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The Music Of Time
India
- Broadcast
- 2017 (49 mins)
Jasdeep Singh explores the profound effects of Indian independence and partition in 1947 on music across the north-west of the subcontinent. On the 15 of August 1947 India gained its independence and was...
The Music Of Time
Jamaica
- Broadcast
- 2017 (49 mins)
The Music of Time from Kingston, Jamaica with Dr Carolyn Cooper from the University of West Indies, looks at Jamaican music through the decades. From drumming during slavery, to 1970’s reggae, dancehall...
The Music Of Time
Japan
- Broadcast
- 2017 (49 mins)
As Japan emerged from the Second World War, American occupation forces set out to remake Japanese society in their own image. They decided that popular music would play its part - especially jazz: democratic...
Dangerous Borders - A Journey Across India and Pakistan
Episode 1
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
Journalists Babita Sharma and Adnan Sarwar are beginning their epic journey along the still-contentious border that divides India and Pakistan. 70 years after the partition of India and the creation of...
Dangerous Borders - A Journey Across India and Pakistan
Episode 2
- Broadcast
- 2017 (58 mins)
Journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma are on the second part of their epic journey taking them both through the province of Punjab, along the volatile border that divides India and Pakistan. This lush,...
Dangerous Borders - A Journey Across India and Pakistan
Episode 3
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma are on the second part of their epic journey taking them both through the province of Punjab, along the volatile border that divides India and Pakistan. This lush,...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep1 - Martindale Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
During the blitz over 450,000 bombs dropped on Britain and every bomb has its own story. This series examines the specific effect of four bombs, from their initial impact on individual lives, right through...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep2 - 6th Avenue
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This second episode explores the ramifications of a bomb that fell on 6th Avenue in the port city of Hull, flattening two houses and changing the lives of two families forever. The Taylors lost baby Peter...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep3 - Jellicoe Road
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
Episode three follows a bomb that fell on Jellicoe Street in the Scottish town of Clydebank. It was a tightly knit community of ship builders and factory workers who worked hard in difficult conditions; for...
Blitz: The Bombs That Changed Britain
Ep4 - St Peter’s Church
- Broadcast
- 2017 (59 mins)
This final episode looks at the deadly impact of the incendiary bomb when an incendiary sets fire to St Peter’s Church in the historic heart of Bristol. Before November 1940 the Castle Street area was...