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  1. Mathair a' Chinn Suidhe – Trump’s Mother

    The life story of the Scottish mother of re-elected US president Donald Trump.

    BBC ALBA

  2. Italian Connection

    Exploring the Italian connection between Llanberis, Morbegno and the annual Snowdon Race.

    BBC Radio Wales

  3. Memory Radio

    Archive and music-based programmes for people with dementia.

    BBC Music

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  4. Spitfire

    The story of the World War II fighter aircraft that became an international icon.

    BBC Four

  5. Churchill and the Movie Mogul

    Documentary about the collaboration between Winston Churchill and Alexander Korda.

    BBC Four

  6. Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History

    Documentary series offering new insights into the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  7. Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal

    Angela Saini and Adam Pearson explore the origins and legacy of eugenics in Britain.

    BBC Four

  8. Margaret Thatcher: Herself Alone (Omnibus)

    The third volume in Charles Moore's definitive biography of Margaret Thatcher.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Five Hundred Years of Friendship

    A history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

    BBC Radio 4

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  10. Handmade in Bolton

    A selection of precious objects from the past are remade using traditional methods.

    BBC Four

  11. Mysticism and Mourning: How Wales turned to Spiritualism after World War One

    Carolyn Hitt explores the surge in spiritualism in the years after the First World War.

    BBC Radio Wales

  12. Junior Historians

    Pupils from around Scotland delve into local history and produce their own documentary.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  13. On the Frontline

    Documentaries on the bus drivers, nurses and squaddies during The Troubles.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  14. France 1939: One Last Summer

    A French diary of the summer of 1939 reveals how far war was from the mind of its author.

    BBC Four

  15. The Rise and Fall of Timex Dundee

    1993: Scotland’s last full-blooded strike - the story of Timex.

    BBC Scotland

  16. Power to the People

    Series looking back on Scotland's 100-year war for worker power.

    BBC Scotland

  17. Russia: The Empire Strikes Back

    The BBC's Steve Rosenberg explores how Moscow views the tumultuous events of 1989.

    BBC News

  18. Korea: the Never Ending War

    Despite a truce in 1953, the Korean War has never officially come to an end.

    BBC Four

  19. Que História!

    Incríveis histórias reais que nem a mente mais criativa poderia ter inventado.

    BBC Brasil

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  20. Welcome Money

    Journalist Malcolm Jack tells a little-known story from the fall of the Berlin Wall.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. Witch Hunt

    The history of Scotland’s witch hunts revealed with Susan Morrison.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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  22. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

    BBC News

  23. A Call from the Hostage Takers

    The story behind the invitation to 50 Americans to visit Iran during the hostage crisis.

    BBC Four

  24. Rich Hall's Red Menace

    Rich Hall looks at the relationship between the USA and the USSR during the Cold War.

    BBC Four

  25. The Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson

    Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, John Simpson examines his reports.

    BBC Four

  26. Nukes, Subs & Secrets

    Unexpected, frightening and sometimes funny, these are Scotland's Cold War stories.

    BBC Scotland

  27. The Anarchy

    William Dalrymple's history of the East India Company and how it came to subdue India.

    BBC Radio 4

  28. Wal Berlin

    Ydy cwymp Wal Berlin yn 1989 yn taflu goleuni newydd ar wleidyddiaeth heddiw?

    BBC Radio Cymru

  29. Cymry 1919

    Defnyddio dyddiaduron, llythyron ac atgofion i gyflwyno hanes Cymry wedi'r Rhyfel Mawr.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  30. Gary Lineker: My Grandad's War

    Gary Lineker explores a brutal but often overlooked chapter of the Second World War.

    BBC One

  31. The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes (Omnibus)

    Julian Barnes' account of Belle Epoque Paris is inspired by a portrait of Dr Pozzi.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  32. The Anarchy by William Dalrymple (Omnibus)

    A history of the East India Company and how it came to subdue India.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  33. In This Place: Gaychester

    Exploring the LGBT+ history of Manchester

    BBC Sounds

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  34. Dim Rwan na Nawr

    Tudur Owen a Dyl Mei sy’n ein tywys drwy hanes Cymru, un cwestiwn ar y tro...

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  35. The Man Who Saw Too Much

    The story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, a concentration camp survivor.

    BBC One

  36. Grossman's War

    Programmes around Russian writer and journalist Vasily Grossman's two epic wartime novels.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. Stalingrad

    Vasily Grossman's dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The Scandals That Shocked Scotland

    A look back at some of the scandals that have hit the headlines in recent decades.

    BBC Scotland

  39. The Pulse Glass by Gillian Tindall (Omnibus)

    A reflection on family history and the changing meanings of the objects that survive us.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40. Choose Life: Edinburgh's Battle Against Aids

    Documentary examining 1980s Edinburgh and its reputation as 'Aids capital of Europe'.

    BBC Scotland

  41. The Falkirk Cowboys

    The unlikely tale of the amateur cowboy films made by Falkirk factory workers in the 70s.

    BBC One Scotland

  42. A Bridge Through Time

    A portrait of the Transporter Bridge in Newport.

    BBC Radio Wales

  43. Villages by the Sea

    Series looking at coastal villages that have often been on the front line of history.

    BBC One

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  44. Charles I: Killing a King

    The execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics in England forever.

    BBC Four

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    A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley

    Lucy recreates festivities from Henry VIII's era: costumes, customs, food and festive fun.

    BBC Two

  46. Surfacing, by Kathleen Jamie

    Exquisite, clear-eyed essays on memory, archaeology and nature by the poet Kathleen Jamie.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. Kilvert's Diary (Omnibus)

    The daily life of a Victorian country curate.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

    A candid look at what life was really like for those living in Germany under Hitler.

    BBC Four

  49. Macleod MP/Maclean KGB

    Two lives – Tory MP and Soviet spy revealed. Dà bheatha lèir: ballpàrlamaid is brathadair.

    BBC ALBA

  50. Witch Hunt

    Exploring Scotland's war on witches and witchcraft with Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman.

    BBC Radio Scotland

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