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  1. Guilty Pleasures: Luxury in...

    Documentary looking at the items valued or desired by men and women over the centuries

    大象传媒 Four

  2. Soft Power Hard News

    How the power of the news media is used as a global government tool for influence

    大象传媒 Radio 4

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  3. The Lunatic Line

    Ayisha Yahya tells the story of the 600-mile railway line from the Kenyan coast to Uganda

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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  4. Jane Robinson - Bluestockings

    The sacrifices made for university education by the pioneering women at Cambridge in 1869.

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  5. Dwli Ar...

    Cyfres hanes lle fydd Aled Sam yn gwneud i ni wenu, a rhyfeddu! New history series.

    大象传媒 Radio Cymru

  6. Stories from Notting Hill

    The complex history of the Notting Hill Carnival, with writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  7. The Story of British Path茅

    Series delving into film and newsreel company British Path茅's treasure trove of images.

    大象传媒 Four

  8. Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square

    Five Radio 4 presenters return to a place that had special significance for them in 1986

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  9. Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

    Series looking at one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history

    大象传媒 Four

  10. Vasily Grossman from the Frontline

    Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  11. The Scottish Intellect

    Billy Kay celebrates the 600-year history of Scottish universities.

    大象传媒 Radio Scotland

  12. The Queen's Palaces

    Documentary taking a look at the stories behind HM the Queen's three official residences.

    大象传媒 One

  13. Regimental Stories

    Five regiments reveal how their identities were forged by moments in British history

    大象传媒 Four

  14. George Alagiah: Mixed Britannia

    The previously untold history of Britain's mixed-race community.

    大象传媒 Two

  15. The Day They Tried to Close Down Merthyr

    Melanie Doel revisits the turbulent period in the 1930s when Merthyr's future was in doubt

    大象传媒 Radio Wales

  16. Ceramics: A Fragile History

    Three-part series looking at the history of pottery in Britain

    大象传媒 Four

  17. The Art of Monarchy

    Will Gompertz examines objects in the Royal Collection that define the British monarchy.

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  18. Shakespeare's Restless World

    Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories 20 objects tell us about Shakespeare's world.

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  19. The Freedom Trail

    Edward Stourton walks the most dangerous WWII escape route over the Pyrenees

    大象传媒 Radio 4

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  20. The Manor Reborn

    A team of historians and experts reinterpret 500-year-old Avebury Manor in Wiltshire.

    大象传媒 One

  21. The Last Explorers

    Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration

    大象传媒 One Scotland

  22. The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office

    Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  23. Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

    Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the history of Jerusalem

    大象传媒 Four

  24. The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office

    Omnibus edition. Dominic Sandbrook charts the development of the post office

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  25. How New Is the New Philanthropy?

    Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain

    大象传媒 Radio 4

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  26. Black Is a Country

    Exploring the underground music generated by the Black Power and Black Arts movements

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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  27. One of Hitler's Mistakes

    81-year-old Mady Gerrard recounts growing up as a teenage Jew in Hungary during the war

    大象传媒 Radio Wales

  28. Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    Unlocking the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings

    大象传媒 Four

  29. To Strive and Seek

    Sara Wheeler studies the men on Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova polar expedition

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  30. King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy

    A two-part portrait of Elizabeth II's grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary.

    大象传媒 Two

  31. Sport and the British

    Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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  32. The Crusades

    Dr Thomas Asbridge re-examines the story of the Crusades

    大象传媒 Two

  33. Sport and the British: Omnibus

    Clare Balding charts how sport has shaped the British and how Britain has shaped sport

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  34. Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

    Fred Dibnah travels cross-country to reveal how steam engines powered British industry.

    大象传媒 Two

  35. Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War

    A look at how wars are really fought - in the backroom of military planning

    大象传媒 Four

  36. The Nile

    Edward Stourton explores the impact of the famous river on the people of Egypt

    大象传媒 Radio 4

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  37. The Diamond Queen

    Andrew Marr presents three films looking at the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II

    大象传媒 One

  38. Singapore 1942: End of Empire

    The story of the fall of Singapore in 1942

    大象传媒 Two

  39. Versailles

    The story of the rise and fall of one of Europe's most splendid palaces.

    大象传媒 Two

  40. The Real Patron Saints

    Ian Hislop delves into the history of the patron saints of Britain and Ireland

    大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  41. Britain's Heritage Heroes

    Series celebrating the people dedicated to maintaining Britain's rich history.

    大象传媒 Two

  42. Be' 'Di'r Hanes

    Rhun ap Iorwerth yn dod a hanes Cymru yn fyw. The history of Wales.

    大象传媒 Radio Cymru

  43. Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture

    Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture

    大象传媒 Two

  44. Alvin Hall in The Bonfire of the Vanities

    Alvin Hall compares the New York of Tom Wolfe's scathing 1980s satire with that of today

    大象传媒 Radio 4

  45. She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

    Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power.

    大象传媒 Four

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  46. A History of the Titanic in 30 Pieces

    The stories of objects with links to the Titanic

    大象传媒 One Northern Ireland

  47. How God Made the English

    Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English.

    大象传媒 Two

  48. The 1952 Show

    Len Goodman takes a look at one of the most exciting decades in our history.

    大象传媒 One

  49. Metalworks!

    Series looking at three aspects of British metalworking over the centuries.

    大象传媒 Four

  50. British Isles: A Natural History

    Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme.

    大象传媒 One

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