A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own words from the BBC archive.
Presents the history of the Twentieth Century, based on contemporary accounts of events as they happened, using BBC Archives. Presented in 10 episodes as a unique oral history. One for each decade...
With only bare hands and crude tools, they sank shafts, built underground railroads, forged passports, drew maps, faked weapons, and tailored uniforms and clothes. A split-second operation as delic...
Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, Antinia Fraser unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot.
Winner of a Bronze Award at the Spoken Word Awards 2003 Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed...
The "isle of poets and scholars" has known almost constant warfare for centuries. In 1920, it was divided into North and South; yet this purely political solution left a religious and cultural schi...
Here is a history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during perhaps the greatest crisis of modern times.
Churchill's resonant prose...
Throughout her vivid life, Elizabeth I was the centre of a complicated web of political intrigue that made up the Elizabethan constitution. Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the...
The reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen huge changes in the lifestyle and expectations of peoples and nations. She has proved to be the constitutional monarch par excellence - while primarily a...
By the end of World War I, Britain had promised control of Palestine to both Arabs and Jews. Each of these peoples claimed a longstanding right to the same piece of land, and violence was inevitabl...
Winchester, hit by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the distant islands that are all that remains of what made Britain great...
Alfred and Uhtred make an unlikely allies, yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them to where the Saxon army will fight for the very existence of Britain...
Of all Jane Austin's books Pride and Prejudice has earned a special place in the hearts of the reading public as her best-loved and most intimately known novel.
In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including women's dress, propriety, and beauty aids, with ad...
The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey
Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
Lee's history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution...
Edition 7 covers George III succession, the potent political instability as well as the incredibly important ideological changes that were underway in the period of study.
Using a range of contemporary documents, this is an informative, engaging and fascinating insight into the rise - and eventual fall - of the British Empire.
The Twentieth Century, continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful country that stands on the brink of the millennium.
The story Antonia Fraser tells is romantic and cruel, funny and sad, dramatic and enthralling. Henry's wives emerge not simply as appendages to their husband, but as intriguing individuals.
The legend is that Americans think of the English as wearing bowler hats, reading The Times, drinking tea, and addressing each other as "old boy".
If this legend still...
Titanic is a unique record of one of the most traumatic events in maritime history. Not only does Colonel Gracie describe his own experience on that fateful night but the stories of as many other survivors as he could track down. He also attended a court hearing to obtain the official record....
Liza Picard shows us the physical reality of daily life. She takes us to schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries and records the events of the reign of Victoria...
