Cold War
Witness History. The founding of Nato. Audio, 9 minutes
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted21 March 2024
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- Posted7 March 2024
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- Posted16 February 2024
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- Posted14 February 2024
Witness History. Jack Strong aka Ryszard Kukliński: Cold War traitor or hero? Audio, 9 minutes
During the Cold War a high-ranking Polish colonel passed Soviet secrets to the CIA
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Witness History. The Hungarian footballer executed for love. Audio, 9 minutes
Sándor Szűcs was hanged for trying to escape communist Hungary with his lover
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted19 January 2024
Witness History. Russian ballerina defects to the west. Audio, 9 minutes
The Russian ballerina who defected to the west
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Sunday Feature. Turning Picasso. Audio, 44 minutes
New evidence that the CIA tried to turn Picasso to the American side in the Cold War.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted30 November 2023
The Interview. Jonna Mendez: Does the world still need spies? Audio, 23 minutes
Stephen Sackur speaks to former US spy Jonna Mendez, who was the CIA’s chief of disguise
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Turning Point. The Fall. Audio, 57 minutes
The story of the mistake that caused one of the crucial turning points of the 20th century
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Outlook. The forbidden lovers who plotted a daring escape. Audio, 41 minutes
Karl-Heinz and Hedi were kept apart by the Iron Curtain and the East German secret police
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Short Cuts. Series 36, The Soil. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries about the ground beneath your feet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted8 September 2023
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- Posted8 September 2023
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- Posted13 August 2023
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- Posted17 May 2023
Arts & Ideas. East Germany. Audio, 45 minutes
Katja Hoyer on East Germany, behind the Berlin Wall and the Cold War caricature
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted23 March 2023
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- Posted22 March 2023
