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| Adam Hart Davis Presents the Eureka Years |
Eureka! The long history of science is illuminated by eureka moments – occasional and startling breakthroughs that change the way we think about ourselves and our universe. Adam Hart-Davis (What The Romans Did For Us) presents this third series of 'eureka years' for BBC Radio 4. In it he tells the story of unique moments in four particular years – 1965, 1866, 1628 and 1905 – when great leaps were made in our understanding of astronomy,
medicine, biology and physics.
With his irrepressible enthusiasm, Adam Hart-Davis guides us through some astonishing moments that really did change our world. In this clip, Adam – with the help of a train to London, two clocks and a flash gun – explains how Einstein transformed our understanding of space and time.
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| Alistair Cooke - The Essential Letters from America: 1940-1959 |
Alistair Cooke entertained millions of listeners for over fifty years in his weekly Letter from America. It was the longest-running one-man series in radio history, and every show was a virtuoso performance.
In this selection of his very first letters, Cooke reports on a memorable range of events, including the threat to the United States during World War II, the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the shocking occasion when a bomber hit the Empire State Building and the presidential election of 1948.
As well as insights into cultural and political events of the time, the Letters are set in their historical context, with a specially commissioned script narrated by the BBC’s Washington correspondent Matt Frei.
It is September 1940. France has fallen. America remains neutral in the war, separated by 3,000 miles of ocean.
In this exclusive extract, Alistair Cooke reports on the alliance between Britain and America, and how the United States faced a very real crisis - the possible loss of her shield, namely the British navy in the Atlantic.
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Alistair Cooke's Letters from America are available on CD.
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Mark Tully's India |
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 In the wake of the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, it has been announced that the army has been called in to restore order in four cities, including the capital, Delhi. Across the country there’s been widespread arson and looting. We’ve just had this report from our correspondent in Delhi, Mark Tully..."
Mark Tully was the BBC’s Foreign Correspondent in India for 22 years, and 2007 sees the 60th anniversary of India’s independence.
To mark this, BBC Audio is publishing ‘Mark Tully’s India’. It is a unique record of his broadcasts from the country that include the storming of the Sikh Golden Temple and the horrific aftermath of the Bhopal gas disaster.
Click here for specially produced audio extract of the aftermath of Indira Gandhi’s assassination. The tension in Mark Tully’s voice is unmistakable, as fires are burning and gangs are roaming the streets…
Mark Tully's India is available on CD.
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| The Making of Modern Medicine |
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 The Making of Modern Medicine, a major new series recently transmitted on Radio 4, covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original sources from diaries, medical journals and stage satires to shed light on the experiences of physicians, surgeons, nurses and patients.
From classical beliefs about illness that would dominate medical thinking for centuries, through to the rise of the great hospitals and the work of the Renaissance anatomists, this fascinating and entertaining series reveals how, in the early 19th Century, modern scientific medicine was born out of a medical ‘Big Bang’ erupting from the white heat of the French Revolution, which would lead to clinical medicine as we know it today.
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Also available for audiodownload at www.audible.co.uk/medicine.
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| Churchill Remembered |
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 A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own words. It draws on a wealth of archive broadcasts, and in this clip one Belgian woman recalls how Churchill's speeches brought hope during her imprisonment by the Germans.
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| Eyewitness 1940-1949 |
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 Encompassing the Second World War and the years of austerity that followed, in this volume of Eyewitness the voices of servicemen and women and prisoners of war mingle with those of Winston Churchill and JB Priestley, among others. This clip has a reporter on VE Day, 1945, confirming Germany's unconditional surrender.
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| Never Give In: Winston Churchill's Greatest Speeches |
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 Sir Winston Churchill's greatest speeches digitally remastered, selected and introduced by his grandson Winston S. Churchill. They include: "Blood, toil, tears and sweat" - "The Few" - "This was their finest hour" "An Iron Curtain has descended" - "Never give in!". This clip introduces the speech Churchill made on his appointment as Prime Minister in 1940.
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