Docu-drama by Stephen Kennedy, charting the events of Monday 8 December 1980, the day on which John Lennon was shot dead in New York. Narrated by Ian Hart. Show more
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Drama-documentary charting the possible consequences of one of nature's most cataclysmic events, a supervolcanic eruption under Yellowstone Park, a location of lethal potential. Show more
Writing the Century - Omnibus
The Camel Hospital
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Sara Wilson was a V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse posted to Egypt in January 1918. The drama charts her journey to a desert hospital where she discovers love and death. Show more
Cymry ar Brawf
Episode 3
30 o funudau
First broadcast: on BBC Radio CymruLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Cymru
Drama ddogfen gyda Betsan Powys yn edrych nôl ar y cwest a ddilynodd Streic Rheilffyrdd Llanelli ym 1911. Drama documentary looking back at the Llanelli Railway Strike of 1911.
Documentary-drama presenting a kaleidoscopic, impressionistic picture of the life and loves of the great artist. Produced to commemorate the centenary of Van Gogh’s death.
D-Day to Berlin
Episode 1: The Struggle to Break Out
10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales
Drama-documentary narrated by Sean Bean about the decisive struggle 60 years ago to break out of the D-Day beachhead and defeat Hitler's Third Reich. Show more
D-Day to Berlin
Episode 2: Allies at War
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland
Drama-documentary about the struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. By the end of August 1944, Hitler's armies were in headlong retreat to the borders of the Reich. Show more
D-Day to Berlin
Episode 3: The Dream That Died
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland
Drama-documentary about the struggle to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. With British and American armies poised to cross the Rhine, victory seemed certain. Show more
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 8
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Stern holds a press conference to launch the scoop, but farce ensues when the diaries are declared fake. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Cymry ar Brawf
Episode 2
40 o funudau
First broadcast: on BBC Radio CymruLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Cymru
Drama ddogfen gyda Betsan Powys yn edrych nôl ar achos llys Byddin Rhyddid Cymru ym 1969. Drama documentary with Betsan Powys looking back at the Free Wales Army trial in 1969.
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
True story of the most sensational publishing fraud in history - the forging of Adolf Hitler's diaries. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Versailles
Episode 2: The Palace of Pleasure
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Drama documentary. A costumed romp through the reign of Louis XV, one of history's greatest libertines. A saga of sex, war, torture, gluttony and some truly astonishing wigs. Show more
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Buying a yacht once owned by Hermann Goering, Gerd Heidemann discovers the existence of a Hitler diary. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 3
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Discovering that a set of Hitler's diaries exist, reporter Gerd Heidemann tracks down the mysterious supplier. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 4
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
While Heidemann is on the trail of Hitler's diaries, Jan Hensmann lets the Stern editors into a secret. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Robert Harris - Selling Hitler
Episode 5
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Despite Stern magazine trying to keep the diary scoop a secret, word gets out, intriguing an historian. Read by Nigel Anthony.
Versailles
Episode 3: Countdown to Revolution
49 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD
Drama documentary. The French people are starving, but the aristocracy is too busy partying inside the gilded palace of Versailles to take much notice. Show more
Cymry ar Brawf
Episode 1
28 o funudau
First broadcast: on BBC Radio CymruLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Cymru
Drama ddogfen gyda Betsan Powys yn edrych nôl ar achos llys enwocaf y Tarw Scotch ym 1835. Drama documentary with Betsan Powys looking back at the 1835 case of the Scotch Cattle.
Docudrama recreating Operation Pied Piper, the name given to the mass evacuation of three million children at the start of World War II. Includes personal stories from evacuees. Show more
Writing the Century - Omnibus
The Iron Curtain
1 hour, 10 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Nell Leyshon's drama inspired by the letters and diaries of Paula Kirby, who went to teach English in East Germany in the 1980s.