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Things We Forgot to Remember

Series 8

Episode 3: The Georgian Facade

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Georgian England is remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement, but behind the facade Michael Portillo finds an age full of riots and political strife. 3/4. Show more

Source: BBC Online

Things We Forgot to Remember

Series 8

Episode 1: Magna Carta Barons' French Invasion

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Michael Portillo explores how the barons responsible for Magna Carta, considered 'noble defenders of English liberty', also aided a little-known French invasion of England in 1216. Show more

Source: BBC Online

Things We Forgot to Remember

Series 8

Episode 2: Morgenthau Plan and post-war Germany

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Michael Portillo remembers the Morgenthau Plan which aimed to strip post-war Germany of its industry and turn it into an agricultural country. It was replaced by the Marshall Plan. Show more

Source: BBC Online

Things We Forgot to Remember

Series 8

Episode 4: The Junkers of Woodbridge Airfield

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Through the story of a German night fighter captured in Suffolk, Michael Portillo remembers the crucial electronic war waged between the Axis and the Allies. Show more

Source: BBC Online