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Witness to the Eastern Bloc revolutions of the 1980s with Professor Timothy Garton Ash (158)
Season 7 Episode 158
Professor Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author, commentator and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Professor Garton Ash…
5 years, 2 months ago
Ian Black - Flying the English Electric Lightning (157)
Season 7 Episode 157
Ian Black is a former RAF Fighter Pilot with a passion for photography and motorcycles. He began his flying career with the legendary McDonnell Dougl…
5 years, 2 months ago
Sovietisation of Estonia (156)
Season 7 Episode 156
Michael Zdanowski was born and raised in the UK, but his interest with the Cold War goes back generations. His grandfather having emigrated from Pola…
5 years, 2 months ago
Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 2 (155)
Season 7 Episode 155
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Colin Munro who was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990.
In this episode we m…
5 years, 2 months ago
Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 1 (154)
Season 7 Episode 154
Colin Munro was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. Although the UK did not recognise East Berlin as part of the GDR…
5 years, 2 months ago
Just another day in Vietnam (153)
Season 7 Episode 153
In this episode we talk with Col. Keith Nightingale who served in the US military from 1965 to 1993. He completed two tours of Vietnam; the first as …
5 years, 3 months ago
With Solidarity in Gdansk in 1980 (152)
Season 7 Episode 152
During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Dr Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’, including the future pr…
5 years, 3 months ago
Sue Boyd - Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in East Berlin (151)
Season 7 Episode 152
Sue Boyd has been the head of Australian diplomatic missions in Fiji, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Bangladesh. She also had postings at the United Nations …
5 years, 3 months ago
Cold War Royal Navy submarine missions (150)
Season 7 Episode 151
Today we speak with Ian Ballantyne, the author of “Hunter Killers”, also known as “Undersea Warriors” in the United States.
Hunter Killers’ tells the …
5 years, 3 months ago
Détente – the chance to end the Cold War (149)
Season 6 Episode 149
Today we speak with Richard Crowder, the author of “Détente – the chance to end the Cold War”.
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5 years, 4 months ago