Podcast Episodes

Willy Wonka's Nuclear Factories

What sweet treats lay within Britain's buffer depots?

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4 years, 9 months ago

Sound An Alarm

The 1971 film 'Sound An Alarm', looking at the work of the UKWMO.

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4 years, 9 months ago

Four Minutes of Threads, Part XI

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4 years, 9 months ago

The NHS and Nuclear War

Another short extract from the book about the health service's plans for nuclear war.

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4 years, 10 months ago

Royal Observer Corps

A short extract from my upcoming book. I explore an ROC Monitoring Post and describe the work of the Corps during the Blitz and the Cold War.

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4 years, 10 months ago

Interview with Rita May (Mrs Kemp in THREADS)

I spoke to the wonderful Rita May about her memories of THREADS.

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4 years, 10 months ago

Short extract from the book...

I read two pages from the Civil Defence Corps chapter of my book.

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4 years, 11 months ago

Cauliflower and Plym: Britain's First Atomic Bomb

Cauliflower and Plym: not a cocktail, but two unusual elements of Britain's first atomic test, Operation Hurricane.

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4 years, 11 months ago

A Saturday Job After Nuclear War

Looking at proposals for jobs for adolescents after nuclear attack.

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4 years, 11 months ago

Target North West

The 1982 booklet 'Target North West' evaluated civil defence plans for the NW of England. We look at the chapter on Law and Order.

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4 years, 11 months ago