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 & performed by Judith Paris
Dramatic audio performance
Judith Paris presents the story of the remarkable life of Madame Tussaud.
Dur: 1hr 16minsSTEREO
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Historic Writings of Freemasonry 1.05 - A Bunch Of Keys (1955)
Written by MW Bro. G. ROy Long, Past Grand Master of British Columbia
Read by Neil Gardner
Part of the 'Historic Writings Of Freemasonry' series. "Long Centuries ago in a glowing moment of spiritual exaltation the Psalmist exclaimed: "Thou hast set my feet in a large room!"
Dur: 34minsMONO
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Historic Writings of Freemasonry 1.04 - Determining Recognition (1958)
Written by Harry W. Bundy, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of Colorado
Read by Neil Gardner
Part of the 'Historic Writings Of Freemasonry' series. "On St. John's Day, June 24, 1717, two hundred and forty one years ago, the Freemasons of London formed a grand lodge and started the system of organized Masonry which has spread over the entire world, and its law has come to be recognized by Craft Masonry as the criterion by which regularity may be determined."
Dur: 17minsMONO
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Historic Writings of Freemasonry 1.03 - Freemasonry and Its Landmarks (1892)
Written by Unknown
Read by Neil Gardner
Part of the 'Historic Writings Of Freemasonry' series. "Why has Freemasonry existed so long as it has? I claim its existence is due to the fact that it is NOT a secret society."
Dur: 10minsMONO
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Historic Writings of Freemasonry 1.02 - A Tramp's Own Ritual
Written by Unknown
Read by Barnaby Edwards
Part of the 'Historic Writings Of Freemasonry' series. A short set of questions...a short piece of Masonic humour?
Dur: 2minsMONO
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Historic Writings of Freemasonry 1.01 - The Fundamental Philosophic Secrets Within Freemasonry (1925)
Written by WL Wilmshurst
Read by Neil Gardner
Part of the 'Historic Writings Of Freemasonry' series. This paper was originally delivered to the Masonic Study Society , London in 1925
Dur: 44minsMONO
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Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game From Afghanistan to Africa
Written by William Beaver
Read by Peter Owen
This is the story of the shadowy Intelligence Division of the British War Office and its unsung role in the formation of the Victorian Empire and imperial policy-making from Asia to Africa.
Dur: 11hrs 13minsMONO
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The Man Who Would Be Jack: The Hunt For The Real Ripper
Written by David Bullock
Read by Peter Owen
London, 1891. Less than three weeks after the last Whitechapel murder, 25-year-old Thomas Cutbush is committed to Broadmoor for savage knife attacks on two girls. The arresting officer, Inspector William Race, intrigued by the wealth of connections with the infamous unsolved murders in the East End, starts to wonder whether he has, in fact, arrested Jack the Ripper himself.
Dur: 6hrs 36minsSTEREO
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Written by MRD Foot & JM Langley
Read by Michael Fenton Stevens
Forged passports, secret maps, ingenious disguises, underground networks – in times of war, tales of escape and evasion can be even more spectacular and heroic than those of victory in battle.
Dur: 12hrs 46minsMONO
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Red Dusk and The Morrow: Adventures & Investigations In Soviet Russia
Written by Paul Dukes
Read by Peter Owen
Paul Dukes was sent into Russia in 1918, shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution, by ‘C’ (the mysterious head of the British secret service). His mission: to pull together the British spy networks operating against the new regime.
Dur: 9hrs 43minsMONO
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Last Trains: Dr Beeching and the Death of Rural England
Written by Charles Loft
Read by Michael Fenton Stevens
During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself to modernise. The bankrupt steam-powered railway, run by a retired general, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country; the future lay in motorways and high speed electric – or even atomic – express trains. But plans for a gleaming new railway system ended in failure and on the roads traffic ground to a halt.
Dur: 9hrs 32minsMONO
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Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry
Written by Douglas Murray
Read by Michael Fenton Stevens
Bloody Sunday was the worst massacre of British citizens by British troops since Peterloo in 1819 – a potent distillation of the rage and anguish of a bitter conflict that spanned decades and claimed three and a half thousand lives.
Dur: 10hrs 43minsMONO
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A Spy Like No Other: The Cuban Missile Crisis, The KGB and the Kennedy Assassination
Written by Robert Holmes
Read by John Banks
The arms race between the Soviet Union and the USA was the most dangerous confrontation in the history of the world. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s decision to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, and US President John F. Kennedy’s willingness to call his bluff, brought the Soviet Union and the West to the edge of a cataclysmic nuclear war. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert Holmes, a British diplomat in Moscow during the early 1960s, provides an answer to one of the greatest mysteries of the Cold War. Kennedy’s confidence in his brinkmanship hung on the evidence provided by Oleg Penkovsky, the MI6/CIA agent inside Soviet military intelligence.
Dur: 9hrs 4minsSTEREO
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