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The Past Master

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Phil Carradice looks back at figures and moments in history

logo for The Past Master - Betsy Cadwaladyr
The Past Master - Betsy Cadwaladyr

The story of the Bala woman who nursed the wounded at Balaclava and quarrelled with the Lady of the Lamp.

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logo for The Past Master - Copper
The Past Master - Copper

Phil Carradice explores Wales' historical legacy from the copper industry and takes a trip under Parys Mountain, Anglesey.

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logo for The Past Master - Motown and Me
The Past Master - Motown and Me

Phil Carradice takes a tour of 1950s and '60s Cardiff with Tony Etoria to discover how the music of Motown entered the lives of young black youths there.

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The Past Master - The Amazing Mr Matthews

Phil Carradice goes in search of Harry Grindell Matthews, who invented the mobile phone a century ago before retiring to his lab on Mynydd y Gwair to perfect his infamous Death Ray.

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logo for The Past Master - The Death of Father David Lewis
The Past Master - The Death of Father David Lewis

Phil Carradice investigates the judicial killing of a Monmouthshire priest 400 years ago amid rumours of a terrorist plot that could strike at the Crown.

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The Past Master - The Fasting Girl

Wales's first anorexic or child saint? Phil Carradice investigates the strange case of Sarah Jacob, the 'fasting girl' of Carmarthenshire.

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