Making History
First broadcast from 19981106 to 20100223.
Roger Wilkes (series 1) / Sue Cook (series 2 onwards) helps listeners to uncover personal historical mysteries, whether a dark rumour about a great aunt, a strange hole in the garden or a curio on the mantlepiece. Plus advice on how to go about your own investigations.
262 episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | 19981106 | |
| 01 | 02 | 19981113 | Roger Wilkes is on a personal historical trail with a listener. Plus advice on how to go about your own investigations. |
| 01 | 03 | 19981120 | |
| 01 | 04 | 19981127 | |
| 01 | 05 | 19981204 | |
| 01 | 06 | 19981211 | |
| 01 | 07 | 19981218 | |
| 02 | 01 | 19990319 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of your historical mysteries, meets the people who are making history themselves and gets the best advice on how to conduct your own research. |
| 02 | 02 | 19990326 | |
| 02 | 04 | 19990409 | |
| 02 | 05 | 19990416 | |
| 02 | 06 | 19990423 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, meets the people who are making history themselves and gets the best advice on how to conduct your own research. |
| 02 | 07 | 19990430 | |
| 02 | 08 | 19990507 | |
| 02 | 09 | 19990514 | |
| 02 | 10 | 19990521 | |
| 03 | 01 | 19991217 | Sue Cook returns with the series that gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 03 | 02 | 20000107 | Sue Cook presents the series that gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 03 | 03 | 20000114 | |
| 03 | 04 | 20000121 | |
| 03 | 05 | 20000128 | |
| 03 | 06 | 20000204 | Sue Cook presents the last in the current series that gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Today the team visits the National Railway Museum in York to explore the history of our railways. |
| 04 | 01 | 20000721 | Sue Cook presents the programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. This week, the search for an odd family link with T E Lawrence leads to the spot where he died. |
| 04 | 02 | 20000728 | Sue Cook presents the programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. This week a listener from the New Forest leads the team back 900 years to the death of William Rufus and asks whether this was a tragic accident or cold-blooded murder. |
| 04 | 03 | 20000804 | Sue Cook presents the programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. This week, a listener's search for Scottish ancestors leads to an analysis of the Highland Clearances. |
| 04 | 04 | 20000811 | Sue Cook presents the programme that examines listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. |
| 04 | 05 | 20000818 | Sue Cook presents the programme that investigates listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. |
| 04 | 06 | 20000825 | Sue Cook presents the last in the current series that investigates listeners' historical queries, exploring avenues of research and uncovering mysteries. |
| 05 | 01 | 20010105 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 05 | 02 | 20010112 | |
| 05 | 03 | 20010119 | |
| 05 | 04 | 20010126 | |
| 05 | 05 | 20010202 | |
| 05 | 06 | 20010209 | |
| 06 | 01 | 20010424 | |
| 06 | 02 | 20010501 | |
| 06 | 03 | 20010508 | |
| 06 | 04 | 20010515 | |
| 06 | 05 | 20010522 | |
| 06 | 06 | 20010529 | |
| 06 | 07 | 20010605 | |
| 06 | 08 | 20010612 | |
| 06 | 09 | 20010619 | |
| 06 | 10 | 20010626 | |
| 06 | 11 | 20010703 | |
| 06 | 12 | 20010710 | |
| 07 | 01 | 20011009 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 07 | 02 | 20011016 | |
| 07 | 03 | 20011023 | |
| 07 | 04 | 20011030 | |
| 07 | 05 | 20011106 | |
| 07 | 06 | 20011113 | |
| 07 | 07 | 20011120 | |
| 07 | 08 | 20011127 | |
| 07 | 09 | 20011204 | |
| 07 | 10 | 20011211 | |
| 07 | 11 | 20011218 | |
| 07 | 12 | 20011231 | |
| 08 | 01 | 20020402 | |
| 08 | 02 | 20020409 | |
| 08 | 03 | 20020416 | |
| 08 | 04 | 20020423 | |
| 08 | 05 | 20020430 | |
| 08 | 06 | 20020507 | |
| 08 | 07 | 20020514 | |
| 08 | 08 | 20020521 | |
| 08 | 09 | 20020528 | |
| 08 | 10 | 20020604 | |
| 08 | 11 | 20020611 | |
| 08 | 12 | 20020618 | |
| 08 | 13 | 20020625 | |
| 09 | 01 | 20021001 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 02 | 20021008 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 03 | 20021015 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 04 | 20021022 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 05 | 20021029 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 06 | 20021105 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 07 | 20021112 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 08 | 20021119 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 09 | 20021126 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 10 | 20021203 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 11 | 20021210 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 09 | 12 | 20021217 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 10 | 01 | 20030401 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 02 | 20030408 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 03 | 20030415 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 04 | 20030422 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 05 | 20030429 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 06 | 20030506 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 07 | 20030513 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 08 | 20030520 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 09 | 20030527 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 10 | 20030603 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 11 | 20030610 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 12 | 20030617 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 10 | 13 | 20030624 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 01 | 20030930 | |
| 11 | 02 | 20031007 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 03 | 20031014 | |
| 11 | 04 | 20031021 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 05 | 20031028 | |
| 11 | 06 | 20031104 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 07 | 20031111 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 08 | 20031118 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 09 | 20031125 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 11 | 10 | 20031202 | |
| 11 | 11 | 20031209 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 12 | 20031216 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 11 | 13 | 20031223 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 01 | 20040406 | Sue Cook returns to look into another batch of listeners' history queries, uncovering mysteries, and re-interpreting the misunderstood. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listeners' query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 02 | 20040413 | Sue Cook returns to look into another batch of listeners' history queries, uncovering mysteries, and re-interpreting the misunderstood. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listeners' query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 03 | 20040420 | Sue Cook returns to look into another batch of listeners' history queries, uncovering mysteries, and re-interpreting the misunderstood. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listeners' query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 04 | 20040427 | 4/13. Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 05 | 20040504 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 06 | 20040511 | |
| 12 | 07 | 20040518 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 08 | 20040525 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 09 | 20040615 | |
| 12 | 10 | 20040622 | |
| 12 | 11 | 20040629 | 11/13. Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 12 | 12 | 20040706 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 12 | 13 | 20040713 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 01 | 20041019 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 02 | 20041026 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 03 | 20041102 | Sue Cook looks into another batch of listeners' history queries, uncovering mysteries, and re-interpreting the past. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listeners' query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to: Making History PO Box 3096 Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 04 | 20041109 | Sue Cook looks into another batch of listeners' history queries, uncovering mysteries, and re-interpreting the past. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listeners' query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to: Making History PO Box 3096 Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 05 | 20041116 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 06 | 20041123 | |
| 13 | 07 | 20041130 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 13 | 08 | 20041207 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 09 | 20041214 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 10 | 20041221 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 11 | 20041228 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. |
| 13 | 12 | 20050104 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 13 | 13 | 20050111 | |
| 14 | 01 | 20050419 | Today, a listener's family link with one of the founding fathers of the ANC, and the human story behind the partition of India. If there is a local legend, a quirk of history, a family curiosity or architectural oddity that has you puzzled, or if you can help with another listener's query, then contact Sue and the Making History team. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 14 | 02 | 20050426 | Today, Dilly Barlow visits the Big Pit in Blaenavon. |
| 14 | 03 | 20050503 | Today, listeners review the Coventry Transport Museum, one of the finalists in this year's Gulbenkian Museum Awards. |
| 14 | 04 | 20050510 | |
| 14 | 05 | 20050517 | |
| 14 | 06 | 20050524 | |
| 14 | 07 | 20050531 | |
| 14 | 08 | 20050607 | |
| 14 | 09 | 20050614 | |
| 14 | 10 | 20050621 | |
| 14 | 11 | 20050628 | |
| 14 | 12 | 20050705 | |
| 14 | 13 | 20050712 | |
| 15 | 01 | 20051025 | |
| 15 | 02 | 20051108 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 15 | 03 | 20051115 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 15 | 04 | 20051122 | |
| 15 | 05 | 20051129 | |
| 15 | 06 | 20051206 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 15 | 07 | 20051213 | |
| 15 | 08 | 20051220 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 15 | 09 | 20051227 | |
| 15 | 10 | 20060103 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 15 | 11 | 20060110 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 01 | 20060418 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 02 | 20060425 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 03 | 20060502 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 04 | 20060509 | |
| 16 | 05 | 20060516 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 06 | 20060523 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 07 | 20060530 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 08 | 20060606 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 09 | 20060613 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 10 | 20060620 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 11 | 20060627 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 12 | 20060704 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 16 | 13 | 20060711 | Sue Cook gets to the bottom of historical mysteries, local legends, family curiosities and architectural oddities. Write to Making History, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL. |
| 17 | 01 | 20061017 | |
| 17 | 02 | 20061024 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 03 | 20061031 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 04 | 20061107 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 05 | 20061114 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 06 | 20061121 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400 [National Rate] |
| 17 | 07 | 20061128 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 08 | 20061205 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 09 | 20061212 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 17 | 10 | 20061219 | Nick Baker presents the programme which explores ordinary people's links with the past. Listeners can write to Making History, BBC Radio 4, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1TU; Email making.history@bbc.co.uk; Telephone 08700 100 400. |
| 18 | 01 | 20070403 | Vanessa Collingridge |
| 18 | 02 | 20070410 | |
| 18 | 03 | 20070417 | |
| 18 | 04 | 20070424 | |
| 18 | 05 | 20070501 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 06 | 20070508 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 07 | 20070515 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 08 | 20070522 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 09 | 20070529 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 10 | 20070605 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 11 | 20070612 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 12 | 20070619 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 18 | 13 LAST | 20070626 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 01 | 20071002 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 02 | 20071009 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 03 | 20071016 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 04 | 20071023 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 05 | 20071030 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 06 | 20071106 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 07 | 20071113 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 08 | 20071120 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 09 | 20071127 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 10 | 20071204 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 11 | 20071211 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 19 | 12 | 20071218 | |
| 19 | 13 LAST | 20071225 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 01 | 20080401 | Writer Alison Weir gives some guidance to a Midland re-enactment troupe on the character of John Tiptoft, Renaissance man or 15th century murderer? |
| 20 | 02 | 20080408 | |
| 20 | 03 | 20080415 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 04 | 20080422 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 05 | 20080429 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 06 | 20080506 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 07 | 20080513 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 08 | 20080520 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 09 | 20080527 | |
| 20 | 10 | 20080603 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 11 | 20080610 | |
| 20 | 12 | 20080617 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 20 | 13 LAST | 20080624 | |
| 21 | 01 | 20080930 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 02 | 20081007 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 03 | 20081014 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 04 | 20081021 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 05 | 20081028 | |
| 21 | 06 | 20081104 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 07 | 20081111 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 08 | 20081118 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 09 | 20081125 | Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 19th-century attempt at a new order in Sheffield. Vanessa Collingridge investigates the story of a 19th-century attempt at a new European order in Sheffield and finds out whether the city's steel industry provided the answer to an age-old navigational problem for Britain's sailors. |
| 21 | 10 | 20081202 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 11 | 20081209 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 12 | 20081216 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 21 | 13 | 20081223 | Vanessa visits Southall, Middlesex, where listeners ask about the story of immigration from East Africa, the pre-urban landscape and the origins of the doll's house. |
| 21 | 14 LAST | 20081230 | |
| 22 | 01 | 20090407 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. Could a listener's hotel in North Wales once have been the court of the 13th-century Welsh leader Llewellyn the Great? Plus listeners caught up in the expulsions from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 revisit their personal experiences, and medicine historian Dr Elizabeth Hurren lifts the lid on the grim history of the undertaker. Could a listener's hotel in North Wales once have been the court of Llewellyn the Great? |
| 22 | 02 | 20090414 | Listener Bridget Long sets out to confirm a family story - that her late father played oboe in the premiere of a piece of work by Benjamin Britten while being held in a German POW camp. Archaeologists at the University of Liverpool reveal how they know what Britons ate before the introduction of farming. |
| 22 | 03 | 20090421 | Military historian Professor Richard Holmes explains how the militia worked in the 18th century, and Andy Cassell reports from Scotland on Britain's only private army. Historian Professor Richard Holmes explains how the militia worked in the 18th century. |
| 22 | 04 | 20090428 | Vanessa Collingridge explores ordinary people's links with the past. Professor Mark Stoyle goes in search of the Civil War dead from the bitter siege of Lyme Regis. Professor Mark Stoyle goes in search of the Civil War dead from the siege of Lyme Regis. |
| 22 | 05 | 20090505 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. Could a leaf collection in Southport provide valuable historical research for climate researchers in the future? Could a leaf collection in Southport provide valuable historical research? |
| 22 | 06 | 20090512 | How the experiences of a painter and decorator from Sale in 19th-century China reveals more about the spread of religion in that period. Plus the remarkable story of the listener who witnessed the German surrender at Monte Cassino. |
| 22 | 07 | 20090519 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. The story of John Bellingham, the only person to murder a British Prime Minister. The story of John Bellingham, the only person to murder a British Prime Minister. |
| 22 | 08 | 20090526 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 22 | 09 | 20090602 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 22 | 10 | 20090609 | One of the few surviving members of the British whaling fleet recalls life on South Georgia, and Professor Tom Williamson from the University of East Anglia reveals the rich history of a now almost lost hamlet. One of the surviving members of the British whaling fleet recalls life on South Georgia. |
| 22 | 11 | 20090616 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 22 | 12 | 20090623 | Featuring a listener's search for justice for an ancestor who was a hero during a dramatic mine rescue in 19th-century Wales. |
| 22 | 13 LAST | 20090630 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 23 | 01 | 20091006 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 23 | 02 | 20091013 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. Is the skin that binds a book in Bristol the gruesome remains of a listener's ancestor? Is the skin that binds a book in Bristol the gruesome remains of a listener's ancestor? |
| 23 | 03 | 20091020 | Vanessa Collingridge joins the residents of Mildenhall in Suffolk as they remember the early aviators who took part in an air race to Melbourne in 1934. On the coast she meets the team from the University of East Anglia that is mapping Second World War defences, and near Norwich she sees the human remains that may well shine a new light on the world of Boudicca. Residents of Mildenhall remember the aviators who took part in an air race in 1934. |
| 23 | 04 | 20091027 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. Are some green lanes and place names in southern England a reminder of an earlier Welsh invasion? Are some green lanes and place names in southern England a reminder of a Welsh invasion? |
| 23 | 05 | 20091103 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 23 | 06 | 20091110 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 23 | 07 LAST | 20091117 | Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. |
| 24 | 01 | 20100119 | Vanessa Collingridge brings together objects from around the UK that are making A History of The World, including a 9th-century bell in Northern Ireland and rosary beads found on the Mary Rose. Vanessa Collingridge brings together objects from around the UK. |
| 24 | 02 | 20100126 | Vanessa Collingridge pulls together more objects from A History of the World, including the nurse's uniform worn by one of only eight women to land with the troops on D-Day. Vanessa Collingridge pulls together more objects from A History of the World. |
| 24 | 03 | 20100202 | Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that help tell A History Of The World. Today, a writing tablet from Roman Cumbria and the original blueprint for garden suburbs. Vanessa Collingridge hears about a writing tablet from Roman Cumbria. |
| 24 | 04 | 20100209 | Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that help tell A History of The World. Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects to help tell A History Of The World |
| 24 | 05 | 20100216 | Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that help tell A History Of The World. Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects to help tell A History Of The World |
| 24 | 06 | 20100223 | Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that help tell A History of The World. Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects to help tell A History of The World |
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