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Life at Bletchley Park
8 December 2021Betty Webb was heavily involved with the work going on at Bletchley Park. While she was not part of the code-breaking team, her work was invaluable...
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Inside North Korea
8 December 2021With closed borders, a totalitarian regime, electricity blackouts and widespread poverty, North Korea is a brutal place to survive; even...
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Queen Cynethryth of Mercia's Lost Abbey
7 December 2021Queen Cynethryth of Mercia was one of the most distinguished rulers of Anglo Saxon Britain. Wife to King Offa, ruler of the Mercians (the most...
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Pearl Harbor: 80th Anniversary
7 December 2021On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise military strike upon the United States against the naval base at...
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The Murder of Rizzio, Mary Queen of Scots' Favourite
6 December 2021On 9 March 1566, David Rizzio - close friend and private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots - was stabbed dozens of times in front of the pregnant...
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Pearl Harbor: 80 Years Later
6 December 2021On 7 December 1941, Imperial Japan launched an attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. In this episode 80 years later, James speaks to Adrian...
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Barbados: The World's Newest Republic
6 December 2021November 30 2021, Bridgetown, fifty-five years since Barbados’ 1966 Independence, the Royal Standard flag representing the Queen was lowered and...
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The Bronze Age Burials at Stonehenge
5 December 2021Today we’re talking all about science, Stonehenge and what we know about a massive migration into Britain at the start of the Bronze Age some...
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Band of Brothers
5 December 2021HBO's Band of Brothers remains one of the greatest mini-series ever made. 20 years after the award-winning series debuted, Dan speaks to...
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The Burgundians
4 December 2021Battles, murders, and forgotten treasures - the Burgundians lived life like an episode of Game of Thrones. Once one of the most powerful kingdoms...
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The IRA: 22 Years Later
3 December 2021This week marks the 22nd anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) coming into effect, a crucial development in the Northern Ireland peace...
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The Hundred Years' War
3 December 2021Over 100 years of conflict, two warring nations, five monarchs on either side and countless casualties in a dispute over claims to the throne: in...
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