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Introducing: Real Survival Stories - Abandon Ship (Part 1 of 2)
Season 4
Noiser presents a brand-new podcast: Real Survival Stories. Hosted by John Hopkins, the show brings you astonishing tales of ordinary people thrust i…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Battle of Britain
Season 4 Episode 96
In the summer of 1940, the Battle of Britain saw 3,000 airmen risk their lives to defend British shores from the Nazis. But as the pilots battled ove…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Great Depression
Season 4 Episode 95
The Great Depression was the worst and deepest peacetime economic shock of the twentieth century. It affected millions of lives, redefined global tra…
2 years, 7 months ago
The French Resistance
Season 4 Episode 94
During the dark years of the Nazi occupation, many French and Allied citizens risked and sacrificed their lives fighting against their oppressors. Th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Richard the Third
Season 4 Episode 93
Richard the Third was the last English king to die in battle. A key figure in the Wars of the Roses, he is also prime suspect in the enduring mystery…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hadrian’s Wall
Season 4 Episode 92
Nineteen hundred years ago, Hadrian’s Wall was built to defend against the northern tribes, and mark the extent of the Roman empire in Britain. But i…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Wright Brothers
Season 4 Episode 91
As long as humans have observed creatures in flight, we have dreamed of taking to the skies ourselves. But Wilbur and Orville Wright were determined …
2 years, 8 months ago
The Golden Age of Athens
Season 4 Episode 90
While the Roman Republic was still in its infancy, the Greek city-state of Athens rose from the ruins of war with the Persians to become the most bea…
2 years, 8 months ago
Female Spies of World War Two
Season 4 Episode 89
During World War Two, dozens of British-trained women were deployed as spies and saboteurs, to infiltrate behind enemy lines in Nazi-controlled Franc…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Renaissance
Season 4 Episode 88
The Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries was a time of rediscovery. With Florence as its epicentre, it saw a revival of the art, culture and ph…
2 years, 9 months ago