Russia: The Wild East (pt 1) - From Rulers To Revolutions
Written & Presented by Martin Sixsmith
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
The first 25 episodes from the landmark BBC Radio series. Martin Sixsmith brings his first-hand experience of reporting from Russia to this fascinating narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union finally lost its grip on power.
Dur: 5hrs 37minsSTEREO - 25 part Radio Series
Available as 192kbps Stereo MP3 - 475MB
Russia: The Wild East (pt 2) - The Rise And Fall Of The Soviets
Written & Presented by Martin Sixsmith
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
The final 25 episodes from the landmark BBC Radio series. Martin Sixsmith brings his first-hand experience of reporting from Russia to this fascinating narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union finally lost its grip on power.
Dur: 5hrs 41minsSTEREO - 25 part Radio Series
Available as 192kbps Stereo MP3 - 480MB
Written & Presented by Tom Mangold
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Oil has meant mastery throughout the 20th Century. It is the world's biggest and most pervasive business, and 'the' strategic commodity on the world stage. In a four part series Tom Mangold looks at the geopolitics of oil. When will the tap run dry: Tom Mangold explores the biggest debate facing the oil industry today - will we run out of oil, and if so, when?
Dur: 1hr 48minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 249MB
Written & Presented by Adam Fowler
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
In ‘Poles and the Planet’ Adam Fowler charts the legacy of the IGY (1957) in the run up to the IPY (2007). Through a wide variety of archive he recreates the excitement of 1957 and speaks to the explorers and scientists who worked in Antarctica and experienced it first hand.
Dur: 56minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 128MB
Written & Presented by Tom Mangold
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
In “The Miracle Berry”, reporter Tom Mangold tells the story of how, in the early 1970s in Massachusetts, entrepreneur, Robert Harvey was on the brink of revolutionising the eating habits of millions of Americans. He had developed a product made from a West African berry which turned sour tastes to sweet. This ‘Miracle Berry’ meant that diabetics could eat sweet tasting food without risk, and those suffering from obesity could eat what they enjoyed and still lose weight.
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 62MB
The Great Game In A Cold Climate: A Tale Of Two Cities
Written & Presented by Adam Fowler
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
A few years ago the Canadian port of Churchill on the Hudson Bay was bought for seven dollars by an American railroad company, Omnitrax. A fair price for a dilapidated granary building that nobody wanted, a rusting railhead and a wharf accessible to ships only in the brief, ice-free summer. Now, as the climate changes, Arctic sea routes open up, and vast mineral reserves become accessible for the first time, Churchill is set to become a boom town. In “The Great Game In A Cold Climate: A Tale of Two Cities” Adam Fowler travels there to find out just how good an investment that seven dollars might turn out to be, and just how important this tiny settlement could become when the ‘Scramble for the Arctic’ gets under way in earnest.
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 62MB
Written & Presented by Tom Mangold
Originally Broadcast On BBC Radio 4
Tom Mangold tramps the streets of Newark, New Jersey with a presbyterian minister and self-ordained seeker of justice. Jim McCloskey gave up a successful business career at the age of 37 to enter a seminary, from where he began doing outreach work in a local prison. Called by God to give his life for those unjustly incarcerated, he never took the time to become ordained, and since then has been responsible for the freeing of over forty innocent people from America's prisons.
Dur: 27minsSTEREO - Radio Documentary
Available as 320kbps Stereo MP3 - 63MB