Most popular History Radio programmes available on BBC iPlayer 2009-11-27T19:12:04Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/categories/factual/history/radio/popular BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p298s 2009-11-26T11:29:50Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p298s/Book_of_the_Week_Family_Britain_Brisk_Buying_and_Selling/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p298s_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: Family Britain: Brisk Buying and Selling" /> </a> </p> <p> A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nywwj 2009-11-25T21:38:19Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nywwj/The_Cases_That_Changed_Our_World_Episode_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nywwj_150_84.jpg" alt="The Cases That Changed Our World: Episode 4" /> </a> </p> <p> Clive Coleman revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The Case of the Paisley Snail </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p298v 2009-11-27T10:52:36Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p298v/Book_of_the_Week_Family_Britain_A_Pretty_Mess/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p298v_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: Family Britain: A Pretty Mess" /> </a> </p> <p> An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked by the Suez crisis. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nyvcg 2009-11-27T18:50:41Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nyvcg/Night_Waves_Free_Thinking_2009_Michael_Brearley_Narcissism_and_Leadership/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nyvcg_150_84.jpg" alt="Night Waves: Free Thinking 2009: Michael Brearley: Narcissism and Leadership" /> </a> </p> <p> Psychoanalyst Michael Brearley delivers a talk about the nature of leadership. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ny9y2 2009-11-24T12:45:01Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ny9y2/1989_Restitching_the_City/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ny9y2_150_84.jpg" alt="1989: Restitching the City" /> </a> </p> <p> Rosie Goldsmith looks at how the infrastructure of Berlin was reunited after the Wall fell </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00cmb4q 2009-11-25T22:16:39Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cmb4q/The_Eureka_Years_Series_4_1893_The_Internal_Combustion_Engine/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00cmb4q_150_84.jpg" alt="The Eureka Years: Series 4: 1893 - The Internal Combustion Engine" /> </a> </p> <p> The internal combustion engine, hailed as the answer to pollution in London, is born. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nxd1x 2009-11-23T10:46:53Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nxd1x/Book_of_the_Week_Family_Britain_All_Madly_Educative/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nxd1x_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: Family Britain: All Madly Educative" /> </a> </p> <p> The Festival of Britain heralds the beginning of the end of austerity. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00p298q 2009-11-25T10:54:44Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p298q/Book_of_the_Week_Family_Britain_God_Save_Our_Queen/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00p298q_150_84.jpg" alt="Book of the Week: Family Britain: God Save Our Queen" /> </a> </p> <p> While Britain is spellbound by the Coronation, another royal soap opera is about to unfold </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nyvcj 2009-11-27T11:32:11Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nyvcj/The_Essay_Enlightenment_Voices_Mary_Wollstonecraft_Part_4/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nyvcj_150_84.jpg" alt="The Essay: Enlightenment Voices: Mary Wollstonecraft: Part 4" /> </a> </p> <p> Janet Todd traces Mary Wollstonecraft's reactions to the events of the French Revolution. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ny7nb 2009-11-27T02:43:56Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ny7nb/Document_23_11_2009/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ny7nb_150_84.jpg" alt="Document: 23/11/2009" /> </a> </p> <p> Mike Thomson investigates Britain's role during the 1970 coup in oil-rich Oman. </p>