The Second Map: 3. The Battered Suitcase
As people back home partied in the streets, celebrating victory in Europe in May 1945, war wasn’t over for the many thousands of soldiers and civilians on the Asian front. For those in Japanese prison...
5 Sep 202544min
The Second Map: 2. The Secrets in the Safe
In Episode 2 of The Second Map, the war against Japan enters a new phase. Some of the most significant battles of the Second World War were fought on the Asian front - including by the 14th Army, whic...
29 Aug 202543min
The Second Map: 1. Bonnie Laddie
We all know the heroic story of Britain fighting the Nazis in World War Two. But what’s less well-known in popular memory is the war on the Asian front, against Japan. Yet it touched many families ac...
22 Aug 202543min
The Second Map: Trailer
We may know about Pearl Harbor and how the war against Japan ended with the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in popular memory, what happened in between is less well-known. Marking th...
28 Juli 20254min
Half-Life: 8. A Fracture
In this final episode, Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inherita...
14 Maj 202529min
Half-Life: 7. The City Forgets
In Munich, Joe traces a very different side to his family history, events that were left out of his great-grandfather’s memoir.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music...
14 Maj 202528min
Half-Life: 6. Tranquility
After the war, Joe's great-grandfather attempts to build a new life in the United States where his mental health begins to deteriorate.Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowa...
14 Maj 202528min
Half-Life: 5. The Road Through the Mountains
A letter from Joe’s great-grandfather, leads him to the east of Turkey and the story of a massacre, kept silent for many yearsWritten and presented by Joe Dunthorne Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music ...
14 Maj 202528min
