Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.15.

World War II in Colour
Channel 5: Thu 14 May 2015, 19.00 – 20.00. 2/13
Repeat of series using rare archive footage which has been passed through modern colourisation techniques: http://www.channel5.com/shows/world-war-2-in-colour/episodes/lightning-war

The Last Days of Guy Fawkes
Channel 5: Thu 14 May 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 5/6.
Was the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 a spectacular act of rebellion, or a fanatical act of terrorism?
http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-last-days-of/episodes/guy-fawkes

The Vietnam War
Discovery Channel, Thu 14 May 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 3/3.
US veterans discuss the conflict: http://www.discoveryuk.com/web/the-vietnam-war/

Voices of the First World War
BBC Radio 4: Fri 15 May 2015 21:00 – 22.00. Omnibus edition: repeated last 5 episodes. 5 – 10/10.
Dan Snow presents the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there.
Episode information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t7p9l/episodes/guide

Anzac Girls
More 4, Fri 15 May 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 3/6
This new Australian World War I period drama is based on real letters and diaries of five young women from Australia and New Zealand in the First World War. The situation on the Greek island of Lemos worsens: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/anzac-girls
Further programme information: http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/more4-enlists-the-anzac-girls

Lusitania: 18 Minutes That Changed the World.
Channel 5, Fri 15 May 2015, 20.00 – 21.00.
The sinking of the passenger liner by U-boat in 1915, told through the stories of individual passengers and crew.
http://www.channel5.com/shows/lusitania-18-minutes-that-changed-ww1

1864
BBC Four: Sat 16 May 2015, 21.00 – 23.00. Episodes 1 & 2 of 8.
Danish drama which weaves personal stories with the wider political rumblings of a conflict fought over the Schleswig-Holstein question, a diplomatic dispute between Denmark and Prussia. With English subtitles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04ld4nf

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
BBC 1: Sun 17 May 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 1/7: The Friends of English Magic.
New drama based on the novel by Susanna Clarke. In the early 19th Century, two men are destined to bring magic back to England. Yet their dangerous rivalry allows an even greater evil to threaten the nation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mrr36

Incarnations: India in 50 Lives.
BBC Radio 4: Mon 18 – Fri 22 May 2015, 13.45 – 14.00. New daily series. Episodes 6-10.
Over the course of 50 episodes, Sunil Khilnani, director of the King’s India Institute in London, takes listeners on a whirlwind journey from ancient India to the 21st century through the prism of the life stories of 50 remarkable individuals. Episodes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rptbv/broadcasts/2015/05
Series details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rptbv

David Pownall – Assassins
BBC Radio 4 Extra: Mon 18 May 2015, 11.15 – 12.00, rpt 21.15 – 22.00. Episode 1 of 3: The Virgin Knife
On 13 July 1793, why did Charlotte Corday travel to Paris with the sole aim of killing Jean-Paul Marat?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075hlr

Tommies: Mon 18 May 1915
BBC Radio 4: Mon 18 May 2015, 14.15 – 15.00. 4/5
Based on unit war diaries and eye-witness accounts, each drama traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago. This story is set on the Eastern Front where the Russian army has been routed at Gorlice. The Russians are retreating, but the renegade Prince Balashov is determined to wrench some kind of victory from defeat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05v7tjm
Previous episode from 1914 (2014) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04l902x/broadcasts/2015/04

Inside the Medieval Mind
BBC 4: Mon 18 May 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. Repeat of 2008 series. 1 / 4: Knowledge.
Professor Robert Bartlett examines the way we thought during medieval times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009s80l

The Last Explorers: Livingstone
BBC 4: Mon 18 May 2015, 22.00 – 23.00. Repeat of 2011 / 2012 series. 2/4: William Speirs Bruce.
Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers who planted ideas rather than flags – ideas that shaped the modern world we know today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017sp66

24 Hours in the Past
BBC1: Tue 19 May 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 4/ 4
New series where six celebrities travel back in time to Victorian Britain, spending four days in four different 19th-century workplaces. The final and most challenging episode yet of this four-part living history series sees our six celebrities destitute and penniless in the workhouse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wcwg0

The Origins of War
BBC Radio4: Tue 19 May 2015, 11.00 – 11.30.
Is our desire to wage war something uniquely human or can its origins be traced much further back in our evolutionary past? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05v7tnr

David Pownall – Assassins
BBC Radio 4 Extra: Tue 19 May 2015, 11.15 – 12.00, rpt 21.15 – 22.00. 2 of 3: A Mere Five Thousand Pounds
How aggrieved timber merchant John Bellingham shot prime minister Spencer Perceval dead in May 1812. .http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vrjr8

David Pownall – Assassins
BBC Radio 4 Extra: Wed 20 May 2015, 11.15 – 12.00, rpt 21.15 – 22.00. Episode 3 of 3: Sic Semper Tyrannis
14 April 1865 at the Ford Theatre, Washington. John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln dead. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075hyg

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