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Anniversary Cornucopia

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Last broadcast on Sun, 12 Feb 2012, 08:50 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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Awareness of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens may be widespread but fewer may know 2012 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the death of the only British prime minister to be assassinated.

Producer: Sheila Cook.

POINT OF VIEW: WHY 2012 IS A YEAR TO REMEMBER

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee festivities this summer marks one of a number of noble commemorations this year, says historian David Cannadine.

Read David Cannadine's article on BBC News website.

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  1. Fri 10 Feb 2012
    20:50
  2. Sun 12 Feb 2012
    08:50

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