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Noiser Presents

Step back in time with podcasts that unearth stories from momentous events in history.

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Episodes

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Titanic: Ship of Dreams
13. Raise the Titanic
Experts weigh the legacy and ponder the future of the most infamous ship in history.
01 Jul 2025,50 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
12. Committed to the Deep
White Star dispatch a funeral ship to begin recovering Titanic’s dead.
24 Jun 2025,54 mins,
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
11. The Titanic Inquiry
Newspaper editors on both sides of the Atlantic search for heroes and villains...
17 Jun 2025,50 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
10. Safe at Last...
As survivors approach Manhattan, the press are already figuring where to pin the blame...
10 Jun 2025,55 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
9. The Long Hours Before Dawn
As the ship goes down, rows break out as to whether to go back and search for survivors.
03 Jun 2025,35 mins,
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
8. Every Man for Himself
As Titanic sinks, those left must decide what to do with their last precious minutes.
27 May 2025,48 mins,
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
7. Women and Children First
The chaos continues, as more lifeboats leave the ship half empty.
20 May 2025,43 mins,
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
6. Save Our Souls
Still-slumbering passengers are told the ship is sinking, but many refuse to believe it.
13 May 2025,32 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
5. The Moment of Impact
Despite evasive action, Titanic sustains multiple hull breaches. Water starts flooding in
06 May 2025,32 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
4. Iceberg Dead Ahead
At 11.39pm, on Sunday April 14th 1912, something large is spotted, dead ahead…
29 Apr 2025,52 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
3. Into the Atlantic...
The passengers settle down for their first night. One woman has no intention of sleeping…
22 Apr 2025,37 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
2. Bad Luck Comes in Threes
Departing Southampton Harbour, a nail-biting near miss almost derails the maiden voyage.
15 Apr 2025,37 mins,
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
1. The Biggest Ship in the World
At a shipyard in Belfast, the finest designers and craftsmen begin work on Titanic.
15 Apr 2025,50 mins
Titanic: Ship of Dreams
Introducing...Titanic: Ship of Dreams
Explore life and death on the most infamous ship in history.
08 Apr 2025,1 min
D-Day: The Tide Turns
1. The Spy Who Fooled Hitler
In the dead of night, two British commandos carry out an intelligence gathering mission.
04 Jun 2024,51 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
2. An Imperfect Storm
A storm brewing in the Atlantic threatens to scupper the D-Day invasion plans.
06 Jun 2024,26 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
3. Behind Enemy Lines
A mysterious radio broadcast summons help from behind enemy lines...
13 Jun 2024,41 mins,
D-Day: The Tide Turns
4. The Longest Night...
On the eve of D-Day, Eisenhower writes a letter of apology for if the operation fails.
20 Jun 2024,30 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
5. Crash Landing
In the dead of night, airborne troops become the first Allied soldiers to land in France.
27 Jun 2024,30 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
6. The Armada Advances
Seven thousand ships depart from Britain. On board, the soldiers prepare themselves...
04 Jul 2024,40 mins,
D-Day: The Tide Turns
7. Omaha Beach
American forces land on Omaha, the most deadly of the D-Day beaches...
11 Jul 2024,43 mins,
D-Day: The Tide Turns
8. Suicide Squad
In this episode, a very personal D-Day story, the story of our host Paul McGann's father.
18 Jul 2024,37 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
9. Katastrophe
D-Day, but from the German perspective...
25 Jul 2024,34 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
10. Journalists on the Front Line
Allied journalists parachute into France and land on the beaches with the invasion force.
01 Aug 2024,34 mins,
D-Day: The Tide Turns
11. Angels of Mercy
Thousands of nurses begin landing in France, some of them never to return...
08 Aug 2024,40 mins
D-Day: The Tide Turns
12. The Road to Paris
We conclude our D-Day story. What happened after the sixth of June?
15 Aug 2024,59 mins