January 3, 1984 • 50m
In May 1945, British soldiers near the Austrian border town of Klagenfurt handed over 26,000 Yugoslav anti-Communist refugees to T...Read more
January 11, 1984 • 50m
PREVENTING THE THIRD WORLD WAR: 1984 opens amid the greatest fears of international tension and nuclear holocaust since the Cold W...Read more
January 31, 1984 • 50m
THE LAST FÜHRER: Among the Nazi war leaders tried at Nuremberg, Hitler's successor Admiral Doenitz received the lightest sentence ...Read more
March 6, 1984 • 50m
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: A meeting with the man who met the men who charged with the Light Brigade. Now aged 97, he has de...Read more
April 3, 1984 • 50m
SEX AND THE VICTORIANS: Did Victorian wives really 'lie back and think of England'? New research suggests they enjoyed a far more ...Read more
May 1, 1984 • 50m
THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION: In 1924, 28 million people visited the last of the great imperial exhibitions at Wembley - now it i...Read more
May 8, 1984 • 1h
THE CASE FOR KING WILLIAM: Why did William of Normandy believe the Crown of England was his right? What do we know of the barons w...Read more
June 6, 1984 • 1h
Two names that shaped Britain in two World Wars. SECRETS OF THE KAISER: The private papers of Germany's last Emperor, Kaiser Wilh...Read more
July 10, 1984 • 1h
SIR WALTER RALEIGH: In North Carolina they are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first settlement in North America. Colonis...Read more
August 7, 1984 • 1h
ELECTION 1784: It was the first modern General Election. Two parties, two national leaders - the King versus Parliament. With a co...Read more
September 5, 1984 • 55m
THE FIRST FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS: How new is soccer violence? Christopher Andrew uncovers new evidence that pitch invasions, mob riots...Read more
October 3, 1984 • 50m
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: How true are historical novels? Gore Vidal's 'Lincoln' draws the political battlefield in Washington during the A...Read more
November 7, 1984 • 50m
THE LAST UPRISING: In 1839, 7,000 Welsh miners and ironworkers marched on Newport to demand their democratic rights. The result wa...Read more
December 5, 1984 • 50m
NELSON: Heroes inevitably suffer at the hands of those who worship them, few more so than one of the most popular of all, Nelson. ...Read more