud, Sweat and 400 Years

    Dick Strawbridge charts Belfast's journey from humble sandbank to industrial powerhouse.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  29. Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World

    Jago Cooper uses scientific and archaeological evidence to examine Easter Island's demise.

    BBC Four

  30. Walking With the Dead

    Writer Colm Tóibín explores the Dublin locations haunted by James Joyce's Dubliners.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  31. Dan Snow's History of the Winter Olympics

    Historian Dan Snow looks back at 90 years of the Winter Olympics.

    BBC Two

  32. The End of the Pier Show

    Can Hastings Pier rise from the ashes and reinvent herself?

    BBC One

  33. Mystery of the Moor

    Mike Dilger investigates Bronze Age burial goods discovered on Dartmoor.

    BBC One

  34. The Necessary War

    Sir Max Hastings argues that the First World War was far from being futile.

    BBC Two

  35.

    Venus in View

    Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. The Great Glass Mystery

    Examining the disappearance of stained glass from Coventry Cathedral during WWII.

    BBC One

  37. World War One At Home

    Stories from the Home Front 1914-1918. Robert Hall presents.

    BBC News

  38. The Miners' Strike - A Personal Memoir by Kim Howells

    Kim Howells recalls the miners' strike of 30 years ago and and ponders its outcome.

    BBC One Wales

  39. Hidden Histories: WW1's Forgotten Photographs

    The story of British and German soldiers' photography during the First World War.

    BBC Four

  40.

    I Was There: The Great War Interviews

    Never-before-seen footage from interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War.

    BBC Two

  41. Oh Do Shut Up Dear! Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women

    Mary Beard on how women have been silenced throughout the history of Western culture.

    BBC Four

  42.

    Poetry Idol

    Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain

    British POWs and their Japanese captors tell the story of one of WWII's worst atrocities.

    BBC Four

  44. The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers

    A look at the Maxim machine gun and how it affected one Hebridean community.

    BBC Two Scotland

  45. The Greatest Knight: William the Marshal

    The fascinating story of knighthood, told through the life of Sir William Marshal.

    BBC Two

  46. Cuimhneachain Cogaidh: Catriona Garbutt

    Catriona Garbutt le cuimhneachain teaghlaich mun Chiad Chogadh.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  47.

    Blind Date with Don Camillo

    Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Thatcher and the IRA: Dealing with Terror

    Documentary examining Margaret Thatcher's strategy of dealing with the IRA.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  49. Good Friday: Passion, War and Peace

    An insight into the Passion narrative through the lens of the First World War.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  50.

    Bombay Jazz

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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