Communism
Drama on 4. Lenin Forever! Audio, 44 minutes
Dark comedy about the scientists tasked with embalming the body of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 June
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- Posted16 May
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- Posted9 May
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- Posted9 May
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- Posted8 May
Witness History. The mysterious death of Pablo Neruda. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1973, the poet and prominent communist tried to flee persecution in Chile
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Different with Nicky Campbell. Born into a Cult. Audio, 56 minutes
Nicky meets Katy, who was born into a cult which kept her imprisoned for thirty years.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Che Guevara’s daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara travelled from Cuba to treat children in communist Angola
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson. The Radek Sikorski One. Audio, 35 minutes
Poland's former foreign minister on living under communism and the future of Europe.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution. Audio, 9 minutes
We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Longest-serving democratically elected communist government. Audio, 9 minutes
A democratically elected communist government came to power in eastern India in 1977
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Last communist march before Hitler. Audio, 9 minutes
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin
- AttributionBBC World Service
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Witness History. Last King of Bulgaria. Audio, 9 minutes
In June 2001, Bulgaria’s former King Simeon II won the country’s parliamentary election
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns, The Rebels. Audio, 14 minutes
Convent-educated, lapsed catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted11 December 2022
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- Posted27 October 2022
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- Posted5 October 2022
The People vs J Edgar Hoover. 4. Witches. Audio, 14 minutes
Hoover fans paranoia as his spy machine goes after communists - real and imagined.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 June 2022
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- Posted27 May 2022
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- Posted31 March 2022
Analysis. The Court of Putin. Audio, 28 minutes
Inside the murky world of decision-making in Putin’s Russia.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. The demise of the Soviet Union. Audio, 9 minutes
How the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus plotted to break up the USSR in 1991.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
