Cold War
Britain at Sea. 13. North Atlantic. Audio, 15 minutes
Lord West tells the story of Britain and the Royal Navy in the late Cold War.
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Britain at Sea. Britain at Sea: Omnibus, World War to Cold War. Audio, 58 minutes
Admiral Lord West continues his history of the Royal Navy in the 20th century.
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- Available for over a year
Britain at Sea. 10. Early Cold War. Audio, 15 minutes
Lord West describes how the Royal Navy fought a series of conflicts in the early Cold War.
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The Reunion. The Berlin Airlift. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites British military personnel involved in the historic Berlin Airlift.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Book. Sally Beauman, Darragh McKeon, Hamid Ismailov and Margie Orford. Audio, 28 minutes
Sally Beauman talks to guest presenter Ellah Allfrey about her latest novel The Visitors.
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- Available for over a year
Document. MI6 and the Media. Audio, 28 minutes
Jeremy Duns examines links between MI6 and the British media during the Cold War.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Video, 118 minutes
Cold War thriller about a retired MI6 agent who must track down a Soviet mole.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 13 days
MI6: A Century in the Shadows. Heroes and Villains. Audio, 30 minutes
What went on behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?
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- 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.
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- 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
