Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.2016/14.

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Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.2016/14.

World War One: the Cultural Front
BBC Radio 4: Sat 16 Apr 2016, 10.30 – 11.00. 2 of 3. The Tank & the Home Front
1916: Francine Stock continues her series on the cultural responses to the conflict with a focus on the tank. The first officially commissioned war artist Muirhead Bone is sent out to the Somme and creates a series of dramatic charcoal drawings to illustrate its mesmerising appearance. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07654q4

The Rest Is History
BBC Radio 3: Sun 16 Apr 2016, 19.15 – 19.00
The historical panel show which Frank Skinner hosts and historian Kate Williams offers an expert perspective, Guests this week are Holly Walsh and Richard Herring, who discuss Burke and Hare, Mussolini, Catherine Parr and the jokes of yesteryear. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0773pcp

The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built Britain
BBC Two: Mon 18 to Fri 22 Apr 2016, 18.30 – 19.00. Five-part daily.
Si King and Dave Myers host a weekday series tracing the history of Britain’s public houses. They begin with a hostelry in Yorkshire that’s said to have been drunk dry prior to the Civil War battle of Martson Moor. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078cqrw

The Documentary: A Global Queen
BBC World Service Radio, Wed 20 Apr 2016, 13.32 – 14.00, rpt 19.32 – 20.00
Professor David Cannadine of Princeton University looks at three British monarchs and considers their influence on British history: George III, Victoria and Elizabeth II. In the case of the later, his main theme is her role as head of the Commonwealth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03qwnwp

The Anglo-Irish Century
BBC Radio 4: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 11.00 – 11.30
In this first of four programmes looking back at a century of Anglo-Irish relations, Diarmaid Ferriter begins with the Anglo-Irish agreement of 1921. The names on the treaty document, and indeed the names missing from it, tell a story in themselves. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077jp13

Mapping the Town.
BBC Radio 4 Extra: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 20.30 – 21.00. From 2003.
Julian Richards looks at the hidden history of Portmeirion the colourful village created by Clough William-Ellis in north Wales. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076hbm

A History of Ancient Britain.
BBC 4: Fri 22 Apr 2016, 21.00 – 22.00. 2 /3 Age of Ancestors.
Neil Oliver continues the story of how today’s Britain and its people were forged over thousands of years of ancient history. It’s 4,000 BC and the first farmers arrive from Europe, with seismic consequences for the local hunter-gatherers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ysr2l

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