BBC - Programmes categorised as Drama: Historical

Salt by Catrin Kean
A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
BBC Radio 4
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James by Percival Everett
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from one of the US's greatest contemporary writers.
BBC Radio 4
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
BBC Radio 4
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
BBC Radio 4
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
BBC Radio 4
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The Promised Land
Retired captain Ludvig Kahlen fights to settle on a remote heathland.
BBC Four
The Famous Five
Four children and their dog solve mysteries and battle sinister forces.
CBBC
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The Tomb
Original drama based on true events. Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
BBC Radio 4
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Spotlight
Take a deep dive into long-form drama from Radio 4.
BBC Radio 4
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Dodger
Hold onto your top hats, Dodger and the gang are in for one heck of a ride!
CBBC
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Faith, Hope and Glory
A century-spanning drama series tracing the emergence of modern Britain.
BBC Radio 4
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Malory Towers
New adventures await Darrell and friends as they start their final term at Malory Towers!
CBBC
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Dramas
Immersive storytelling from the BBC World Service. The home of original drama
BBC World Service
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The Republicans
Entertaining new dramas following the political swings of the Republican Party.
BBC Radio 4
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Wired Love
Wired Love, published in 1879, is a story of long-distance love over the telegraph wire.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Gudrun
Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas.
BBC Radio 4
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Love Letters from the Front
Drama series telling the story of a WWI soldier and his sweetheart thorough love letters.
BBC Radio Ulster
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Charlotte Brontë in Babylon by Charlotte Cory
Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Hetty Feather
Hetty Feather and her little brother live at the Foundling Hospital in 1800s London.
CBBC
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Home Front - Omnibus
Epic drama series charting the lives of a group of characters on the home front during WWI
BBC Radio 4
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Home Front
Drama serial charting life on the home front during the First World War.
BBC Radio 4
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Tessa Hadley - Deeds Not Words
Spurred on by the Suffragettes, a tale of radicalism, lust and teenage fervour.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Plough and the Stars by Sean O'Casey
Classic drama set in the midst of 1916's Easter Rising.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
The life and exploits of 18th-century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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El Cid
The epic story of the 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar - known as El Cid.
BBC Two
The Fall of the Roman Empire
After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor.
BBC Two
The Falklands Play
Dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war against Argentina.
BBC Four
Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
The story of the trial of Nazi war criminals following Germany's surrender in 1945.
BBC Radio 4
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Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic
Fantasy audio drama, based on the ancient myths of Wales
BBC Radio Wales
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