ALSO LOOK OUT FOR…
Even with an archive of more than 150 episodes available on the BBC website, magazine show Making
History (Radio 4, June) shows no sign of running out of creative energy. In a new series, presenters Helen Castor and Tom Holland promise to take listeners beneath the world’s oldest cathedral, consider a Dutch view of the battle of the Medway, and offer an archaeological take on the UK’s 1930s housing policy. On Yesterday, Royal Murder Mys
teries (Monday 12 June) is a six-part series from the makers of Medieval Murder Mysteries, looking anew at the circumstances surrounding the deaths of figures such as Louis XVII, Prince George, the Duke of Kent and William the Conqueror. That channel also sees the return of Forbidden
History (Thursday 8 June), presented by Jamie Theakston. The series begins with the story of German state executioner Johann Reichhart (1893–1972), who executed more than 3,000 people, mostly in the years between 1939 and 1945.
On History, JFK Declassified: Hunting Oswald (Monday 5 June) draws on the millions of documents relating to the assassination of the 35th US president, with a team of investigators looking beyond conspiracy theories to ask what motivated Lee Harvey Oswald and what he planned to do after the killing.
Finally, it looks likely that June will see the broadcast of a BBC Two documentary in which Ian Hislop follows the history of immigration to Britain, though details were a little sketchy as this issue went to press.