Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.This week: 15th September to 21st September- 16th September 1620. The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth to America
- 19th September 1960. Britain deploys it's first Traffic Wardens
- 21st September 1915. Cecil Chubb purchases Stonehenge
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September 8th - September 14th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.This week: 8th - 14th September- 9th September 1976. Death of Mao Zedong
- 12th September 1846. HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, the British expedition searching for a Northwest Passage, become trapped in ice.
- 12th September 1940. Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Paintings
Presented by Viji Alles and Jane Steel.
Producers: Sofie Vilcins and Luke Doran.
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September 1st - September 7th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.This week: 1st September to 7th September- 1st September 1939. Operation Pied Piper begins, evacuating British children to the countryside
- 7th September 1936. The last captive Thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, dies in a zoo in Australia
- 3rd September 1967. Sweden begins driving on the right-hand side of the roadPresented by Jane Steel and Ron Brown.
Producers: Chris Pearson and Luke Doran.
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August 25th - August 31st
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history.
With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today.This week: August 25th - August 31st
- 27th August 1896. The British Empire defeat the sultanate of Zanzibar in the shortest recorded war in History.
- 26th August 1994. Arthur Cornhill receives the world's first 'Bionic Heart'.
- 29th August 1930. The evacuation of the archipelago of St Kilda.Presented by Jane Steel and Ron Brown.
Produced by Chris Pearson and Luke Doran.
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August 18th - August 24th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.BBC Radio 4 explores the history books and archives to see what has happened on this same week throughout history.
With short vignettes of the events that have shaped the world and made us who we are today.This week: August 18th - August 24th
- 20th of August 1968. Soviet-led forces invade Czechoslovakia and crush the reform movement known as the “Prague Spring”.
- 22nd of August 1485. The Battle of Bosworth Field ends The Wars of the Roses.
- 23rd of August 1973. A bank siege leads to the identification of a contested psychiatric condition; Stockholm syndrome.Presented by Caroline Nicholls and Ron Brown.
Produced by Stuart Ross.
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