Cold War
Document. MI6 and the Media. Audio, 28 minutes
Jeremy Duns examines links between MI6 and the British media during the Cold War.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Pop-Up Economics. War-gaming Armageddon. Audio, 15 minutes
Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, who used economics to avert war.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle. Audio, 30 minutes
Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Heath Caper. Audio, 28 minutes
The story behind an alleged plot to blackmail the future prime minister Edward Heath.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The British Germans. Audio, 30 minutes
Why many thousands of former British army soldiers have settled in Germany.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
MI6: A Century in the Shadows. Heroes and Villains. Audio, 30 minutes
What went on behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Punt PI. Series 1, Episode 2. Audio, 30 minutes
Steve probes the case of the missing steam trains stashed away in case of nuclear war.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Document. BBC Broadcasts from the Bunker. Audio, 30 minutes
The BBC devised a programme schedule to be transmitted in the event of a nuclear attack.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
United Nations - or Not. The lessons of history. Audio, 26 minutes
The love-hate relationship between United States and the UN
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Omnibus. Codename Sonya. Audio, 28 minutes
'A legend in the history of the intelligence service'
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
This is London. Bridget Kendall. Audio, 13 minutes
The history of the World Service and how the BBC's language services handled the Cold War
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The View From Moscow And Havana. Audio, 29 minutes
Documentary about the Cuban missile crisis and how nuclear war was averted
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Cuban Missile Crisis: As Seen From Moscow and Havana. Audio, 45 minutes
Allan Little pieces together the "untold" side of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Omnibus. Mind Games. Audio, 24 minutes
Exploring the feelings of those responsible for ending the Cold War
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Radio History of The World. War in the Nuclear Age. Audio, 13 minutes
As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Omnibus. Blueprints for Armageddon. Audio, 27 minutes
How close did the world come to nuclear war?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Insight. A New Cold War. Audio, 14 minutes
The long tradition of wariness between Russia and the West
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Print the Legend. Who are Those Guys: Friends or Foes? Audio, 27 minutes
Cinematic interpretations of WWII and the Cold War
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
How it all Began. The Nuclear Arms Race. Audio, 14 minutes
A look back at the nuclear arms race and the Cold war
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
I Wish I'd Met. Khrushchev. Audio, 13 minutes
What was Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the cold war, like?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
