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20th Century

Cinemas in New York City, circa 1970.

QuizHistory on the screen

A political earthquake: Britain's first Labour government

Olivia Colman as Edith Swan in a scene from Wicked Little Letters with her mouth open, looking shocked.

Wicked Little Letters: the true story of Edith Swan, Rose Gooding and the Littlehampton Libels

From Russia to Texas: the search for a Jewish homeland

Labour’s leap to power

The man who ran Auschwitz: the real story of The Zone of Interest

Alcatraz: everything you wanted to know

The perimeter fence of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Holocaust podcast episodes

Silhouette of a ghost in an old property.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe ghost of Elizabeth Dacre

The EU: from Maastricht to Brexit

Stonewall: the 1969 fight for gay rights

A black and white photograph of people queuing.

The 1943 Bengal famine: "People began collapsing in the streets and dying on the pavements"

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon's surface

The history of the first moon landing: the road to Apollo 11

Amelia Earhart in 1928, standing in front of her biplane 'Friendship'

Amelia Earhart's disappearance: who was American aviator, and what happened to her?

The Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany

The Bloomsbury Group: the new radicals

Chanel: glamour and controversy on the Riviera

Video podcastConspiracy: was Pearl Harbor an inside job?

Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post, and Truman Capote

The real story of Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball

Cast of The New Look

Is The New Look a true story? The real history behind the period drama

Juliette Banoche as Coco Chanel in 'The New Look' and the real Coco Chanel.

Did Coco Chanel collaborate with the Nazis during WW2?

Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) in 'The New Look' and the real Christian Dior.

The real Christian Dior: who was the man behind The New Look, and did he make dresses for Nazi wives?

Catherine Dior (Maisie Williams) in The New Look and the real Catherine Dior.

From French resistance to fashion heir: who was the real Catherine Dior?

The race across the Atlantic

Peking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race

Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is held aloft by his team after clinching a division title in 1960.

A brief history of American football and the Super Bowl

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin

Video podcastConspiracy: did aliens land at Roswell?

ConspiracyWho killed JFK?

Henry Kissinger

“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat