Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.43.

[Ray Boyles]

Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.43. 27 Nov 2015.

The Generalisimo.
BBC Radio 4: Mon 30 Nov 2015, 06.30 – 07.00, rpt 20.30 – 21.00. 1 of 3: The Pre-Democracy Era
Miles Kington explores Spain and the early years of Europe’s longest-serving dictator General Franco.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076g7h

The Quizeum
BBC Four: Mon 30 Nov 2015, 20.30 – 21.00. 5 / 8
Located in the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway station, Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry plays host this time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qsjlr

Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues
BBC Four: Mon 30 Nov 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 2 /3
Sam Wills turns his attention to the lives of pirates during the early 18th century. What impact did likes of Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Calico Jack have in the era of colonial expansion? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qskdx

The Generalisimo.
BBC Radio 4: Tue 1 Dec 2015, 06.30 – 07.00, rpt 20.30 – 21.00. 2 of 3: Franco’s Civil War
Miles Kington continues his journey around Spain to uncover the legacy of General Franco’s civil war triumph.

Tumanbay
BBC Radio 4: Wed 2 Dec 2015, 14.15 – 15.00. 1 / 10
Epic saga inspired by the Mamluk slave dynasty of Egypt. Tumanbay is the capital of a vast medieval empire, under threat both from without and from within. Writer and director John Dryden’s 10-part historical drama, focuses on Gregor (Rufus Wright), master of the palace guard and a man charged with crushing an insurgency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qcrhv

The Generalisimo.
BBC Radio 4: Wed 2 Dec 2015, 06.30 – 07.00, rpt 20.30 – 21.00. 3 of 3: Franco’s Final Years
Miles Kington looks back at the Franco years of the 1960s and 70s and life after the death of the dictator.

Dan Cruickshank: Resurrecting History – Warsaw
BBC Radio 4: Wed 2 Dec 2015. 21.00 – 22.00
Architectural historian Cruickshank, who lived in Warsaw as a boy, returns to Poland’s capital for the first time in nearly 60 years. He explores how the city rose from the ashes in the wake of the Second World War, when it was all but destroyed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r12fd

In Our Time: Listener Week
BBC Radio 4: Thu 3 Dec 2015, 9.00 – 9.45
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a topic drawn from a list of around a thousand different ideas, all suggested by listeners in September and October. The subject will be revealed at 8.30am on Thursday 3rd December.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qkrks

The Last Kingdom
BBC Two: Thu 3 Dec 2015, 21.00 – 22.00. 7 / 8
The Danes invade Wessex and Uhtred is driven to hiding in the marshlands with King Alfred. With the life of Alfred’s child hanging in the balance, a bond is finally struck between the pagan warrior and his pious king. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rhpb3

[Ray Boyles]

For anyone interested in the three programmes on General Franco, just to clarify that these are on BBC Radio 4 Extra:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076g7h

Also, just in case I do not get the next list out until late on Friday:

Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes
BBC Radio 4: Fri 4 Dec 2015, 11.00 – 11.30. 1 / 3
Bettany Hughes follows the ancient Roman road to Istanbul. Tracing its route through Albania, Macedonia and Greece, she explores how the Egnatian Way helped to shape Europe and the Middle East. In the first episode, Bettany journeys from Adriatic shores of Albania to the Macedonian plain where Alexander The Great grew up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qms9p

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