Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.42. 21 Nov 2015.

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Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.42. 21 Nov 2015.

Tony Robinson’s Wild West
Discovery: Sun 22 Nov 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 3 / 3
In this final part Tony looks at how the west was won, focusing on the pioneers that capitalised on the opportunities of the West, one of which was the renowned Buffalo Bill, the world’s first global superstar http://www.discoveryuk.com/shows/tony-robinsons-wild-west/

Building Hitler’s Supergun
Channel 4: Sun 22 Nov 2015, 20.00 – 21.00.
In 1943, the Nazis drew up plans for the biggest gun the world had ever seen: the V-3 supergun. The intention was to smash London to rubble with the weapon. Engineer Hugh Hunt investigates how the gun might have been constructed and how it worked. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/building-hitlers-supergun

The Quizeum
BBC Four: Mon 21 Nov 2015, 20.30 – 21.00. 4 / 8
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum plays host this time. Nestling beneath the historic Stirling Castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was crowned in 1542, the Smith houses a remarkably eclectic range of objects. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06q7csj

Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues
BBC Four: Mon 23 Nov 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 1 /3
Historian Sam Willis looks back at the lives of outlaws in the 17th and 18th centuries. He begins with highwaymen, who represented a new kind of gentleman criminal when they first emerged in the wake of the Civil War. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qn3lr

The Counterfeiter’s Tale
BBC Radio 4 Extra: Wed 25 Nov 2015, 20.30 – 21.00. Repeat of 2010 broadcast.
Historian Tristram Hunt talks to Adolf Burger – the last remaining survivor of Operation Bernard, the biggest money counterfeiting operation in history. The Nazis forced their captors the Sachsenhausen concentration camp to forge millions of pounds-worth of British banknotes, which they planned to use to ruin Britain’s wartime economy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j1dvs

Tankies:
BBC Four: Thu 26 Nov 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 2 / 2
Mark Urban continues the story of six remarkable men from the Fifth Royal Tank Regiment in World War II.
This episode picks up the story with the regiment’s triumphant return from north Africa and victory at Alamein. Expecting a well-earned rest, instead they are joined by new recruits and re-equipped with brand new British-made Cromwell Tanks in preparation for D-Day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzv78

In Our Time: The Salem Witch Trials
BBC Radio 4: Thu 26 Nov 2015, 9.00 – 9.45
Melvyn Bragg and expert guests discuss the outbreak of the Salem witch trials, which took place in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pxp2z

The Last Kingdom
BBC Two: Thu 26 Nov 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 6 /8
Uhtred leads a raiding party to Cornwall on a mission for wealth and independence. Uhtred attracts the attention of a beautiful pagan queen but must eventually return to Wessex and face Alfred’s wrath. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0344rr3

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