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Human Intelligence
Great Minds Don’t Think Alike. Naomi Alderman investigates brilliant thinkers.
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What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie, with special guests, discover strange-but-true stories.
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Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill
A tip-off begins an investigation into the power of facial recognition technology.
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Patriot by Alexei Navalny
The life of the fearless and inspiring Russian political leader in his own words.
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Ath-thogail Notre-Dame/Rebuilding Notre-Dame
Sgeulachd ath-thogail Notre-Dame. The story of rebuilding Notre-Dame in Paris.
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The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray
A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.
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Discovering Shetland's Past
Join Dr Val Turner as she excavates Shetland's archaeological past.
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
The shocking tale of Britain’s nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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Something to Declare
Jack Boswell explores how other cultures handle the universal problems we face at home.
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If Walls Could Talk
Explore some of NI’s best-loved buildings that have endured through the years.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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Strike
Jonny Owen tracks the impact of the miners' strike on Britain, on South Wales, and on him
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The Zelensky Story
Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.
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The Cable that Changed the World
The world’s first transatlantic cable pioneered by Ulster physicist William Thomson.
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Mystery of the Giant Birds/Dìomhaireachd nan Eun Mhora
Eòin mòra nach b’ urrainn sgèith. Carson? Giant birds that couldn’t fly. Why?
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Extreme: Muscle Men
The sweat-drenched story of the biggest steroid dealing ring to rip through 80s America.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
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Vasa: The Ghost Ship
The Vasa, the majestic Swedish galleon, sank just after setting off on her maiden voyage.
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
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D-Day 80: We Were There
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
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The Great War Interviews
A selection of original interview recordings filmed for The Great War in their entirety.
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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
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Pompeii: The New Dig
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation.
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Haiti - Descent Into Anarchy
Mike Thomson looks at Haiti's long descent into anarchy.
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Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
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Strike Boy
Mark was 10 when the miners' strike took over his life. Forty years on, he goes back.
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Three Million
The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.
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Hollywood Exiles
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
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The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth
In 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia breaks apart in the skies above America.
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Chinook: Zulu Delta 576
Two-part documentary series examining the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook helicopter crash.
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Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
Ian Hislop goes in search of the earliest examples of British comedy staples.
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Face Down: The Killing of Thomas Niedermayer
Granddaughters of a businessman abducted 50 years ago uncover the truth about his killing.
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Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle
A look at the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his creation Sherlock Holmes.
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Berlin 1933
Hitler's rise to power, told through the personal writings of those who lived through it.
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Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator
How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
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Immigration Tracks
Anne MacAlpine traces Scottish Gaelic families who made a new life in Canada a century ago
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Being Roman with Mary Beard
From a slave to an emperor, Mary Beard reveals the real people of the Roman Empire.
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The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes
A look at Nazi war crimes and the complex motives at play at the start of the Cold War.
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The Bomb
The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history
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When Hoover Sneezed...
David Hughes tells the social history of how Hoover shaped postwar Merthyr.
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