Selection of BBC World Service Programmes

01:00 - 05:20

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Factual: History

Show: All | Current | Available on BBC iPlayer

(8 programmes from the past week and the week to come, or available now on BBC iPlayer)

  1. 1989: Day by Day Available on BBC iPlayer

    Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 years ago

  2. 1989: Day by Day Omnibus Available on BBC iPlayer

    Another chance to look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, with Sir John Tusa

  3. 1989: Simpson Returns

    BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life

  4. Darwin: My Ancestor Available on BBC iPlayer

    Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates her great great grandfather Charles Darwin

  5. Defining The Decade

    Edward Stourton tries to make sense of the past decade

  6. In Living Memory Available on BBC iPlayer

    Series examining contemporary history

  7. Protected by Faith

    John Waite investigates the work of the Vatican Secret Archives laboratory.

  8. Things We Forgot to Remember Available on BBC iPlayer

    Series examining overlooked but noteworthy historical events, with Michael Portillo

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