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  1. Year ’98: The Making of the Good Friday Agreement

    What led to one of the most significant peace settlements in history?

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  2. Tuaman Na h-Èipheit/Tombs of Egypt

    A three-month excavation project to unravel remaining mysteries in Saqqara.

    BBC ALBA

  3. The Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland

    Alvin Jackson examines the complex legacies of the prime ministers of Northern Ireland.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    Roselle the 9/11 Guide Dog

    Simon Watts speaks to Michael Hingson, owner of hero 9/11 guide dog Roselle.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    Cold War Hockey

    Scottish hockey players in the 1960s recall the reality of the Berlin Crisis.

    BBC ALBA

  6. Freuchie Fever: When the Scots Beat the English at the Home of Cricket

    Inspirational story of Freuchie Cricket Club's 1985 National Village Cup win at Lord's.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  7. The Secret Peacemaker

    Father Alec Reid’s secret peace plan to bring about an end to violence in Northern Ireland

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  8. The Agreement

    The inside story of negotiating the Good Friday Agreement and the subsequent referendum.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  9. Marloch & Metagama: Guthan

    Marloch is Metagama: Guthan.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  10. Blood on the Dance Floor

    The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997.

    BBC Radio 5 Live

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  11. Marloch is Metagama: Guthan

    Monologues inspired by the recollections of those on board SS Marloch and the SS Metagama.

    BBC ALBA

  12. For The Record: The Selectadisc Story

    From humble beginnings to becoming one of the country’s most iconic record stores.

    BBC Radio Nottingham

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  13. The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival

    The story of an extraordinary secret archive recording daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto.

    BBC Radio 4

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  14. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

    Unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland, 25 years on.

    BBC Two

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  15. Murder In Mayfair

    The inside story of the hunt for a fugitive in a high-profile murder case

    BBC World Service

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  16. The US and the Holocaust/Ameireaga agus an t-Olocost

    Series examining how the American people responded to the Holocaust.

    BBC ALBA

  17. What the Romans Did for Us

    The innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans.

    BBC Two

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  18. We Were There

    World War Two veterans tell their stories for future generations.

    BBC News

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  19. The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney

    Naoise Mac Sweeney interrogates the myth of the west and its exclusively European origins.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. The Boy in the Peking Hotel

    A London schoolboy's terrifying adventures in Chairman Mao's China.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. History's Heroes

    Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two in S4.

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. The Beauty Queen Riots

    How one spark made a neighbourhood explode in Birmingham in 2005.

    BBC Radio 4

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  23. Geamaichean an Uabhais – Munich/Terror at the Games – Munich

    Reconstruction of the day when terrorists struck at the Munich Olympic games.

    BBC ALBA

  24. Black Firsts

    Profiles of black achievers who broke down barriers for others.

    BBC Two

  25. Sgeulachd Cogaidh na h-Artaig/Untold Arctic Wars

    Documentary series that reveals the big picture of events in the Arctic during WWII

    BBC ALBA

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    Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

    Film following the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing.

    BBC Four

  27. Colosseum

    Are you not entertained? The Roman Empire's rise and fall at the Colosseum.

    BBC Four

  28. Inside Museums

    Join art critic Alastair Sooke as he discovers how museums around the world are changing.

    BBC News

  29. Firebombers

    Documentary series looking at an arson campaign in Wales targeting English-owned homes

    BBC One Wales

  30. History on the Edge

    Anita Anand uncovers hidden stories from recent British history.

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Our Lads in Korea: The Forgotten War

    John Hardy tells the story of the Welshmen who fought in the Korean War in the early 1950s

    BBC Radio Wales

  32. The Restless Republic - Britain Without a Crown by Anna Keay

    The story of the extraordinary decade that followed the execution of Charles I in 1649.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Reel Histories

    Exploring the history behind celluloid images of our past.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  34. Real Dictators

    Real Dictators explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Narrated by Paul McGann.

    BBC Sounds

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  35. Short History Of...

    Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.

    BBC Sounds

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  36. Wally, the Reluctant Nuclear Hero

    The story of Wally, the physicist that prevented nuclear disaster during the Vietnam war.

    BBC Radio 4

  37. The Long and the Short of It

    History show presented by the big man Tim McGarry and the wee man David Hume.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    When Hoover Sneezed...

    How the iconic factory shaped postwar Merthyr with laughs, drama, romance and spirit.

    BBC Radio Wales

  39. The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes

    A look at Nazi war crimes and the complex motives at play at the start of the Cold War.

    BBC Two

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  40. Adam Smith: What He Thought and Why It Matters by Jesse Norman

    A succinct and engaging account of the life, times and legacy of economist Adam Smith.

    BBC Radio 4

  41. Notable

    Stars of stage and screen reveal the intense emotional battles of 10 pioneering composers

    BBC Radio 3

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  42. Union with David Olusoga

    David Olusoga exposes the fault lines dividing the UK through the lens of the past.

    BBC Two

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  43. History Channel

    Back-to-back history shows bringing the past to life

    BBC

  44. How to Be a Renaissance Woman by Jill Burke

    An alternative history of the Renaissance, as told by the women behind the paintings.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. The Mandates

    How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.

    BBC Radio 4

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  46. Most of My Heroes Don't Appear on No Stamp

    Black artists nominate a personal hero they feel deserve a postage stamp in their honour.

    BBC News

  47. The Bomb

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    BBC World Service

  48. The Australian Wars

    The forgotten story of the bloody conquest of Australia.

    BBC Four

  49. Berlin 1933

    Hitler's rise to power, told through the personal writings of those who lived through it.

    BBC Four

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  50. Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

    How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.

    BBC Two

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