History

Mystery of Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings
Mystery has surrounded Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings ever since it was discovered
24 Nov 1999,27 mins
Dinosaurs in the Drawing Room
How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII.
15 Jan 2014,30 mins
From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting
Robert Elms charts the history, ideology and culture of squatting.
22 Nov 2011,40 mins
The Blood Telegram
The story of one of the most controversial documents in US diplomatic history.
11 Dec 2011,30 mins
Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
18 Sep 2014,30 mins
Britain's Sputnik
Roland Pease recalls ZETA, a nuclear energy project unveiled in 1958 by British scientists
16 Jan 2008,30 mins
The Birth of Love
Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.
13 Aug 2014,28 mins
Food in the Frame
Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
15 Mar 2015,30 mins
When Washington Came to Brum
How some of the earliest American literary classics were actually written in Birmingham.
06 May 2013,28 mins
Clocking On
Professor Emma Griffin explores how British workers became tied to the clock.
30 May 2017,30 mins
Printing a Nation
Series 1
2. Nationhood
Anindita Ghosh explores how the printing press promoted the rise of nationalism in India.
20 Apr 2017,30 mins
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Death of An Orchestra
Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.
16 Dec 2014,30 mins
The Italian Freedom Trail
Episode 2
Edward Stourton presents the partisans' stories of the mass POW breakout in 1943.
06 Sep 2013,28 mins
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Too Much Fighting on The Dance Floor
Violence and tribalism at music gigs in the late 70s and 80s. Adrian Goldberg presents.
10 Sep 2015,30 mins
The Shipwrecked Bears
Gyles Brandreth probes the mystery of the missing teddy bears - the first ever made.
27 Jul 2011,30 mins
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
The Lonely Cyborg
How the old and the young are navigating friendships through new technology today.
11 Apr 2014,15 mins
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Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary
Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk
28 Oct 2014,30 mins
My Cousin, Regime Changer
Ahmad Chalabi: traitor to Iraq, or liberator? His distant cousin Selma Chalabi explores.
28 Feb 2023,28 mins
Blind Date with Don Camillo
Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.
10 Apr 2014,30 mins
A Royal Recovery
How the monarchy recovered after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
21 Aug 2007,45 mins
From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)
Omnibus 2
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
11 Sep 2020,57 mins
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