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  1. Promises, Promises: A History of Debt

    Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.

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  2. Salt

    Steph McGovern discovers that salt is much more than something to season our food with.

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  3. A Timewatch Guide

    Series looking at how the 91热爆 has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.

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  4. Shoah

    Documentary recounting the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses.

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  5. Churchill's Grave

    William Crawley visits Winston Churchill's final resting place in Bladon, Oxfordshire

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    Kitch!

    Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener

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    So Here I Am: 100 Years of Crofting

    James Hunter on crofting 100 years after the crofters of Braes fought for land rights.

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    Beirut's House of Barakat

    Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's house of memory.

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  9. Magna Carta

    Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

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  10. Wittgenstein's Jet

    A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.

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    Death of An Orchestra

    Supporters of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, including Alan Bennett, tell its history.

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  12. A History of Ideas

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.

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  13. The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy

    Grace Dent presents a conversational history of radio comedy, from 1975 to 2005.

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  14. Dr Hepcat and the Hepster's Dictionary

    Poet Lemn Sissay tells the story of Cab Calloway and his Hepster's Dictionary of jive talk

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  15. Voices of the First World War

    Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.

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  16. Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered

    An epic detective story that reveals the amazing truth of the boy behind the golden mask.

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  17. Cymry 1914-1918

    Cyfres sy鈥檔 defnyddio dyddiaduron, llythyron ac atgofion i gyflwyno Cymry鈥檙 Rhyfel Mawr,

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  18. Hidden Histories of the Information Age

    Aleks Krotoski explores innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.

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  19. Nancy Storace: Mozart's English Soprano

    Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English star who worked with Mozart.

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  20. Soldiers of the Empire

    Santanu Das tells the story of the Indian soldiers who served the Empire in WWI.

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  21. Paul is Dead

    In 1969 a rumour swept the world. Paul McCartney had died and been replaced by an impostor

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  22. Germany: Memories of a Nation

    Neil MacGregor explores 600 years of Germany's complex and often challenging history.

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  23. Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip

    Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.

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    The Lost Women of British Jazz

    Shining a light on the earliest female jazz pioneers, who were erased from music history.

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  25. Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath

    Two-part documentary following a team of scientists hoping to reveal Stonehenge's secrets.

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  26. The Birth of Love

    Dr Laura Ashe reveals how our ideas of romantic love were born in 12th-century literature.

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  27. Heroes at War

    Stories of sporting heroes who went to into battle during the First World War

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  28. Betjeman's Banana Blush

    Jarvis Cocker uncovers an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974.

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  29. The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform

    Amanda Foreman examines how the elite transformed politics in the shadow of revolution.

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  30. Plants: From Roots to Riches

    Our relationship with plants: a major new history by Kew's science director Kathy Willis.

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  31. The Long and the Short of It

    Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume investigate Irish history from different perspectives.

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  32. My Family鈥檚 Fight For Civil Rights

    Oona King discovers her family's role in the fight for equality for African Americans.

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  33. Y Rhyfel Mawr

    Tweli Griffiths yn edrych ar hanes y Rhyfel Mawr 1914-1918 fesul blwyddyn.

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  34. The War That Changed the World

    The effect of World War One from a global perspective

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  35. 1914: Day by Day

    Historian Margaret MacMillan chronicles the road to war in 1914.

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  36. Arnold of the Five Towns

    Samira Ahmed explores the life and work of writer Arnold Bennett.

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    The Science of D-Day

    Engineer Rob Bell explores the new inventions that made the Normandy invasion possible.

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  38. Britain at Sea

    Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the 20th century.

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  39. Melencolia

    Art historian Dr. Janina Ramirez is on a mission to decode Durer's Melencolia 1.

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  40. The History of Brazil Is Round

    David Goldblatt unravels the story of Brazil through its historical passion for football.

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  41. The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    Dr Lucy Worsley tells the story of Britain's first Georgian kings.

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  42. The First Action Movie

    1903 Sheffield's on location 'Daring Daylight Burglary' inspired every action movie since.

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    Bombay Jazz

    Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India.

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    Blind Date with Don Camillo

    Communism vies with the Catholic church in Italy's post-war comic creation, Don Camillo.

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  45. Five Hundred Years of Friendship

    Dr Thomas Dixon explores the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

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  46. Five Hundred Years of Friendship

    A history of the changing meaning of friendship over the centuries.

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  47. Poetry Idol

    Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.

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    I Was There: The Great War Interviews

    Never-before-seen footage from interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War.

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  49. Taisce Shean Uladh - Treasures of Ancient Ulster

    Four-part documentary series exploring the history of Ulster.

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  50. Venus in View

    Mari Griffith examines the motivation behind the attack on The Rokeby Venus 100 years ago

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