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HISTORY MISSED A PROGRAMME? Go to the Listen Again page LISTEN TO THE LATEST PROGRAMMES Amongst the Medici LISTEN Animals' VC, The LISTEN At War with Wellington August 1945 LISTEN Boney's Revenge LISTEN Comp LISTEN Do You Know What You're Saying? LISTEN Hungary '56 LISTEN Hungary's Unfinished Business LISTEN In Living Memory 1102-1130, Wednesday LISTEN In Our Time LISTEN Long View, The 0900-0930, Tuesday 2130-2200, Tuesday LISTEN Making History 1500-1530, Tuesday LISTEN Myth or Reality? 1968 March-August, 2008 Nineteen Sixty-Eight: Myth or Reality? March-August, 2008 Nineteen Sixty-Eight: Year of Revolutions LISTEN Rivers of Blood - the Real Source LISTEN Stand at East LISTEN Things We Forgot to Remember 2000-2030, Monday LISTEN Trafalgar Trail LISTEN UK Theme, The LISTEN Viking Way, The LISTEN Year of Revolutions: 1968 LISTEN CURRENTLY OFF AIR America, Empire of Liberty Day-by-Day: 1968 Document Empire Great Lives Invention of Childhood, The Nineteen Sixty-Eight: Day-by-Day Reunion, The This Sceptred Isle: Empire Tracing your Roots IN OUR TIME Thursday 9.00-9.45am, rpt 9.30-10.00pm.   Latest: Great Reform Act of 1832. Listen again online or download the latest edition as an mp3 file. MAKING HISTORY Tuesdays 3.00 - 3.30pm   Vanessa Collingridge and the team answer listeners' historical queries. Listen again online or send in your questions. THE LONG VIEW Tuesday 9.00-9.30am, rpt 9.30pm Jonathan Freedland looks for the past behind the present. THE THINGS WE FORGOT TO REMEMBER Monday 8.00 - 8.30pm   Michael Portillo looks at how some moments in history often conceal other significant happenings. Go to Open2.net for more information IN LIVING MEMORY Wednesday 11.00am -11.30am   Radio 4's oral history series returns for a new series. Find out more GREAT LIVES The series has now ended. Matthew Parris presents Radio 4's biographical series. Listen again or podcast the latest edition TRACING YOUR ROOTS The series has now ended. Tracing your roots helps put branches on your family tree. DOCUMENT The series has now ended.   Mike Thomson investigates a historical document. Latest: The Doomesday Document Listen again online and view picture galleries 1968 MYTH or REALITY? The series has ended   A season of programmes to mark the 40th anniversary of a momentous year. AT WAR WITH WELLINGTON The series has now ended Peter and Dan Snow present as guide to the Peninsular War More information and special videos SIR CHARLES WHEELER SEASON 21 to 25 July 2008   A retrospective season on Radio 4 to celebrate the work of the Sir Charles Wheeler. available online for 21 days after broadcast. . THIS SCEPTRED ISLE This Sceptred Isle tells the story of Britain over 2000 years. Find out about more about the Suez crisis of 1956 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE: EMPIRE The series has now ended   A 90 part history of the British Empire Read historical overviews, profiles, unusal facts and explore the Empire interactive timeline. THE ANIMALS' VC The series has now ended   Dylan Winter looks at the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Find out more information and listen again online. CHINA ON A PLATE The series has now ended. Lars Tharp explores the Chinese porcelain industry and the link to Britain THE INVENTION OF CHILDHOOD The series has now ended. A chance to listen again during Christmas. Michael Morpurgo presents a narrative history series exploring British childhood in 6 one hour episodes. 1956: HUNGARY AND SUEZ The series has now ended   A season of programmes reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising and Suez crisis of 1956. Listen again online MAPPING THE TOWN The series has now ended. Mapping the Town uncovers the history of a town through the geographical clues. ROUTES OF ENGLISH SPECIAL   Melvyn Bragg returned with a Routes of English special: Do you know what you're saying?How is computing and science affecting English? Listen again to the programme online. LISTEN TO THE UK THEME Available from Friday 21 April 2006   The UK Theme has found a new home on the Radio 4 website Follow this link to go to the UK Theme page. THE POETRY OF HISTORY The series has now ended. Jonathan Bate presents a series which examines historical events through the poetry they inspired. Listen again online for 7 days. AMONGST THE MEDICI The series has ended but you can listen again online   Bettany Hughes begins a three part re-evaluation of one of the Medici family from the Renaissance. Listen again online THE VIKING WAY The series has now ended  David Aaaronovitch explores the world of the Vikings Listen again to entire series online or view the Viking image gallery. Comp The series has now ended.   Evan Davis presents a major four-part series for BBC Radio 4 about the history of the comprehensive school. THE REUNION The series has now ended Sue MacGregor meets groups of people who have lived through an important moment in recent history. Find out more STAND AT EAST The series has ended.   Sir Mark Tully presents a unique testimony of the Indian Army. Audio Help CLASSIC HISTORY: D-DAY PROGRAMMES Radio 4 got to the heart of D-Day through a mixture of documentaries, epic dramas and lively discussions. 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