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In a Nutshell

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Frances Glessner Lee revolutionised the study of crime investigation, founding the first centre for the study of forensic pathology at Harvard University.

Glessner Lee built a series of Dolls Houses in the 1940's with a carpenter, in which she con

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The Day They Shot John Lennon

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By James McLure                                                                                    

RTE Airing of American Documentary

    

Forty years and a day after the senseless murder outside the Dakota apartmen

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Thanks for the Memory

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Nicholas Parsons asks how and why aging impacts so heavily on our minds and memories. He meets scientists at the forefront of research to find out why our memories diminish and speaks to others trying desperately to stop theirs from fading away. U

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Historic Home Tour....

Date: February 14, 1962

A tour led by Jackie Kennedy of her home in Washington....

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I found this on archive.org a few years ago and thought it was interesting because of the tour led by the first lady herself.  The picture quality ok co

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The Heart of Midlothian

Sir Walter Scott - The Heart Of Midlothian Broadcast 9 and 16 Sept 2007 (Classic Serial) 128/48; sound quality excellent Episode 1: ---------- When a smuggler is executed, a mob storms the Tolbooth Prison where young Effie Deans awaits trial fo

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Priestley's Postscripts

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Martin Wainwright examines the reasons why the series of radio broadcasts made by Yorkshire author JB Priestley during World War Two were brought to an end, despite having attracted a large audience. The documentary uses archive clips and intervie

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Ghosts

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Ghosts
A programme from a 6-part series called 'Folktales'
 
Toni Arthur looks at some haunting folktales.

Everybody loves the thrill of hearing a ghost story, whether set in stately home or council flat. Why do we have this morbid fascination wit

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The Cockney by Charles Chilton

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Charles Chilton - The Cockney

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1974.
Broadcast: Tuesday 07 January 2014

160K - 67.2 Mb - 1 RAR File Containing 2 mp3s and 1 Txt File

Part of BBC Radio 4 Extra's tribute to the remarkable talent of

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Operation Pied Piper

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Operation Pied Piper

First broadcast: Tuesday 01 September 2009, Radio 2
Repeated Sat 9 Nov 2013
Duration: 57 minutes

BBC Radio 2 looks back to the momentous operation that saw the mass evacuation of more than three million British children on the eve

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