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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

In East Asia, the Second World War remains a controversial issue. Historian Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers the conflict - through its movies. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Director:
Phil Tinline
Producer:
Phil Tinline

Saturday Drama

Winter Exercise

Duration: 1 hour

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

Nuclear war looms over Britain in this docudrama based on a recently released Cabinet Office document from 1981. David Aaronovitch guides us through this chilling wargame. Show more

Contributors

Prime Minister:
Tim Woodward
Foreign Secretary:
Thomas Wheatley
Home Secretary:
Simon Treves
Defence Secretary:
Steve Toussaint
Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee:
John Norton
Scottish Secretary:
Sean Murray
Chief of Defence Staff:
David Seddon
Director:
Toby Swift
Producer:
Phil Tinline

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Sunday Feature

The American Civil War

Episode 3: Dividing Lines

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Historian Adam Smith visits contemporary America to trace how the dividing lines of the Civil War are still visible beneath US politics 150 years on. Show more

Sunday Feature

Great British Ideas

Episode 3: JA Hobson, Lenin and Anti-Imperialism

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Historian Tristram Hunt traces how an anti-imperialist book by a liberal English journalist had a surprising impact on Lenin - in exile, and even after he seized power in Moscow. Show more