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  1. Boom Town: How Merthyr Made the World

    The incredible story of how Merthyr Tydfil became the heart of the Industrial Revolution.

    BBC One Wales

  2. Human

    Ella Al-Shamahi reveals humanity's story across 300,000 years of human evolution.

    BBC Two

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  3. A’ Cluich 'son a bhith Beò: Von Cramm v Hitler/Playing to Survive: Von Cramm v Hitler

    How tennis champion Gottfried von Cramm defied the Nazi regime.

    BBC ALBA

  4. Albert Speer

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

    BBC Four

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  5. Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

    A look at the legacy of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 in reshaping charity and politics.

    BBC Two

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  6. Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott

    Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.

    BBC Radio 4

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  7. Metro

    An exploration of the Paris Metro and the city's love affair with the underground.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Wolf Moon: A Woman's Journey into the Night by Arifa Akbar

    An elegant exploration of how the night shapes the mind, culture and society.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Improbable Mr Attlee

    Prof David Reynolds examines the achievements of Clement Attlee.

    BBC Four

  10. On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff (Omnibus)

    William Hope reads five profound and inspirational essays on the language of consolation.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Speed of Light by Laura Cumming

    Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Y Brotest

    Brwydr ymgyrchwyr heddwch yn erbyn adeiladu byncar niwcliar yng Nghaerfyrddin yn 1985.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  13. Plaid Cymru at 100

    The story of 100 years of Plaid Cymru, exploring its successes and failures.

    BBC One Wales

  14. The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer (Omnibus)

    How the motion picture was invented by the mysterious man behind it.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. What Happened at...?

    A journey back to understand our modern world.

    BBC One

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  16. VJ Day 80

    A poignant occasion marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War II in Japan.

    BBC One

  17.

    The Mystery of the Desert Kites

    An international team of archaeologists explores megastructures in the Arabian desert.

    BBC Four

  18. Witness History: The Guinness Book of Records

    The idea for the Guinness Book of World Records arose after an argument.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  19. Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story

    The story of the Piper Alpha disaster.

    BBC Scotland

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  20. 1945: Diwedd y Rhyfel

    Bethan Rhys Roberts yn cofnodi diwedd yr Ail Ryfel byd trwy gyfrwng straeon personol.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  21. Empire with David Olusoga

    David Olusoga explores the history and legacy of the British Empire.

    BBC Two

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  22. Civilisations: Rise and Fall

    What caused the demise of the greatest civilisations of the ancient world?

    BBC Two

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  23. Titanic Sinks Tonight

    The story of the sinking of the Titanic in real time.

    BBC Two

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  24. Black Gold by Jeremy Paxman (Omnibus)

    Compelling social history of how coal made Britain and became the nation's powerhouse.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  25. Welsh Dragons of the Battle of Britain

    How the Welsh fought off invasion in Britain's darkest hour.

    BBC Radio Wales

  26. The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet

    Lyse Doucet reads her vivid account of how Afghans have survived decades of conflict.

    BBC Radio 4

  27. Leonardo da Vinci (BBC ALBA)

    A look at one of history’s astounding minds, belonging to Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci

    BBC ALBA

  28. A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke

    A history of England exploring the ways in which poetry has shaped English identity.

    BBC Radio 4

  29. Salute to Steam

    A light-hearted look at pleasures and hazards of steam railways 1825 to 1968.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  30. How Did We Get Here?

    The deep back-stories behind the most consequential events in the world right now

    BBC Radio 4

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  31. Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race

    Documentary tracing the progress made by black and Asian people on British television.

    BBC Two

  32. Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw

    Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.

    BBC Radio 4

  33. Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang

    The sequel to Jung Chang's global bestseller, Wild Swans.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Mischief Makers

    Studies in talent and perversity.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland (Omnibus)

    How a courageous young Jew escaped Auschwitz to reveal its horrors.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  36. Finding Natasha

    Debbie Gayle's son, Jake Warren, searches for Natasha, who saved his mum 50 years ago.

    BBC Sounds

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  37. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin

    Andrew Ross Sorkin's gripping account of the greatest crash in Wall Street history.

    BBC Radio 4

  38. The Great Philosophers

    A history of western philosophy in 15 parts.

    BBC Two

  39. Pharaohs of The Sun by Guy de la Bedoyere (Omnibus)

    How Egypt's despots and dreamers drove the rise and fall of Tutankhamun's dynasty.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  40.

    The Secret Letters of Mary Queen of Scots

    Deciphering a mysterious cache of coded letters from Mary, Queen of Scots.

    BBC Scotland

  41. Letters from the Blitz

    Heartfelt letters and home movies tell the story of Northern Ireland in World War II.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  42. Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold

    Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.

    BBC Radio 4

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  43. The Disappearance of Captain Nairac

    The story of the search for a missing British army captain.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

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    The Disappearance of Captain Nairac

    The search for missing British army Captain Nairac by a former enemy - nearly 50 years on.

    BBC One Northern Ireland

  45. What's the Monarchy For?

    David Dimbleby takes a personal look at the role of the monarchy and its future.

    BBC One

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  46. Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

    Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.

    BBC Radio 4

  47. The Whale, Secrets of a Stranding

    A whale washed up on a Cornish coast, its head was removed to a secret location.

    BBC Radio Cornwall

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  48. The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)

    1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. Looking for Victoria

    Drama-documentary on the life of Queen Victoria, presented by and starring Prunella Scales

    BBC One

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  50. Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club

    Can Lucy Worsley, assisted by a team of modern-day experts, unmask a forgotten killer?

    BBC Two

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