Cold War
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
- Available for over a year
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- Posted30 November 2023
HARDtalk. 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
- Available for over a year
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
- Available for over a year
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
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 36, The Soil. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries about the ground beneath your feet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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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
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- Posted12 March 2023
Drama on 3. Reykjavik. Audio, 99 minutes
Award-winning drama from Spain. The Fischer-Spassky chess match is re-enacted in a park
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Witness History. First winter ascent of Everest. Audio, 9 minutes
On 17 February 1980, the first people climbed Everest in winter
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted13 February 2023
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- Posted10 January 2023
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- Posted7 January 2023
On This Day. 22 Dec 1989: Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate reopens. Audio, 2 minutes
East and West Berlin leaders meet as symbol of Cold War division is opened to the public.
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
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- Posted24 November 2022
The Rest Is History. The World Cup: Post-war reconciliation, Brazilian dictatorship, and North Koreans in Middlesbrough. Audio, 60 minutes
The second episode of The Rest Is History's guide to the history of FIFA World Cup.
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for 11 months
