Colonialism
Phil Wang: Wangsplaining. Audio, 28 minutes
Phil Wang Wangsplains the contentious topics of our time.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Across the Red Line. Series 3, Should cultural artefacts be returned to their country of origin? Audio, 43 minutes
The return of the series that invites two opposed public figures to listen to each other.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The Amritsar Massacre of 1919. Audio, 9 minutes
In April 1919 British Indian troops opened fire on protestors in the city of Amritsar
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Arts & Ideas. Partition, colonial power and the voices of C16th women. Audio, 54 minutes
Artist Hew Locke and historians Suzannah Lipscomb, Aanchal Malhotra & Anindya Raychaudhuri
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Witness History. British Cameroons' historic referendum. Audio, 9 minutes
The 1961 vote lies at the heart of the violent conflict in Cameroon's Anglophone region
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Moral Maze. ‘Decolonising’ the Curriculum. Audio, 43 minutes
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Armistice 1918. Dividing the World's Graves. Audio, 14 minutes
Santanu Das explores impact of the armistice on the victorious Allies' colonial subjects.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Living with the Empire. Empire of Rules. Audio, 28 minutes
MP and historian Kwasi Kwarteng on the legacy of Empire.
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- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. French writing and politics. Audio, 45 minutes
Leïla Slimani, President Macron's champion of French culture and language, is interviewed
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Imperial Inversion of Cricket. Audio, 28 minutes
Amol Rajan asks if England's old imperial guidance and governance of cricket is history.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
The Essay. Free Thinking 2017, Faith, Fire and the Family. Audio, 15 minutes
Catherine Fletcher on the story of her grandfather, a missionary in India.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Four Thought. Series 4, The Trouble with Paradise. Audio, 15 minutes
Carrie Gibson argues that we need to rethink our notion of paradise.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Dylan Thomas: The Beach of Falesa. Audio, 100 minutes
Dylan Thomas screenplay set in the South Seas. A 'Film for Voices'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for 6 months
Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History. A World Turned Upside Down. Video, 58 minutes
The story of shipwrecks moves into the Georgian age, when Britain ruled the waves.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 2 months
In Our Time. The Berlin Conference. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
1913: The Year Before. The Empire. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael explores the tensions that existed before 1914 between the Empire and its colonies
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Prince Alamayu. Audio, 30 minutes
Lemn Sissay chooses Prince Alamayu who, like him, was Ethiopian but fostered in Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House. Audio, 120 minutes
Ibsen's play transposed to India, 1879: Can Niru save her huband's reputation?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for 6 months
