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Historical investigation programme, taking a document as a starting point from which to shed new light on past events

Radio 4,57 episodes

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The Gibraltar Diary of Squadron Leader Mallory
A document in French leads Nick Rankin to the exploits of an SOE operative in Gibraltar.
04 Dec 2017,28 mins
Scotland's Lord Haw Haw
Jo Fox discovers the transcripts of a Nazi secret radio station broadcasting to Scotland.
27 Nov 2017,28 mins
MI6's Secret Slush Fund
Gordon Corera investigates a secret fund belonging to the MI6 chief in the 1950s.
20 Nov 2017,28 mins
Fu Bingchang's Diaries
The diaries of Fu Bingchang, Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union as the Cold War began.
19 Jul 2016,28 mins
Knowing Jurgen Kuczynski
Anne McElvoy explores the documents telling the story of the emigre agent Jurgen Kuczynski
12 Jul 2016,28 mins
The Albania Operation
For Radio 4's Cold War season, Gordon Corera examines CIA attempts to subvert Albania.
05 Jul 2016,28 mins
The Crypto Agreement
Gordon Corera reveals evidence of a secret deal between a code-machine company and the NSA
28 Jul 2015,28 mins
The Strange Voyage of the Blonde Angel
Dominic Streatfeild investigates the case of Argentine POW Alfredo Astiz in 1982.
21 Jul 2015,28 mins
14/07/2015
Sanchia Berg rediscovers the lost trail of the MI5 spy who was left out in the cold.
14 Jul 2015,28 mins
The Hague Warning
Heather Jones explores a lost intelligence report warning of Germany's invasion of Poland.
11 Aug 2014,28 mins
The Saur Death List of Afghanistan
David Loyn investigates how a lost record is helping Afghanistan address its painful past.
04 Aug 2014,28 mins
The Palme Assassination
Gordon Corera travels to Stockholm to investigate the assassination of a prime minister.
28 Jul 2014,28 mins
The Hyderabad Massacre
Using new documents, Mike Thomson investigates a largely forgotten massacre in India.
24 Sep 2013,28 mins
17/09/2013
Mike Thomson explores a document pointing at American treachery prior to Pearl Harbour.
17 Sep 2013,28 mins
10/09/2013
Mike Thomson examines documents revealing British brutality in Kenya in the 1950s.
10 Sep 2013,28 mins
Votes for Victorian Women
Sarah Richardson discovers a document which shows that women in Lichfield voted in 1843.
18 Mar 2013,28 mins
11/03/2013
Did the 1916 Dublin Rising catch the cabinet by surprise? Author Nick Rankin investigates.
11 Mar 2013,28 mins
MI6 and the Media
Jeremy Duns examines links between MI6 and the British media during the Cold War.
04 Mar 2013,28 mins
The BBC and the Hungarian Holocaust
Mike Thomson investigates the role of the BBC Hungarian Service in World War II.
12 Nov 2012,28 mins
GCHQ: Keeping the Last Great Secret
Mike Thomson discovers how close Britain's greatest cold war secret was to being exposed.
05 Nov 2012,28 mins
The British Gunner and the Irish Civil War
Mike Thomson returns with the investigative history series, starting in Dublin in 1922.
29 Oct 2012,28 mins
A Laudable Invasion?
Series using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events.
30 mins
19/03/2012
Why were the British Chiefs of Staff in secret contact with enemy Vichy France in 1942?
19 Mar 2012,30 mins
12/03/2012
Mike Thomson unearths the motives behind the 1949 murder of a British colonial governor.
12 Mar 2012,30 mins
05/03/2012
Mike Thomson investigates the role the French government played in the 1982 Falklands War.
05 Mar 2012,30 mins
The Ghosts of Greenham
How Greenham Common was classed as one of the most dangerous missile sites of all.
30 mins
The Gift of Democracy?
Mike Thomson asks whether the British tried to rig Nigeria's first democratic elections.
30 mins
The White House Coup, 1933
During the 1930s, some of Wall Street's most famous names plotted to overthrow Roosevelt.
30 mins
The collapse of the 'special relationship', 1973
Mike Thomson investigates the collapse of the US UK special relationship in 1973.
15 Aug 2011,30 mins
08/08/2011
Mike Thomson investigates the secret baptism of Jews in Vienna's Anglican church, in 1938.
08 Aug 2011,30 mins