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10. Legacy
Have new generations of Iraqis got the freedom they were promised?
24 Mar 2023,·19 mins
Episode 5: Reverberations
An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952
11 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Omnibus 2/2. 1945 - 2020
Stanley Tucci tells the story of modern California from Hollywood to Silicon Valley.
08 Mar 2020,·57 mins
Requiem for an Illusion
Michael meets his fate at the hands of the Trinidadian court and Britain’s Privy Council.
14 Oct 2022,·49 mins
7. Eindhoven and out
The Boro face Sevilla in the UEFA Cup Final.
15 Jun 2026,·29 mins
5. Healing the Wounds
How has the community been working to prevent a repeat of the 2005 riots?
21 Apr 2023,·15 mins
5. Ritual Revival - a bonus episode
A bird ritual is being revived on the Welsh-English border.
25 Feb 2025,·23 mins
6. The Last Cry of the Whale
Scientists and ground workers attempt to unearth the delicate Fin whale skull.
18 Nov 2025,·25 mins
Omnibus
Episode 5
Final omnibus edition of Prof Kathy Willis's history of our relationship with plants.
07 Nov 2014,·58 mins
Alchemists
Historian Justin Champion explores the life & works of Elizabethan alchemist John Dee.
28 Mar 2003,·15 mins
8. Born this Way
Sam Smith explores the experiences of young people who were born with HIV.
19 Aug 2022,·37 mins
Dunrossness Primary and the Braer Oil Disaster
Pupils from around Scotland delve into local history and produce their own documentary.
12 Nov 2019,·28 mins
10. Fresh Hostilities
Sixty years on, the university is engaged in a new struggle over its history and identity.
24 Mar 2023,·14 mins
Omnibus Edition: Part 2
Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring ten great lives from Chinese history.
19 Oct 2012,·58 mins
Remembrance Sunday Special Episode 2
Helen Mark presents part two of a special Remembrance Sunday edition of the programme.
11 Nov 2018,·14 mins
1975-1979
How crucial developments from this remarkable decade shaped the world we live in now.
12 Apr 2019,·57 mins
10. Exile
The anti-communist chill drives countless Hollywood figures into career exile
25 Mar 2024,·38 mins
Living with Each Other
Neil MacGregor concludes his series on shared beliefs with a look to the future and hope.
01 Dec 2017,·14 mins
The New Face of Terror
Has our response to terrorism changed since 1800? Fergal Keane ends his series.
05 Dec 2014,·15 mins
The Great Change
Michael Portillo talks to a number of historians about the turmoil of the pre-war years.
21 Jun 2013,·15 mins
Episode 3
The fall of the Shah led to the creation of the world's first Islamic republic.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
Episode 2
Historian and broadcaster Dan Cruickshank goes off the beaten track in London.
14 Jul 2010,·13 mins
Omnibus 4
Portraits of remarkable individuals who have made China what it is today.
25 May 2018,·60 mins
There may be only two sexes but nature has evolved many weird ways to make female and male
23 Jan 2013,·28 mins
Bhopal (Omnibus)
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident
09 Sep 2022,·57 mins
10. No Frills Air Travel
Robert Carlyle takes us back to moments we missed in the 90s that shaped the world today.
13 May 2022,·14 mins
Series 2
County Fermanagh - from the Watergate to the Battle of Newtownbutler
Dr Éamon Phoenix journeys through Fermanagh's history from plantation to famine and beyond
19 Aug 2012,·26 mins
Rory Cellan-Jones asks where social networking will go in the future.
09 Feb 2011,·30 mins
Ayisha Yahya travels on Kenya's 100-year-old railway.
25 Jul 2011,·30 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
