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Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game
A dangerous game is played in the 80s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink.
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told through rare recordings.
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Shadow War: China and the West
Gordon Corera investigates the rise of China in Shadow War: China and the West.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman (Omnibus)
The search for the bells of Edo, now Tokyo, which relied on public bells for timekeeping.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Zelensky Story
Zelensky’s journey from entertainer to one of the most recognisable leaders on the planet.
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D-Day 80: We Were There
Eighty years on, Rachel Burden hears the stories and memories of the UK's D-Day veterans.
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Vasa: The Ghost Ship
The Vasa, the majestic Swedish galleon, sank just after setting off on her maiden voyage.
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Orwell vs Kafka
Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell
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The Stalin Affair by Giles Milton
The story of an impossible alliance that won the Second World War. Read by Nigel Anthony.
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D-Day: The Tide Turns
D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real people involved in the Normandy Landings.
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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D-Day: Secret South England Stories
Explore surprising D-Day stories with curious comrades from the South of England.
Â鶹Éç Radio Solent
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The Distorted DNA of Download Festival
Exploring the music, culture and legacy of the Download Festival.
Â鶹Éç Radio Nottingham
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Extreme: Muscle Men
The sweat-drenched story of the biggest steroid dealing ring to rip through 80s America.
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Mystery of the Giant Birds/Dìomhaireachd nan Eun Mhora
Eòin mòra nach b’ urrainn sgèith. Carson? Giant birds that couldn’t fly. Why?
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Introducing History's Secret Heroes - Series 2
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
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The Cable that Changed the World
The world’s first transatlantic cable pioneered by Ulster physicist William Thomson.
Â鶹Éç One Northern Ireland
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Coming Home
Six stories that illustrate how things changed for those who returned home after WWII.
Â鶹Éç Four
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Proper Manc
The story of Manchester in the 1990's through eyes of local poet and author David Scott.
Â鶹Éç Radio Manchester
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The Swansea Boys Who Built Bombs
The little known story of the Welsh scientists who worked on atomic weapons
Â鶹Éç Radio Wales
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The Siege by Ben Macintyre
The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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Women vs Hollywood by Helen O'Hara (Omnibus)
Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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Death of an Artist
The story of Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner: love, power, alcoholism & an ill-timed death.
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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On Freedom by Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder's exploration of freedom - and why it's our only chance for survival.
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If Walls Could Talk
Explore some of NI’s best-loved buildings that have endured through the years.
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Something to Declare
Jack Boswell explores how other cultures handle the universal problems we face at home.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (Omnibus)
David Abulafia’s fascinating history of our relationship with the oceans.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Weird in the Wade
Weird in the Wade brings you true tales that are weird, wonderful and a little off kilter
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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Peace in No Man's Land
The story of the 1914 Christmas truce on the Western Front, told by three survivors.
Â鶹Éç Two
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Endell Street by Wendy Moore (Omnibus)
An account of the intrepid, women who set up military hospitals in the First World War.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4 Extra
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Britain's Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story
The shocking tale of Britain’s nuclear tests, the human cost and allegations of cover-up.
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Discovering Shetland's Past
Join Dr Val Turner as she excavates Shetland's archaeological past.
Â鶹Éç Radio Scotland
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The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray
A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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Ath-thogail Notre-Dame/Rebuilding Notre-Dame
Sgeulachd ath-thogail Notre-Dame. The story of rebuilding Notre-Dame in Paris.
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Patriot by Alexei Navalny
The life of the fearless and inspiring Russian political leader in his own words.
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American History Hit
Join Don Wildman as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill
A tip-off begins an investigation into the power of facial recognition technology.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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Dan Snow’s History Hit
Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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Wild West Sweeny
Western movie fan Sweeny discovers the US. Sweeny ‘s na Stà itean, dùthaich filmean an iar.
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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
The podcast that unpicks history’s spookiest, strangest, and most sinister stories.
Â鶹Éç Sounds
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What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie, with special guests, discover strange-but-true stories.
Â鶹Éç Radio 4