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The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle. (Image by Alamy)

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

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Where is Bridgerton filmed? 5 places to visit for fans of the popular Netflix period drama

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Benjamin Franklin: portrait of a revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bridgerton: behind the scenes of season 2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

Bridgerton: the real history explained

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Episode 3 The corporation at war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom season 5

The real Uhtred of Bebbanburg The historical inspirations for The Last Kingdom’s hero

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The Last Kingdom: real history and historical accuracy

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Episode 2 Establishment values in the 1930s . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Leif Erikson in Vikings Valhalla

Vikings: Valhalla – the real history behind Netflix’s successor to Vikings

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

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Episode 1 Audio adventures in the 1920s . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC employees at work in the control room at the new home at Broadcasting House (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

BBC at 100 Broadcasting House: a new home for the BBC

Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook & Denée Benton as Peggy Scott in The Gilded Age. (Image by Alison Cohen Rosa © 2021 Heyday Productions, LLC and Universal Television LLC)

The Gilded Age preview: “Entry into a world that really hasn’t been covered on television before”

A group of BBC staff surround a large piece of broadcasting equipment

BBC at 100 The BBC begins: how a group of radio pioneers launched one of Britain’s most famous institutions