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Historical film TV and radio

From binge-worthy period dramas to award-winning documentaries, find out why historical movies, TV and radio programs are more popular than ever, with this series of articles, podcasts and video

Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth: a ‘staggeringly authentic’ WW1 film says daughter Baroness Shirley Williams.

Wolf Halls: take a look inside the properties where the new BBC series is filmed

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TV & radio: 4 shows you won't want to miss this week

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TV & radio: what to tune in to next week (5–11 December)

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Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

“He was so much more than that speech”: David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King in upcoming blockbuster Selma

Wolf Hall: author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors, historical accuracy and winning the Man Booker Prize.

Historian at the Movies review: Hercules.

The Mill: behind the scenes of the new series

Historian at the Movies: Belle reviewed.

Historian at the Movies: Grace of Monaco reviewed.

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Top 5 history programmes you can watch and listen to right now

American actor and singer Howard Keel records 'Kiss Me Kate' with his co-star Patricia Morrison, 1964. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The growing pains of BBC Two.

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Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980).

Historian at the Movies: The Book Thief.

Back to the Stone Age: would you survive?

Historian at the Movies: The Monuments Men reviewed.

The history of ideas: Sam Willis meets Hannah Dawson

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The history of cider: Sam Willis meets Richard Stone

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Historian at the Movies: The Railway Man reviewed

Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed.

Historian at the Movies: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom reviewed.

Historian at the Movies: Saving Mr. Banks reviewed.

Sport offered the two sides the perfect stage on which to get one over on the 'enemy', says Dominic Sandbrook. Pictured here is a queue for a football match between Arsenal and Dynamo Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Cold War in your living room.

Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed.

Video: Gus Casely-Hayford on Timbuktu at BBC History Magazine's History Weekend

"People in the Middle Ages coped better with death than we do"

The June 1933 cover of the Radio Times. (Photo by Sarah Fabian-Baddiel/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Changing times: 90 years of the Radio Times

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Telling jokes in the trenches: First World War newspaper The Wipers Times celebrated in new BBC drama