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Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.
10 Apr 2014,·30 mins
How the monarchy recovered after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
21 Aug 2007,·45 mins
Omnibus 2
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
11 Sep 2020,·57 mins
Historical photographs are rare in China, but now the pictured past is being reclaimed.
11 Jul 2012,·30 mins
Episode 2
How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence.
18 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Jim Carey celebrates the ice cream van with enthusiasts Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas.
30 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's house of memory.
07 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Omnibus
Francine Stock's history of the alluring yet elusive quality that is charisma.
04 Sep 2015,·58 mins
Simon Jenkins presents a challenging personal view of the economics of contemporary Wales.
16 Mar 2020,·28 mins
An Over-Mighty Subject
Anthony Howard looks at the relationship between the Queen and Margaret Thatcher.
18 Feb 2002,·30 mins
Lynne Truss explores the history of the Speaking Clock. With Professor Stephen Hawking.
16 Jul 2016,·30 mins
Marie-Louise Muir explores the lost tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.
16 Aug 2016,·30 mins
Defoe: The Facts and the Fictions
Mark Lawson presents a documentary exploring the far-reaching influence of Daniel Defoe.
14 Jul 2016,·43 mins
A legendary match leads us into the extraordinary cultural history of cricket in America.
19 Jul 2017,·30 mins
Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events.
01 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Pete Paphides visits the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar Services.
12 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Journalist Malcolm Jack tells a little-known story from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
04 Nov 2019,·28 mins
4 Extra Debut. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's journey to Berlin aboard an RAF Lancaster Bomber.
21 Jul 2018,·30 mins
Heddwch
Cyfres am Gymry'r Rhyfel Mawr, gan roi pwyslais yn y rhaglen hon ar ddiwedd y gwrthdaro.
16 Nov 2018,·27 mins
Michael Rosen visits the biggest public lending library in Britain.
11 Sep 2013,·28 mins
Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.
16 Sep 2014,·30 mins
Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.
10 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.
14 Sep 2012,·30 mins
A story of Austrian siblings told in their wartime letters to and from the Russian front.
27 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.
25 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Jonathan Freedland reassesses Machiavelli and finds the inspiration for modern republics.
18 Nov 2013,·28 mins
In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor
14 Oct 2014,·30 mins
Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed.
25 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama
11 May 2010,·30 mins
Do dyslexia and dyspraxia affect the way you draw? Chris Ledgard investigates.
28 Sep 2015,·30 mins
