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  1. How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History

    10/10Rachel Johnson goes in search of what seems an almost vanished social type - the lady.

  2. Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: The Rise of Martial Arts in Britain

    9/10Documentary looking at Britain's long and illustrious involvement with the martial arts.

  3. Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo

    8/10How a loophole in gambling legislation led to the huge popularity of high street bingo.

  4. The Joy of (Train) Sets: The Model Railway Story

    7/10Documentary exploring the British love for model railways.

  5. When Wrestling was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies

    6/10A look back to the time when British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences.

  6. The British Army of the Rhine

    5/10The story of British servicemen who had to make Germany home in the decades after WWII.

  7. Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    4/10How iconic British marques like Jaguar and MG helped to democratise speed and glamour.

  8. Klezmer

    3/10Michael Grade narrates the story of the Jewish folk music known as klezmer.

  9. Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution

    2/10The transformation of the hospital from Victorian workhouse to modern centre of medicine.

  10. Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery

    1/10In the early 20th century, getting treated for illness was rudimentary, risky and costly.