Factual: History A to Z

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(117 programmes available now on BBC iPlayer)

  1. A Brief History of Mathematics

    Professor Marcus du Sautoy reveals the personalities behind the calculations

  2. A History of the Brain

    Dr Geoff Bunn journeys through 5,000 years of human understanding of the brain

  3. A History of the World in 100 Objects

    Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

  4. A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus

    The British Museum's Neil MacGregor tells A History of the World in 100 Objects.

  5. A History of the World Special

    The story of the portrait of a private soldier's sweetheart, painted for him in Auschwitz.

  6. A Voyage on Livingstone's Lake

    The story of the MV Ilala, a 60-year-old boat still in use in Malawi and Mozambique.

  7. After The Dictators

    With Gaddafi dead, Owen Bennett-Jones explores what happens after dictators fall

  8. America, Empire of Liberty

    Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds

  9. Andy Gall

    Join Andy Gall on BBC Radio Northampton.

  10. Assignment

    Investigations and journeys into the heart of global events from BBC correspondents

  11. Bach's Choir

    Stephen Evans traces the 800-year history of the boys' choir of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig

  12. Bosphorus

    Edward Stourton explores the life and history of the Bosphorus

  13. Boundaries of Blood

    How does the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971, which created Bangladesh, still resonate today?

  14. Britain's Sputnik

    Roland Pease recalls ZETA, a nuclear energy project unveiled in 1958 by British scientists

  15. Ceud Bliadhna

    Series looking back at Highland news over the last century.

  16. Churchill's Roar

    Melvyn Bragg presents a celebration of the remarkable language of Sir Winston Churchill.

  17. Coming Home

    Charles Wheeler presents personal interpretations about the end of the Second World War.

  18. Cosmic Quest

    Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy

  19. Dead Sea Scrolls Revisited

    Roger Bolton reassesses one of the world's great archaeological discoveries

  20. Defining The Decade

    Edward Stourton tries to make sense of the past decade

  21. Democracy on Trial

    Michael Portillo examines the development of democracy over 2,500 years

  22. Discovery of England

    Jonathan Bate explores how Elizabethan culture has shaped our image of England.

  23. Document

    Historical investigation programme, taking a document as a starting point

  24. Domesday Reloaded - Me and My Square

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

  25. Domesday Reloaded: How Britain Has Changed

    Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed.

  26. Elizabethan Subjects

    Dr Justin Champion examines the life and times of Elizabeth I's more unusual subjects.

  27. England's Final Colony

    Author Jan Morris and award-winning poet Twm Morys mark the Queen's diamond jubilee

  28. Extinct!

    Adam Rutherford presents a three-part series on extinction

  29. Fascinating Deaths

    Series investigating the deaths of various creatures

  30. Forbidden Families

    Bettany Hughes tells the stories of women denied their families by the march of history

  31. France's Forgotten Concentration Camps

    Investigating the concentration camps set up in France to hold Spanish Civil War refugees.

  32. From Dunkirk to D-Day

    Charles Wheeler analyses the Allies' resurgence in 1944 from their nadir in 1940/41

  33. From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting

    Robert Elms charts the history, ideology and culture of squatting.

  34. Genius Unrecognised

    Tony Hill looks at the genesis of five inventions that define our world today

  35. Good King George

    Simon Heffer re-evaluates the reign of George V.

  36. Hearts and Minds

    Nick Fraser considers the role of intellectuals in relation to world events and conflicts

  37. Hidden Henry

    Piortraits of unknown, intimate and surprising aspects of Henry VIII's character

  38. History Zone

    A fascinating selection of archive programmes celebrating Scotland's past.

  39. How Did We Get Here...? Egypt

    Stephen Sackur uncovers the history behind the upheavals in Egypt.

  40. How Dolly Got Rotherham Reading

    Sarfraz Manzoor meets Dolly Parton to discover her 'Imagination Library'.

  41. How New Is the New Philanthropy?

    Hugh Cunningham presents a history of philanthropic giving in Britain

  42. Human Kind

    Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.

  43. Hunting Haydn's Head

    Simon Townley tells the story of the theft of the skull of composer Joseph Haydn.

  44. Hurricane Rash

    Dr Kevin Fong looks at the birth of modern plastic surgery during World War II.

  45. Images That Changed The World

    Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging

  46. In Living Memory

    Series examining contemporary history

  47. In Our Time

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas

  48. Inside the Academie Francaise

    Agnes Poirier explores the role of the body which protects the French language.

  49. Iran: A Revolutionary State

    John Tusa chronicles the making of modern Iran

  50. Ken Snowdon

    Ken presents the hits and local history from three years gone by.

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