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Popular history series where the past connects with the present.

Making History: 08/03/2011

08/03/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Making History, 08/03/2011

Helen Castor presents the popular history magazine.

Helen Castor presents the popular history programme in which listeners share their ideas and questions with some of the world's leading historians.

Historian Helen Castor presents the programme that connects people with the past.

Today, a poem found amongst the personal papers of a listener's father reveals world-wide admiration for an Italian fascist whose death raises questions about his relationship with Mussolini.

Fiona Watson heads for a deserted Scottish island to uncover the 7th century equivalent of photo-journalism.
Tom Holland marks the 250th anniversary of the bloodiest riot outside of London in the 18th century.

And a listener's photograph of her father in the First World War brings to life the moment when motorised horsepower took over from the real thing. 

Presenter: Helen Castor 

Producer: Nick Patrick
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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