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First World War: The Complete Collection
- Voices from the BBC Archive
- By: Sarah Kilgarriff
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In this selection of historic recordings from the BBC Archives, British, French and American servicemen recall their harrowing experiences of the conflict. German officers also tell their stories, their misery palpable in defeat. Inevitably the horrors of the Western Front dominate and the battles of the Somme and Passchendaele evoke bitter memories.
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Amazing
- By Jason Rimmer on 09-09-19
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First World War: The Complete Collection
- Voices from the BBC Archive
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
- A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent
- By: Lyse Doucet
- Narrated by: Lyse Doucet
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Nero Book Award Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year 2025 A sweeping...
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Excellent - highly recommended
- By balzar on 24-09-25
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The Finest Hotel in Kabul
- A richly immersive history of Afghanistan from the BBC's Chief International Correspondent
- Narrated by: Lyse Doucet
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 18-09-25
- Language: English
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Great Leaders' Lives
- A BBC biography collection
- By: Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock, and others
- Narrated by: Matthew Parris, Ranulph Fiennes, George Monbiot, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Household names nominate leaders from the past for BBC Radio 4's Great Lives Since its inception in 2001, Great Lives has been one of Radio 4's most popular programmes, presented by Joan Bakewell, Humphrey Carpenter, Francine Stock and Matthew Parris. The format is simple, but compelling: each...
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Great Leaders' Lives
- A BBC biography collection
- Narrated by: Matthew Parris, Ranulph Fiennes, George Monbiot, Frederick Forsyth, Christopher Hitchens, Ray Mears, Ann Widdecombe, Maxine Peake, Francine Stock, Humphrey Carpenter
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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Auntie's War: The BBC During the Second World War
- By: Edward Stourton
- Narrated by: Ed Stourton
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. This was a period of remarkable voices: Churchill’s speeches, de Gaulle’s broadcasts from exile, Richard Dimbleby and Vera Lynn. Radio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda while at the same time eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone, securing the BBC’s reputation as a purveyor of truth.
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Brilliant!
- By carrosvoss on 17-12-19
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Auntie's War: The BBC During the Second World War
- Narrated by: Ed Stourton
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 21-06-18
- Language: English
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Things We Forgot to Remember
- A BBC Radio 4 History Series
- By: Michael Portillo
- Narrated by: Michael Portillo
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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History is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best-known moments to fill in some of these gaps, rediscovering forgotten events that augment our understanding and shift our perspective.
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Things We Forgot to Remember
- A BBC Radio 4 History Series
- Narrated by: Michael Portillo
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-09-22
- Language: English
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In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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One of BBC Radio's flagship programmes, In Our Time is both highly acclaimed and immensely popular. First broadcast in 1998, it has built an audience of over 2 million listeners, who tune in each week to be enlightened and entertained by Melvyn Bragg and his expert panel as they tackle subjects ranging from macromolecules to the Muses. This special themed collection comprises the highlights of military history: 25 episodes exploring the most important conflicts of the past 3000 years, plus additional programmes discussing the history and future of war and key military themes.
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In Our Time: 25 Landmarks in Military History
- A BBC Radio 4 Collection
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Series: In Our Time
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Jonathan Myerson
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, full cast, Henry Goodman, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Summer, 1945. The war is over, and Germany has surrendered. Across Europe, the top surviving Nazis are being tracked down, arrested and imprisoned in a once-opulent Luxembourg hotel, on 24-hour suicide watch. Now, the Allies must decide what to do with them. After much deliberation, Britain, America, Russia and France agree that Hitler's high command must be formally tried. This will be an entirely new kind of trial, with utterly new charges: those of 'crimes against humanity' and 'genocide'. And before it can even take place, numerous crises and obstacles must be overcome.
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Brill
- By Kindle Customer on 13-10-22
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Nuremberg: The Trial of the Nazi War Criminals
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, full cast, Henry Goodman, Freddie Fox, Natalie Dormer
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-05-22
- Language: English
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First World War: 1915
- Voices from the BBC Archives
- By: Mark Jones
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A unique collection of historic recordings covering the events of 1915, from the first Zeppelin raids to the ultimate failure at Gallipoli. In this selection of authentic eyewitness accounts, survivors describe the sinking of the Lusitania; the author Compton McKenzie remembers the Gallipoli...
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First World War: 1915
- Voices from the BBC Archives
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 19-02-15
- Language: English
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Les Miserables
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- By: Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland, Roger Allam
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Joss Ackland, Roger Allam and Leslie Phillips star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. When poverty drives Jean Valjean to steal a loaf of bread from a baker’s window, it is an action that will haunt him for the rest of his life. A citizen of...
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C’est magnifique!
- By Nigel on 03-03-18
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Les Miserables
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Joss Ackland, Roger Allam
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 19-03-15
- Language: English
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Michael Portillo: On the World Wars
- A BBC Radio History Collection
- By: Michael Portillo
- Narrated by: Michael Portillo
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist and broadcaster Michael Portillo has always been fascinated by the past. A former politician and history graduate, he has presented several TV documentaries, including Portillo's Empire Journey and Great British Railway Journeys. Now, in these fascinating radio programmes, he turns the spotlight on World War One and Two, examining the cultural, political and economic upheaval surrounding these devastating global conflicts.
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Michael Portillo: On the World Wars
- A BBC Radio History Collection
- Narrated by: Michael Portillo
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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Journey's End
- A BBC Radio 4 drama
- By: R C Sherriff
- Narrated by: Derek Seaton, Garard Green, Martin Jarvis, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Journey's End is an unflinching vision of life in the tranches towards the end of the First World War. The play opens in a dugout in the trenches in France. Raleigh, a new 18-year-old officer fresh out of school, joins the besieged company of his friend and hero Stanhope. But when he arrives in the trenches, he finds Stanhope dramatically changed. This vintage BBC radio production from 1970 stars Martin Jarvis as Captain Stanhope.
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Get the right voices.....
- By Amazon User on 16-12-20
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Journey's End
- A BBC Radio 4 drama
- Narrated by: Derek Seaton, Garard Green, Martin Jarvis, full cast
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Release date: 14-06-18
- Language: English
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Boy & Going Solo
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas
- By: Roald Dahl
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Patrick Malahide
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical stories. These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius. Boy Dahl’s...
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Great story, shame it's only half of the book.
- By Nick on 16-12-18
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Boy & Going Solo
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas
- Narrated by: Full Cast, Patrick Malahide
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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How to Win an Information War
- The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler: BBC R4 Book of the Week
- By: Peter Pomerantsev
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Pomerantsev is emerging as the pre-eminent war reporter of our time. Observer From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. In the summer of 1941, Hitler...
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A bit rushed reading, but story keeps on giving
- By Amazon Customer on 16-09-24
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How to Win an Information War
- The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler: BBC R4 Book of the Week
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-03-24
- Language: English
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Minds at War
- How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War
- By: Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The complete BBC Radio 3 series exploring how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had ever seen. All those who experienced it were...
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Minds at War
- How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-11-22
- Language: English
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The Battle Of Britain
- Complete
- By: BBC
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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First-hand accounts featuring the RAF pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain - one of the chief turning points of World War Two. 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' - Winston Churchill. The 'Few' were the nearly 3,000 RAF pilots who fought...
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truly remarkable
- By Adam Ellson on 23-01-23
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The Battle Of Britain
- Complete
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-09-10
- Language: English
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Winston Churchill's Greatest Speeches
- A BBC Collection
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Winston Churchill
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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'The most persuasive and patriotic exhortations to arms since the Agincourt address from Henry V.' - The Guardian. Sir Winston Churchill steered Britain through its darkest hours during World War II. He was one of the 20th century's greatest orators and the speeches that he painstakingly...
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Could be cut down by 90%
- By Anonymous on 06-12-21
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Winston Churchill's Greatest Speeches
- A BBC Collection
- Narrated by: Winston Churchill
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-12-21
- Language: English
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Legacy of War
- A BBC World War II History
- By: Sean Bean
- Narrated by: Sean Bean
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Second World War ended over 75 years ago, and the number of men and women who lived through it is rapidly dwindling. But its legacy casts a long shadow, and the memories of those who experienced the conflict left both powerful stories and often a complex inheritance behind for their children and grandchildren. In this series, Sean Bean investigates how the trauma of profound wartime experiences - whether spoken or unspoken - can be transferred down through subsequent generations.
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Legacy of War
- A BBC World War II History
- Narrated by: Sean Bean
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-05-21
- Language: English
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The Photographer of the Lost
- A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
- By: Caroline Scott, Chris Harper
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and 1917 If someone you loved went missing, would you ever stop searching for them? 1921. The Great War is over and while many survivors have been reunited with their loved ones, Edie’s husband Francis has not come...
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Excellent
- By M on 06-01-23
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The Photographer of the Lost
- A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: English
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The Western Front
- By: Richard Holmes
- Narrated by: Richard Holmes
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Military historian Richard Holmes turns his attention to the infamous First World War trench line, the Western Front. Of the nine million British and Dominion soldiers who were killed in action in the Great War, most died here. In this thorough examination of the role the Front played in the war...
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An excellent short history of the Western Front
- By Mr. Nd Bristow on 26-10-17
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The Western Front
- Narrated by: Richard Holmes
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-11-12
- Language: English
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The Falklands War: Recordings from the Archive
- A Landmark BBC Radio Collection
- By: BBC Worldwide
- Narrated by: Margaret Thatcher, Rex Hunt, Anthony Parsons, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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1982 was a historic year, a year in which the battle for a small group of islands in the South Atlantic dominated the news. From the initial broadcasts of the growing Argentine threat and Mrs Thatcher's speech to the Commons informing them that a Task Force will sail, to the battles for Goose Green and Port Stanley, the Argentine surrender and the controversial sinking of the Belgrano—all these historic moments, together with all the other important events of the Falklands War, are recorded here, in live BBC Radio News coverage.
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A fascinating record
- By Prospero77 on 02-03-24
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The Falklands War: Recordings from the Archive
- A Landmark BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Margaret Thatcher, Rex Hunt, Anthony Parsons, Alexander Haig, Leopoldo Galtieri, Harold Briley, Brian Hanrahan, Max Hastings, Sir John Nott
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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