102 Who Makes the British Isles Special?
In this, the last episode of the series Neil brings together the people who live, work, visit, are fascinated by and like him have a of love of the British Isles. Listeners from all over the world sha...
2 Mai 202259min
101 A Place I Love – the British Isles
In this episode Neil unties his walking boots and starts drawing the strands of history that run through the British Isles together. This week’s show is a celebration of the incomers and blow-ins, the...
25 Apr 202243min
100 Hearts, Minds & Souls, The Dungeness Headland
In this episode Neil takes us to the breathtakingly beautiful shingle headland at Dungeness – a place loved by artists, photographers, pop stars and fans of this archipelago’s raw natural coastline.On...
18 Apr 202229min
99 Tower of London
Ep99 The Tower of London In this episode we’re scaling the walls of one of the most famous fortresses in the whole of the British Isles – the Tower of London. Almost a thousand years old this beautifu...
11 Apr 202234min
98 Laws of the Universe, Parton
In this episode Neil takes us to meet a great mind; a scientist whose work laid some of the foundations that have helped shape the world we live in. James Clerk Maxwell grew up surround by the soft ro...
4 Apr 202237min
97 Devolution & The Scottish Parliament Building
In this episode a wave of devolution sweeps across the United Kingdom creating assemblies in Northern Ireland and Wales and a new parliament in Scotland.In 1999 as the balance of power across the whol...
28 Mar 202229min
96 A New Age, London
In this episode the countdown begins; will it be the dawn of a second coming or herald chaos and catastrophe? This week, as the dials turn and the 9s mutate to 0s the new millennium arrives and we’re ...
22 Mar 202227min
95 Bravest of the Brave, Penlee Lifeboat Station
In this episode Neil comes face to face with the exploits of the Solomon Brown lifeboat crew. With a hurricane battering the Cornish coast, 8 men set sail from Penlee Lifeboat Station in an attempt to...
15 Mar 202233min
