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In this episode Paul is travelling on an icon of the west coast; an original steam powered puffer, and is exploring a string of islands just off the west coast near Oban. Part 4 of 6.
In 1901, Australia passed a set of racialised laws around immigration commonly known as the White Australia Policy. It sought to severely limit the number of non-British immigrants to Australia. In the wake of the Second World War, Chinese and Malay men who had courageously defended Australia during wartime found themselves forcibly deported to Hong Kong and Singapore. Families were ripped apart, causing trauma that lasted generations. The Exiles follows the descendants who battled this discriminatory policy and reunites one Singapore family after seventy-five years apart from their Australian relatives. Part 2 of 2.
The siege of Paris in 885 was the culmination of the Viking invasions of Francia. We look at the persistent Viking attacks on Francia and the enduring presence of the Scandinavians on the Frankish Empire and beyond. Part 4 of 6.
Political turmoil in Norway leads a voyage of discovery west. They discover Iceland where they established lasting settlement. Further exploration leads to the discovery of Greenland and Newfoundland, making them the first Europeans to discover America. Part 5 of 6.
A powerful and Christianised Denmark marked the beginning of a second Viking age. But the reign was not to last with the Normans finally winning the English Kingdom in 1066. We look at the final days of the Viking empire. Part 6 of 6.
In May 1940 Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany launched its offensive. By June 4th British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, on the 18th Churchill delivered the 'Finest Hour' speech, by mid-July the Battle of Britain had begun. Part 1 of 6.
On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France. The 100 days that follow would see the end of Nazi dominance in Western Europe. Part 2 of 6.
In July 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt, nationalised the Suez Canal. Israel, Great Britain and France responded. It was one of the great follies of modern history from which the British and French were obliged to timidly withdraw. Part 3 of 6.
There is a special 100 Day span in modern history, a span that starts and ends with tragedy. The year is 1968. On March 3rd Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated. Weeks later, within the same 100 day period, Robert Kennedy is assassinated. Part 4 of 6.
November 9th 1989 the most solid symbol of the Cold War, The Berlin Wall which had divided the city for almost thirty years, was knocked down. The Soviet Union begins to come apart. The 100 Days that surrounded this symbolic event changed our world. Part 5 of 6.
January 17th 1991 - the UN passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq an ultimatum to leave Kuwait following their invasion. Desert Storm - a war costing 61 billion USD would be over in a matter of weeks, but the consequences are still felt today. Part 6 of 6.
United in war, the Allies were to reveal themselves divided and rivals in peace. Over 8 days in February 1945, the Big Three were to take part in a merciless struggle, given their respective interests and ideologies which set them diametrically apart. Part 1 of 2.
Now Stalin, Truman and Attlee sat at the table, but Truman had an ace up his sleeve. For the past 4 years, in great secrecy, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb. Part 2 of 2.
