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Nixon, A Resigning Matter
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon resigned. How did this change US history?
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PCs Gone Mad: Computers in Fiction and Reality
Comedian Steve Punt fires up the archives to examine the history of computers on screen.
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How David Bowie saved his life and career in 1970s Berlin.
Reweaving Threads, 40 Years On
Writer Jude Rogers revisits Threads, the Cold War nuclear film that haunted a generation.
Bombers
Chris Mullin reveals how 1974's Guildford and Birmingham bombings changed British justice
Hey World, What's the Craic? Patrick Kielty on Ireland's 1994
Comedian Patrick Kielty looks back on 1994 - a year that would change Ireland forever.
The Mandy Rice-Davies Tapes
The 1963 Profumo Affair as told by one of the main characters at the centre of the scandal
The Year We Lost the Climate
Was the US election of 2000 the year we lost the climate? Roger Harrabin looks back.
