The Veteran Searching for his D-Day Shipwreck
On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Patrick Thomas, a young Royal Navy telegraphist, boarded the craft in Portsmouth. The boat was part of the first wave on Sword Beach, covering communications for land battles w...
5 Juni 202227min
Elvis Presley: A Turbulent Life
A hotly anticipated biopic about the king of Rock'n'Roll will be released in June directed by Baz Luhmann. We've delved back into our archives to bring you this episode with author Sally Hoedel who in...
2 Juni 202222min
Vasectomy
What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?From monkey testicles to possible cancer treatments to ties of honour, over the past 150 yea...
1 Juni 202251min
Platinum Jubilee: Britain’s Greatest Queens
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and one of the longest-reigning in the world. To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, we have brought together some of today’s best ...
31 Maj 202246min
Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street
From May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black ‘Greenwood District’ of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hundreds of people died or were injured in the Tul...
30 Maj 202230min
Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green
Please note that this episode contains descriptions of combat and some explicit language.At the Battle of Goose Green the Second Battalion the Parachute Regiment (2 Para) fought against various sub-un...
29 Maj 202239min
SAS Founder: Warrior or Phoney?
David Stirling was an aristocrat, innovator and special forces legend that earned him the nickname 'The Phantom Major'. His formation of the Special Air Service in the summer of 1941 led to a new form...
26 Maj 202231min
The Treadmill
Before they found their way into gyms, treadmills had a much darker history. In the 19th Century, they could most commonly be found in prisons.In contrast to their modern track record of improving hea...
25 Maj 202225min
