Archive 2014 Podcast
The story of our times told by the people who were there.
Episodes to download
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The Biggest Rock Concert Ever
Wed 31 Dec 2014
Rod Stewart played to an audience of 4 million on Copacabana beach on New Year's Eve 1994
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The Beginning of Reality TV
Tue 30 Dec 2014
A young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show in December 1999
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The Casa Pia Scandal in Portugal
Mon 29 Dec 2014
How allegations of sexual abuse at a well-known children's home shocked Portugal
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The Battle of the Bulge
Boxing Day 2014
The last major German attack on the Western Allies in World War II, Winter 1944
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Radio Caroline
Christmas Day 2014
In 1964 a 'pirate' radio station began broadcasting from a ship off the coast of England
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The Christmas Truce
Christmas Eve 2014
On Christmas Eve 1914, British and German soldiers exchanged gifts and sang carols
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Two Years Living up a Tree
Tue 23 Dec 2014
Julia Butterfly Hill lived in an ancient redwood tree for 738 days to protect it
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Nepal Peace Deal
Mon 22 Dec 2014
In 2006 the Nepalese government and Maoists signed a peace accord ending 10 years of war
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The Disappearance of Glenn Miller
Fri 19 Dec 2014
American bandleader Glenn Miller went missing over the English Channel in December, 1944
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The US Breaks Ties with Cuba
Thu 18 Dec 2014
President Eisenhower broke relations with Cuba and closed the American Embassy in 1961
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Goan Independence
Wed 17 Dec 2014
In December 1961, Goa became the last part of India to break free of colonial rule
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The Timisoara Uprising
Tue 16 Dec 2014
Protests which led to the collapse of communism in Romania began on 16 December 1989
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Gone With The Wind
Mon 15 Dec 2014
The premiere of one of the most successful films ever made on 15 December 1939
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Baboon Aids Experiment
Fri 12 Dec 2014
Aids patient Jeff Getty was given a bone marrow transplant from a baboon in December 1995
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The Kyoto Protocol
Thu 11 Dec 2014
In December 1997, the first global treaty on greenhouse gas emissions was agreed in Kyoto
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Miles Davis and Kind of Blue
Wed 10 Dec 2014
Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing on Kind of Blue, the most successful jazz album ever
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The Hunt for BRCA2
Tue 9 Dec 2014
The frantic search for one of the hereditary 'breast cancer genes'
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The 'Execution' of Oliver Cromwell
Mon 8 Dec 2014
In 1661 the body of the British ruler Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution
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The Holiday Inn in Beirut
Fri 5 Dec 2014
During the Lebanese civil war the hotel district in Beirut became a battlefield.
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The Release of Terry Anderson
Thu 4 Dec 2014
Journalist Terry Anderson was freed after being held hostage in Beirut
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Britain's First Woman MP
Wed 3 Dec 2014
On this day 100 years ago Lady Nancy Astor was elected to British parliament
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The Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Tue 2 Dec 2014
How California students won the right to demonstrate on university property
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The Hong Kong Riots of 1967
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Striking workers and students filled the streets calling for an end to British rule.
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The Destruction of the Bridge at Mostar, Bosnia
Fri 28 Nov 2014
The famous landmark the old Ottoman bridge was destroyed in the Balkans War in 1993
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Australia's Rabbit Plague
Thu 27 Nov 2014
The battle against billions of rabbits devastating the Australian countryside
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Kraftwerk
Wed 26 Nov 2014
In November 1974, West German band Kraftwerk released their seminal album Autobahn
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The Death of Yukio Mishima
Tue 25 Nov 2014
What drove the Japanese writer and film-maker Yukio Mishima to kill himself?
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India's Eton
Mon 24 Nov 2014
In 1935 India's Doon School opened, producing prime ministers, authors and businessmen
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The Death of Quentin Crisp
Fri 21 Nov 2014
The flamboyant gay author of The Naked Civil Servant died on 21 November, 1999
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The Nuremberg Trials
Thu 20 Nov 2014
The story of the only surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials
