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3: Remembering
Experts call for a permanent memorial to remember the North East Witch Trial victims
31 Oct 2023,·12 mins
Part Nine: Epilogue - 'Aberfan is different...'
55 years on, survivors of the disaster are looking to the future - as well as the past.
08 Dec 2021,·29 mins
William Wallace
William Wallace takes on the English invaders led by King Edward I!
26 Jul 2023,·16 mins
The President's Path: Trump's immigration stance and the midterms
In Florida, immigration is a key issue for many voters ahead of November’s midterms
23 Oct 2026,·15 mins
No World Order
6: A Multipolar World
Where next for the rules-based order?
31 Aug 2026,·35 mins
3. The flight
“He won’t wake up...I think he’s dead.” What Farouk did in the hours after Martine died
24 Apr 2023,·27 mins
The game is on … Welcome back to Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game
GTA VI arrives this year. Hear the story of the controversial and acclaimed game series.
14 Oct 2026,·3 mins
The Blackout Ripper
The Killers and The Hangman
Marjorie Cummins is certain that her husband is innocent, but will the jury believe her?
27 May 2024,·30 mins
Series 2
Useless Men Jokes
Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.
05 Sep 2025,·14 mins
El Chapo Part 7: The Curtain Falls?
A desperate flight through a sewage pipe is not enough to deliver El Chapo to freedom.
17 Jun 2026,·29 mins
Being Greek
BONUS: Mary Beard on Homer's Odyssey
Mary Beard talks to film director Uberto Pasolini about the power of Homer's Odyssey.
21 Jul 2026,·13 mins
Bonus: ‘I had to run’- A Mother’s Story
After 50 years, we share the mother and son reunion that seemed impossible.
11 Mar 2026,·36 mins
Introducing House of the Lion: A Blood Soaked Throne
Susan Morrison & Len Pennie explore the bloody struggles for throne of medieval Scotland.
26 Jan 2024,·2 mins
Mary Seacole
Join Greg Jenner for a fun Homeschool History lesson on the life of Mary Seacole.
22 Mar 2021,·13 mins
From The World to America: Neil MacGregor meets Roman Mars
Roman Mars & Neil MacGregor on the new US spinoff: A History of the U.S. in 100 Objects.
13 Jul 2026,·35 mins
Peak Danger
8. Only The Mountain Knows
In the long, dark shadow of K2, the surviving climbers try to rebuild their lives.
20 Jan 2025,·30 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Episode 5
Napoleon ended his life on a distant island. Andrew Roberts asks what history made of him.
19 Jun 2015,·15 mins
1914: Day by Day - Omnibus
Episode 6
Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War.
10 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Episode 2
Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries.
24 Jul 2007,·60 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
5. London Lives
London has witnessed cycles of disaster and plague. History’s lessons still resonate.
07 Nov 2025,·14 mins
6. Moral Courage
Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
10 Feb 2026,·31 mins
The World of Our Making (AD 1914-2010)
Neil MacGregor completes his history of humanity, told through the objects it has made
03 Dec 2010,·60 mins
Recommending: Trouble with Hubble
The dramatic story of the Hubble Space Telescope from the BBC’s space podcast
13 Oct 2026,·34 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
Lucy Worsley reveals Victoria's rule via significant encounters.
17 May 2019,·57 mins
Uneasy Listening
Mortimer's Hole
Ghostly legends from around Nottinghamshire, told by Dean Jackson.
19 Oct 2026,·7 mins
Sheds
A boy scout assembles parts for the nuclear reactor he’s building in his mother’s shed.
22 Oct 2024,·27 mins
Episode 3
Adam Rutherford looks at the extinction of humans in the distant past. Last in series.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
Recluses
Nikola Tesla
Is the mind of Nikola Tesla worthy of such an extensive legacy?
14 Aug 2026,·14 mins
