Broadcasting D-Day
Hear how the BBC reported the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France on June 6th 1944. The operation was a crucial step in the liberation of western Europe. Using original BBC reports from the time -...
6 Jun 20199min
The Little Prince
In July 1944, a plane piloted by the author of the world famous children's story The Little Prince, disappeared over the south of France. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an experienced aviator, was on a rec...
5 Jun 201910min
D-Day
Eyewitness accounts of the Allied landings on the coast of Normandy during World War Two on 6 June 1944. The massive operation was a crucial step in the liberation of western Europe from years of Nazi...
4 Jun 201911min
Vikings in York
When archaeologists uncovered perfectly preserved evidence of domestic life in Viking York in the 1970s, it changed the way the Vikings were viewed. No longer just violent pirates who terrorised comm...
3 Jun 20199min
Six Degrees - the first online social network
Six Degrees was the first online social network, allowing users to connect with their real-world contacts by creating a profile within a database.It was created by entrepreneur Andrew Weinreich. But S...
31 Mai 20198min
Behind the scenes on Sesame Street
A TV show for young children, Sesame Street aimed to educate and promote tolerance at the same time. It was first broadcast in 1969 and went on to become one of the most popular children's shows ever...
30 Mai 201910min
Tiananmen Square escape
On the evening of June the 3rd 1989, the Chinese People’s Army opened fire on thousands of students who had been campaigning for democracy in the middle of Beijing.Dan Wang was a 20-year-old student l...
29 Mai 20199min
Bokassa's massacre of the children
Protests about expensive school uniforms in the Central African Republic eventually led to Jean-Bédel Bokassa's fall from power in 1979. The demonstrations started with school children, but soon widen...
28 Mai 201910min
