50 episódios
Witnesses of History Geoff Lumley
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- História
Readings based on the Faber book REPORTAGE (pub 1987 and edited by John Casey) and other sources.
Each episode takes two or more readings with at least one based on the date of publication of the episode. The readings may either dovetail with each other or be in contrast.
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50 - The End of the Line
We look at endings in this final edition, the end of life, the end of war, the end of the race and even the end of Man being unable to fly across the sea.
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49 - Advent Sunday - Babylon Has Fallen
Advent Sunday marks our penultimate episode and, as we await the coming of the King of kings to bring in the Age of Peace, we reflect on the fall of earthly cities:Berlin in 1945
Antwerp in 1576
Moscow in 1812
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San Francisco in 1906 -
48 -Native communities and Coronations
The first recording since the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we remember the coronation of Queen Victoria and have a mixed bag of reports from the burning of the Reichstag to the native communities of Scandinavia and South America as well as the death of a chimney sweep's lad.
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47 - You Win Some, You Lose Some - 25th October
The Battles of Agincourt and Balaclava
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46 - Cutting Times - 27th September
An horrendous account of a mastectomy in 1811, Charles Darwin on the Galapagos islands, seeing a salamander and children at play in the Lake District
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45 - War and Peace - 7th September
WW2 Dogfight, the Blitz, DCM awarded in WW1, Princess Anne wins on Doublet, VC10 Skyjack