Things We Forgot to Remember

The Battle of Trafalgar

Monday 14 January 2008 20:00-20:30 (Radio 4 FM)

Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting the great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance.

Nelson's victory of 1805 has lodged itself firmly in the popular imagination, but we have forgotten that the brunt of the defeat was borne not by France but by one of her allies, Spain.

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Things We Forgot to Remember

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