Episodes from Making History broadcast in 2009

Vanessa Collingridge investigates the life and times of Hildegard von Bingen.

Investigating the impact of racial segregation in the US armed forces in Britain in WWII.

Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.

Are some green lanes and place names in southern England a reminder of a Welsh invasion?

Residents of Mildenhall remember the aviators who took part in an air race in 1934.

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.

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.

Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.

One of the surviving members of the British whaling fleet recalls life on South Georgia.

Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.

Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.

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?