Most popular History programmes on BBC Radio 7 2009-12-09T05:42:14Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_7/factual/history/popular BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpnz 2009-12-09T04:55:04Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpnz/Daughters_of_Britannia_At_Home_Abroad/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpnz_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: At Home Abroad" /> </a> </p> <p> Katie Hickman tells how British diplomats' wives were advised to deal with their servants. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpms 2009-12-08T04:51:01Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpms/Daughters_of_Britannia_Husbands_and_Wives/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpms_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: Husbands and Wives" /> </a> </p> <p> Looking at how the women would meet the needs of their partner and the Foreign Office. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpl6 2009-12-03T04:54:37Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpl6/Daughters_of_Britannia_Playing_by_the_Rules/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpl6_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: Playing by the Rules" /> </a> </p> <p> From quarrelsome fundraising to being affable to bores. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jpm7 2009-12-05T04:49:46Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jpm7/Daughters_of_Britannia_Painting_on_the_Smiles/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jpm7_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: Painting on the Smiles" /> </a> </p> <p> Katie Hickman reveals how being on show wasn't all fun for diplomatic women. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b007jplq 2009-12-04T04:51:59Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jplq/Daughters_of_Britannia_Getting_to_Know_the_Country/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b007jplq_150_84.jpg" alt="Daughters of Britannia: Getting to Know the Country" /> </a> </p> <p> Katie Hickman reveals how some diplomatic women relished their destination. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ctt4x 2009-12-03T05:12:00Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ctt4x/Men_of_Stone_Series_1_The_Choice_of_the_Professionals/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ctt4x_150_84.jpg" alt="Men of Stone: Series 1: The Choice of the Professionals" /> </a> </p> <p> From Jones to Parry via Wren and Lutyens - Julian Richards on Portland Stone in Dorset. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00cv175 2009-12-04T05:08:20Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cv175/Men_of_Stone_Series_1_Island_Life_Then/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00cv175_150_84.jpg" alt="Men of Stone: Series 1: Island Life Then" /> </a> </p> <p> Uncovering some of Portland's social history, from pregnant brides to taboo mammals. </p>