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Historical film TV and radio

From binge-worthy period dramas to award-winning documentaries, find out why historical movies, TV and radio programs are more popular than ever, with this series of articles, podcasts and video

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From rations to ready meals: the transformation of the nation’s diet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Selfridges: 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the department store

Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth: a ‘staggeringly authentic’ WW1 film says daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wolf Halls: take a look inside the properties where the new BBC series is filmed

BBC History Magazine

TV & radio: 4 shows you won't want to miss this week

BBC History Magazine

TV & radio: what to tune in to next week (5–11 December)

BBC History Magazine

Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

“He was so much more than that speech”: David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King in upcoming blockbuster Selma

Wolf Hall: author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors, historical accuracy and winning the Man Booker Prize. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies review: Hercules. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Mill: behind the scenes of the new series

Historian at the Movies: Belle reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Grace of Monaco reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Top 5 history programmes you can watch and listen to right now

The growing pains of BBC Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: The Book Thief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Back to the Stone Age: would you survive?

Historian at the Movies: The Monuments Men reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of ideas: Sam Willis meets Hannah Dawson

BBC History Magazine

The history of cider: Sam Willis meets Richard Stone

BBC History Magazine

Historian at the Movies: The Railway Man reviewed

Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Saving Mr. Banks reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Cold War in your living room. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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