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Treading the boards

Come and join us for a night at the theatre.

• 15 mins

Music everywhere

Marvel at the lengths folk will go to in order to make their music heard.

• 25 mins

Sporting endeavours

Here are some tips from the past for the optimum sporting performance.

• 16 mins

A Time Traveller's dictionary

Travel through time and enhance your vocabulary.

• 16 mins

Whatever the weather

Battles on ice, apocalyptic storms and a historical cloud craze.

• 18 mins

Historical brainteasers

Can you solve these five bite-sized brainteasers from history?

• 17 mins

Very superstitious

Etheric vampires, Roman curses, and powerful fertility symbols...

• 17 mins

Objects of desire

Take a look at some of history's finest - and weirdest - collectors' pieces.

• 18 mins

Smoke and mirrors

People, and elephants, are not always what they seem.

• 16 mins

Keeping up appearances

Get ready to face the world.

• 17 mins

Feasts, festivals and Fat Tuesdays

Cream buns, holiday parks, alcoholic dragons: who doesn't love a festival?

• 17 mins

Five objects that tell the story of the River Thames

Get your boots on and join mudlark Lara Maiklem as she discovers history in river mud.

• 19 mins

Celeb-spotting stories: four tales of musical celebs from history

Snooping through the spy glasses of history for scoops on musical celebs from the past.

• 17 mins

A whistle-stop tour of four intriguing instruments

The ear-catching stories behind four intriguing musical instruments.

• 16 mins

A quartet of musical superwomen

They mightn't be sporting spandex, but these four musical women deserve superhero status.

• 18 mins

Slave songs, pit songs, songs in dark times

Four stories of the power of music in times of hardship.

• 16 mins

Myths, legends and supernannies

Four musical adventures featuring knights, viking saints and the world's greatest nanny.

• 18 mins

Folk music and musical folk

Four folky tales of unsung heroes, bladder fiddles and communal kitchenware bashing.

• 17 mins

Lost at sea

Four salty stories of seafaring music and musicians from around the British Isles.

• 17 mins

Four glorious eccentrics

Eleanor discovers the bizarre lives of four pretty zany musicians.

• 16 mins

Music and food: a match made in heaven

Ice cream, honey and... uranium ore: four gourmet stories of music and food.

• 20 mins

Carols, carouses, and ceasefires: Christmas special

Discover the strange stories behind the music of Christmas.

• 24 mins