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Terror Through Time

Fergal Keane uncovers the roots of modern terrorism

Radio 4,28 episodes

Episodes

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The New Face of Terror
Has our response to terrorism changed since 1800? Fergal Keane ends his series.
05 Dec 2014,15 mins
Laying Down the Law
Fergal Keane examines how the legal system has changed to tackle terrorism since 9/11.
04 Dec 2014,15 mins
Mujahideen On Tour
Islamic fighters joined the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Fergal Keane gauges their impact.
03 Dec 2014,15 mins
Death Wish: Battling Suicide Bombers
Fergal Keane visits Israel to discover how suicide bombing changed society.
02 Dec 2014,15 mins
Beirut: City of Terror
Beirut became a crucible of terrorism in the 1980s. Fergal Keane revisits the city.
01 Dec 2014,15 mins
Northern Ireland: The End Game
Fergal Keane on the peace deal that brought the long conflict with the IRA to an end.
28 Nov 2014,15 mins
Tiger, Tiger
Fergal Keane visits Sri Lanka to reassess the suicide bombers of the Tamil Tigers.
27 Nov 2014,15 mins
Afghan Dawn
Fergal Keane on the first stirrings of Islamic fundamentalist violence in Afghanistan.
26 Nov 2014,15 mins
State Sponsored Killers
Fergal Keane reveals how governments have used terrorists for their own ends.
25 Nov 2014,15 mins
Mossad: The Wrath of God
The extraordinary history of Mossad, Israel's international security agency.
24 Nov 2014,15 mins
Terror Through Time: Omnibus
The Birth of Modern Terror
From the French Revolution to the First World War, Fergal Keane on the story of terrorism.
11 Oct 2013,58 mins
Terror Through Time: Omnibus
Terror Takes Control
Fergal Keane explores the rise in the power of terrorism in the post-war years.
18 Oct 2013,58 mins
Terror Through Time: Omnibus
The Internationalisation of Terror
Terror went global in the 1970s. Fergal Keane finds out why.
25 Oct 2013,58 mins
Africa Erupts
Fergal Keane considers the dilemma the ANC faced over the use of terrorist tactics.
25 Oct 2013,15 mins
Six Against Sixty Million
Fergal Keane asks what made the Baader Meinhof Gang turn to terror in 1970s Germany.
24 Oct 2013,15 mins
State of Terror
Fergal Keane explores the British response to paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland.
23 Oct 2013,15 mins
Carlos: International Terrorist
Fergal Keane considers the career of Carlos the Jackal.
22 Oct 2013,15 mins
Hijack!
Fergal explores the airline hijackings of 1970 and meets Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled
21 Oct 2013,15 mins
Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Fergal Keane looks back on the 40-year struggle of the Basque separatists, ETA.
18 Oct 2013,15 mins
The Return of the Gunmen
Fergal Keane looks at how the challenge of change ignited violence in Northern Ireland.
17 Oct 2013,15 mins
Killers in the Casbah
The Arab revolt against the French in Algeria is explored by Fergal Keane.
16 Oct 2013,15 mins
The British Way
Fergal Keane considers Britain's counter terror techniques in Kenya and Malaya.
15 Oct 2013,15 mins
The Murderous Mandate
In 1947, a bomb in Whitehall brought the conflict in Palestine to British shores.
14 Oct 2013,15 mins
Stirring the Middle East
Fergal Keane on the British promises in WWI that provoked conflict in the Middle East.
11 Oct 2013,15 mins
Empires Crumble
Fergal visits Sarajevo to consider the legacy of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
10 Oct 2013,15 mins
No Future: The Great Anarchist Scare
Fergal Keane meets the anarchists who petrified the genteel society of the 1890s.
09 Oct 2013,15 mins
The Fenian Dynamiters
Fergal Keane tells the story of the first terrorist bombing campaign in Britain.
08 Oct 2013,15 mins
Napoleon and the Birth of Terror
Paris, 1800. Napoleon Bonaparte is caught by the blast from an enormous cart bomb.
07 Oct 2013,15 mins