January 26, 1983 • 50m
HOW DO YOU DEMOCRATISE A NAZI? On the 50th anniversary of Hitler's elevation to the chancellorship of the Third Reich Simon Winche...Read more
February 23, 1983 • 55m
In a new edition of THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, editor Robert Latham has uncovered previously unknown details of Pepys's life. THE...Read more
March 30, 1983 • 1h
THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE 1930s AND TODAY: Fifty years ago, British politics was dominated by campaigns for peace. What are the pa...Read more
April 27, 1983 • 1h
THE LOVED AND HATED KING: Richard III - hunchback murderer of the princes in the Tower, or victim of Tudor propaganda? On the 500t...Read more
June 1, 1983 • 1h
FRANCE AND THE NAZIS: Following the arrest of Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon, memories of Nazi collaboration have again returned to...Read more
June 29, 1983 • 1h
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE: During the Falklands war, the Argentinians made great capital of the last time they'd fought the Britis...Read more
July 27, 1983 • 1h
SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS: After Parliament's vote on hanging, an investigation into the history of Tyburn and the mass public executi...Read more
September 7, 1983 • 1h
A special programme devoted to the life and historical reputation of Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria. From Osborne House ...Read more
October 12, 1983 • 50m
THE BATTLE FOR MARTIN LUTHER: Martin Luther, the German priest who split the Catholic church and began the Reformation, was born 5...Read more
November 1, 1983 • 50m
BEFORE THE NATIONAL HEALTH: A remarkable newly discovered archive of silent film reveals hospital life in the 1920s and 30s. How d...Read more