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Factual: History (132 programmes)
96 programmes available now and 36 coming up. For more, try the A to Z.
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1989: Day by Day
20th November 1989
Listen now (4 minutes)
Available since yesterday with 7 days left.
In Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu receives 67 standing ovations during a six-hour speech.
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1989: Day by Day
19th November 1989
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Available since Thursday with 6 days left.
London ambulance workers continue their strike; New Kids on the Block reach number one.
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The Eureka Years
Series 4, 1650: Coffee, Cosmology and the Civil War
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Available since Wednesday with 5 days left.
1/4. The first coffeehouse opens in Oxford and signals the beginning of a new age of reason.
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The Cases That Changed Our World
Episode 3
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Available since Wednesday with 5 days left.
3/4. The case of a young farm labourer who shot his wife dead with a sawn-off gun in 1934.
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1989: Day by Day
18th November 1989
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Available since Wednesday with 5 days left.
In Prague, rumours spread that the police have killed a Czech student.
91 more programmes available now. For more, try the A to Z.
Coming up
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Today, 16:56
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Tomorrow, 05:45
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Tomorrow, 16:56
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Tomorrow, 23:00
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Monday, 09:45
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