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The History Hour: The Heysel Stadium Disaster

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The Heysel Stadium Disaster

30/05/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The Heysel Stadium Disaster

One of Europe's worst stadium disasters; housing segregation in the US; Italy in WW1

One of Europe's worst stadium disasters plus housing segregation in the US; Protect and Survive; the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia and Italy in World War.

One of Europe's worst stadium disasters plus the Californian woman who ended segregation in the US housing market; Protect and Survive, the British government's booklet on how to survive a nuclear war; the Welsh pioneers in Patagonia and a soldiers account of the brutal Italian campaign fought in the Alps during World War One.

(*Some listeners might find some parts of this programme disturbing*)

Photo: Liverpool supporters before the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus at the Heysel Stadium, Brussels. (Credit: David Cannon/Allsport)

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