Popular history series where the past connects with the present.
Radio 4,·198 episodes
Is the skin that binds a book in Bristol the gruesome remains of a listener's ancestor?
Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.
Featuring a listener's ancestor who was a hero in a mine rescue in 19th-century Wales.
One of the surviving members of the British whaling fleet recalls life on South Georgia.
The story of John Bellingham, the only person to murder a British Prime Minister.
The experiences of a painter and decorator from Sale in 19th-century China.
Could a leaf collection in Southport provide valuable historical research?
Professor Mark Stoyle goes in search of the Civil War dead from the siege of Lyme Regis.
Historian Professor Richard Holmes explains how the militia worked in the 18th century.
Bridget Long tries to confirm a family story about her late father during World War Two.
Could a listener's hotel in North Wales once have been the court of Llewellyn the Great?
Vanessa Collingridge investigates the history of a policeman who captured Ned Kelly.
A listener's letter takes the Making History team to Eyemouth in Scotland.
Sue Cook finds out about children strafed by enemy planes in World War Two
