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  1. Mistresses by Linda Porter

    Book of the Week. Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Пассажиры Йомей Мару

    Приключенческий сериал о детях, которые объехали вокруг света, спасаясь от войны.

    Русская служба Би-би-си

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  3. Sgaoileadh an Eòlais

    Sreath ùr a' comharrachadh 70 bliadhna de Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba, 1951-2021.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  4. Sand Between the Toes

    Memories of the pleasures and pains of holidays on the south coast between the Wars.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. BBC Lê

    A equipe da BBC lê para você algumas de suas melhores reportagens.

    BBC Brasil

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  6. The Ely Bread Riots: Thirty Years On

    Jason Mohammad revisits the Ely ‘Bread Riots’ and the damaging legacy they left behind.

    BBC Radio Wales

  7. Treasures of Ancient Rome

    Art critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke sets out to show the art of the Romans.

    BBC News

  8. Horrible Histories Podcast

    Horrible Histories have given the most remarkable figures in history their own podcast

    CBBC

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  9. Robert Owen: The Greatest Welshman?

    Francis Jones explores the life of Welsh businessman and social reformer Robert Owen

    BBC Radio Wales

  10. The Last of the Bracchis

    Elena Cresci takes a fresh look at the wonderful tradition of Italian cafes in Wales.

    BBC Radio Wales

  11. QUB Talks 100 - Subtitled Talks

    The Partition of Ireland: Causes and Consequences

    BBC Radio Ulster

  12. Sounds of the City

    A portrait in sound of Washington DC created by people who live there. From 2013.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  13. The 9/11 Generation

    How did 9/11 affect the lives of the children who grew up after the attacks in 2001?

    BBC Radio Wales

  14. Sounds of the 21st Century

    Claudia Winkleman introduces soundscapes of music, news, triumphs & tragedies, 2000-2010.

    BBC Radio 2

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  15. Gleision Colliery: The Untold Story

    Wyre Davies explores the untold story of the Gleision mine tragedy.

    BBC Radio Wales

  16. QUB Talks 100 - Subtitled Talks

    The Partition of Ireland: Causes and Consequences

    BBC Radio Ulster

  17. Students of War - The Rise of the Taliban

    Yalda Hakim examines the rise of the Taliban after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

    BBC News

  18. 9/11: Twenty Years On

    Special coverage of events commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

    BBC News

  19. Remembering 9/11

    Jonathan Thomas presents a special programme to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

    BBC Radio Wales

  20. 9/11: Y bore wnaeth newid America

    Maxine Hughes yn cofio ymosodiadau terfysgol 9/11 a'r effaith ar America a gweddill y byd.

    BBC Cymru

  21. Na Deachdairean/Dictators

    We meet the most ruthless rulers of recent history, tracing their rise and fall.

    BBC ALBA

  22. Let’s Talk About the English

    Chris McQueer examines the relationship between Scotland and England.

    BBC Scotland

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    History on the Edge

    Anita Anand uncovers an extraordinary untold refugee story from 1940.

    BBC Radio 4

  24. A Letter to Mrs Campbell

    Gavin Porter celebrates the influence of Wales' first black head teacher, Betty Campbell.

    BBC Radio Wales

  25. The Story of Aids

    The early years of the HIV-AIDS crisis, as told by the people who lived through it

    BBC World Service

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  26. We Want the Light: Jews and German Music

    What is the complex but fruitful relationship between Jewish people and German music?

    BBC Four

  27. Wonders of Gibraltar

    Historian Bettany Hughes discovers the treasures of Gibraltar.

    BBC News

  28. Great Lives - 400 and Counting

    From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. Isles of Old

    Daniel Bennett explores the now uninhabited isles of Shetland to learn of the past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  30. Arwyr Glew yr Erwau Glo

    Aled Sam sy'n dathlu hanes y diwydiant glo gan ddangos fod yna ddyfodol iddi yng Nghymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  31. Aberfan: Tip Number 7

    The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966

    BBC Radio Wales

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  32. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner

    The true story of the woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. The Explanation

    Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin

    BBC World Service

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  34. Cerrig yn Siarad

    Ifor ap Glyn sy'n mynd ar drywydd straeon diddorol tu ôl i englynion ar gerrig beddi.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  35. Watergate

    The lie that cost the presidency. A' bhreug a sgrios a' phrìomhaireachd.

    BBC ALBA

  36. Ar Lan Afon

    Jon Gower ac Elinor Gwynn sy'n crwydro glannau afonydd Cymru.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  37. Isles of Old

    Daniel Bennett explores the now uninhabited isles of Shetland to lean of the past.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  38. Na Fàrdaichean Sguabta

    A look at the deserted villages of Skye.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  39. Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye

    A history of 16th-century Antwerp from the author of The Edge of the World.

    BBC Radio 4

  40. Calum Cille: An Naomh Dana/Columba - The Bold Saint

    The life story of one of Ireland and Scotland’s most important saints, St Columba.

    BBC ALBA

  41. The Asian Welsh

    Series exploring how immigration has transformed Welsh health, culture and the economy.

    BBC One Wales

  42. The Army Girls

    80 years after female conscription, the final few tell their extraordinary WW2 stories.

    BBC Radio 4

  43.

    Gaisgich sna Glinn

    How the Highlands made the ideal military training ground during World War II.

    BBC ALBA

  44. Cruth-tire na h-Alba - Changing Landscapes

    Ceòl agus faclan air cruthan-tìre na h-Alba. Music and images of Scotland's landscapes.

    BBC ALBA

  45. Past Forward: A Century of Sound

    Greg Jenner dives deep into the BBC archive to explore what it says about who we are now.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. The Coming Storm

    is now here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m002j8rr

    BBC Radio 4

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    Women in Stitches: The Making of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Deagh Fhonn

    Rannsachadh air an eachdraidh agus na cruthan a th' aig fuinn air a bheil sinn eòlach.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  49. Afghanistan

    Covering six decades of turmoil in Afghan history.

    BBC ALBA

  50. A Big Year for the Census

    Sarah Moore travels back 100 years to reveal the contents of the 1921 census.

    BBC Radio Wales

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