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1 hour, 15 minutes
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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
1 hour, 10 minutes
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Nell Leyshon's drama inspired by the letters and diaries of Paula Kirby, who went to teach English in East Germany in the 1980s.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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1948: Joan Allen makes a daring solo flight back to her old haunts in Singapore. Written by Diane Samuel. Stars Honeysuckle Weeks.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Two real-life globetrotting nurses, Gwladys Hughes and Ina Crafer, swap 1920s adventure stories. Stars Sara McGaughey.
1 hour, 10 minutes
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The 20th century as seen through diaries and correspondence. Journals of farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen, starring Ralph Ineson.
15 minutes
Where Amy's sister Muriel is staying. Audrey, however, has a few words to say about Amy's attitude to her sibling.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Made for 4 Extra. Using Frank Ayliffe's 1930s diaries, a glance at the life of an aspirational milliner. Stars Bryan Dick and Sophia Di Martino.
1 hour, 10 minutes
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Writers James and Timmie Hanley send news and advice to their son Liam across 30 years. With Katherine Jakeways and Paul McGann. Show more
1 hour, 10 minutes
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Heart-warming drama based on the real-life diaries of artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts.
1 hour, 10 minutes
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Muriel Howard's memoir of her Somerset childhood and keeping secrets. Starring Scarlett Brookes and Jeany Spark.
1 hour, 10 minutes
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By Tanika Gupta. Set in 1930s Calcutta and based on letters and diary entries, this drama tells the true story of Dinesh Gupta and his resistance to British colonial rule.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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The normal life of middle-class housewife Ginette changes when she visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in 1982. Stars Pippa Haywood. Show more
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Based on the true story of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006. The drama looks at five key events from 1999 leading up to her murder.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Exploring the 20th century for real people. Dramatisation of Agnes Keith's diaries of her experience in a Japanese PoW camp.
1 hour, 10 minutes
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Christopher Green explores the recent history of Britain's gay and lesbian community. With Jonathan Coy and Adie Allen.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Made for 4 Extra. 1918 to 1921, the life and loves of Vera 'Jack' Holme - actress, suffragette and relief worker. Dramatised by Louise Ironside.
1 hour, 15 minutes
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Exploring the 20th century through the diaries and correspondence of real people, such as Yorkshire farm labourer Fred Kitchen.
