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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

BBC History Magazine

Historian at the Movies: The Railway Man reviewed

Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Saving Mr. Banks reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

First World War

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

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with 'The White Queen' writer Philippa Gregory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII: Three films

Pride and Prejudice takes the top spot

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 3 historical films about the Japanese attack on the US fleet

The Beatles - John Lennon. (ITV pictures)

John Lennon: Three films

Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show