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Factual: History

(229 programmes in total)

  1. 1908 - The First True Olympics
  2. 1914-1918
  3. 1929: The Great Crash
  4. 1959: A Panorama Guide
  5. A History of Britain by Simon Schama
  6. A History of British Art
  7. A History of Christianity
  8. A History of Scotland
  9. A Tale of Two Britains
  10. A Tudor Feast at Christmas
  11. A Very British Olympics
  12. A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain
  13. Abdication: A Very British Coup
  14. Absolute Zero
  15. Alistair Cooke's America
  16. Alistair Cooke: Postcards from America
  17. All in a Day: The City
  18. All Our Working Lives
  19. An Islamic History of Europe
  20. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
  21. Anne Frank Remembered
  22. Armistice
  23. Art of Eternity
  24. Balmoral
  25. Black Power Salute
  26. Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry
  27. Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
  28. Bookmark
  29. Britain from Above
  30. Britain's Greatest Buildings
  31. Car Crash: The Delorean Story
  32. Car Crazy
  33. Carluccio and the Leopard
  34. Castrato
  35. Chambre Hardman and the Lost City of Liverpool
  36. Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame
  37. Charles Wheeler: JFK - Legend and Leader
  38. Charles Wheeler: Shadow over Europe
  39. Children's TV on Trial
  40. Christina: A Medieval Life
  41. Christmas Under Fire
  42. Civilisation
  43. Civilisation
  44. Clarissa and the King's Cookbook
  45. Clash of the Worlds
  46. Coal House
  47. Cobra Ferrari Wars
  48. Cold War Kids
  49. Communism and Football
  50. Conan Doyle for the Defence
  51. Crude Britannia: The Story of North Sea Oil
  52. Crusades
  53. Culloden
  54. D-Day Remembered
  55. D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special
  56. D-Day: Secret Maps
  57. D-Day: Turning the Tide
  58. Dance Britannia
  59. Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species
  60. Days that Shook the World
  61. Demob Happy: How TV Conquered Britain
  62. Diary Days
  63. Dusty Bluebells
  64. Edwardian Supersize Me
  65. Edwardian Winners and Losers
  66. Edwardians In Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
  67. Evacuees
  68. Folk America
  69. Football and Fascism
  70. Football Worlds: The Game of Their Lives
  71. France on a Plate
  72. Francesco's Venice
  73. Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History
  74. Games Britannia Available on BBC iPlayer
  75. Gladstone and Disraeli: Clash of the Titans
  76. Glamour's Golden Age
  77. Goodbye London Aerodrome
  78. Great Britons
  79. Greg Dyke on Nye Bevan
  80. Hannah Glasse: The First Domestic Goddess
  81. Happy Birthday OU: 40 Years of the Open University
  82. Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?
  83. Hidden Histories
  84. High Flyers: How Britain Took to the Air Available on BBC iPlayer
  85. Hop, Skip and Jump: The Story of Children's Play
  86. How the Celts Saved Britain
  87. How the Edwardians Spoke
  88. How to be a Good Prime Minister
  89. How to Build a Cathedral
  90. Hungary 1956: Our Revolution
  91. Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails
  92. Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys
  93. In Search of Medieval Britain
  94. In Search of Spanish Flu
  95. In Search of Speed
  96. Inside the Medieval Mind
  97. Iran and Britain
  98. Iran and the West
  99. It's Not Unusual: a Lesbian and Gay History
  100. JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future
  101. Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood
  102. Landscape Mysteries
  103. Lefties
  104. Lloyd George: The People's Champion
  105. Lost Kingdoms of Africa
  106. Luther
  107. Mapping Everest
  108. Masterpieces of the British Museum
  109. Masterpieces of the East
  110. Masterpieces of Vienna
  111. Masters and Commanders: No 10 and the Generals
  112. Mendelssohn, the Nazis and Me
  113. Merlin the Legend
  114. Michael Portillo: Digging up the Dead
  115. Michael Wood on Beowulf
  116. Michael Wood: The Story of India
  117. Morning in the Streets
  118. Mortgaged to the Yanks
  119. Mud, Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture
  120. My Family at War
  121. My Strike
  122. Nation on Film
  123. Northern Renaissance
  124. Once a Soldier
  125. One Foot in the Past
  126. Passport to Liverpool
  127. People's Century
  128. People's Century
  129. Pompeii: The Last Day
  130. Pop Britannia
  131. Prime Ministers and Press Barons
  132. Private Harry Patch
  133. Racism: A History
  134. Ready to Wear
  135. Robert Hooke: Victim of Genius
  136. Rory Bremner and the Fighting Scots
  137. Rover: The Long Goodbye
  138. Sacred Music
  139. Science and Islam
  140. Seeing Salvation
  141. Shopping for England
  142. Silbury: the Heart of the Hill
  143. Sissinghurst
  144. Sophiatown
  145. Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press
  146. Summits
  147. Sunday Schools: Reading, Writing and Redemption
  148. Switch Off Something
  149. Tales from the Front Room
  150. Tales from the Jungle
  151. Tales from...
  152. Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
  153. Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
  154. Terry Jones's Barbarians
  155. Thatcher and the Scots
  156. The 1970s Edwardian Reconstruction
  157. The Age of Excess: When Britain Went Too Far
  158. The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama
  159. The Art of Russia Available on BBC iPlayer
  160. The Art of Spain
  161. The Battle That Made Britain
  162. The Black 18th Century
  163. The Bonzos
  164. The British Enlightenment
  165. The Children Who Fought Hitler
  166. The Curse of Success: The Story of John Cleland
  167. The Dark Heart of Italy
  168. The Dead Sea Scrolls
  169. The Edwardian Family Album
  170. The End of the Beginning? Me and the 3 Day Week
  171. The Fallen: Legacy of Iraq
  172. The Gay Decade
  173. The Glencoe Massacre
  174. The Great Ossian Hoax: McCall Smith Investigates
  175. The Guernica Children
  176. The Guinea Pig Club
  177. The Hard Sell
  178. The Harlot's Handbook
  179. The Harp
  180. The History of the Curly Perm
  181. The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
  182. The Lost World of Tibet
  183. The Maharajas' Motor Car: The Story of Rolls-Royce in India
  184. The Man Who Walked Across the World
  185. The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
  186. The Miners' Strike
  187. The Mission
  188. The Moon
  189. The NHS: A Difficult Beginning
  190. The Night James Brown Saved Boston
  191. The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio
  192. The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea
  193. The Pre-Raphaelites
  194. The Protestant Revolution
  195. The Rebel Physician: Nicholas Culpeper's Fight for Medical Freedom
  196. The Rock 'n' Roll Years
  197. The Saint and the Hanged Man
  198. The Soviet Union's Last Stand
  199. The Story of Asthma Island
  200. The Third Programme: High Culture for All
  201. The Thirties in Colour
  202. The Three Lives of William Wallace
  203. The Treasures of Tutankhamun
  204. The Truth About Christmas Carols
  205. The Tsar's Last Picture Show
  206. The Twenties in Colour
  207. Thoroughly Modern...
  208. Thoroughly Modern...
  209. Timewatch
  210. Togas on TV
  211. Tom Driberg and Me: A Personal Portrait by William G Stewart
  212. Tory! Tory! Tory!
  213. Touring Britain
  214. Travels with Vasari
  215. TV's Black Pioneers
  216. Victorian Farm Available on BBC iPlayer
  217. Victorian Farm Christmas Available on BBC iPlayer
  218. Vienna: City of Dreams
  219. Voices from the Doll's House
  220. Voyages of Discovery
  221. Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes
  222. Walter Tull: Forgotten Hero
  223. War Grave
  224. We Want the Light: The Jews and German Music
  225. West End Jungle
  226. What Did You Do in the Great War, Daddy?
  227. What the Romans Did for Us
  228. Wilderness Explored
  229. Windrush

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