Ruth explores the losses which Darwin experienced in his life and their effect on h...
Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the threat of extinction.
Czechoslovakia's first non-communist majority government in 41 years is sworn in.
Ruth Padel explores the way in which Darwin learned to become a writer.
The forced repatriation of the Vietnamese Boat People begins.
US secretary of state James Baker meets East Germany's de facto leader Hans Modrow.
President FW de Klerk meets with Nelson Mandela.
Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge and East Germany elects a new lea...
Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs.
Katie Hickman reveals how foreign menus were a challenge for some diplomatic women.
Gwrthryfelwyr Cymreig ar hyd y canrifoedd. Welsh rebels over the centuries.
The climbers who stopped short of the top of one of the world's highest mountains.
Katie Hickman reveals how the British diplomats' wives coped with medical matters a...
On 11 December 1945 the so-called 'Beast of Belsen' was executed for war crimes.
Comedian Susan Morrison investigates a 1775 guide to women in the sex trade.
Events 100 years ago in the Highlands.
Rhaglen gylchgrawn ar fyd nature. Nature programme with music and chat.
Cherrie McIlwaine presents the programme for keen gardeners.
Gardening phone-in offering horticultural advice and tips from a panel of experts.