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Last Edited: 15-Apr-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
1997
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
Parameters
06-Nov-1997
 1
 The Russian Revolution:
The Greatest Hangover in History
 no credits
[Helen Weinstein, Orlando Figes
Producer: Mark Burman]
 39:24, 55424, S
13-Nov-1997
 2
 Thin Ice
 no credits
[Stephen Weeks
Producer: Jules Wilkinson]		 38:54, 54725, S
20-Nov-1997
 3
 The Fire in Our Hearts
 no credits
[Alan Dein
Producer: Mark Burman]		 39:19, 55292, S
27-Nov-1997
 4
 My Home My Land
 no credits
[Roisin McAuley
Producer: Ronit Knoble]		 38:43, 54462, S
04-Dec-1997
 5
 The Ring of Remembrance
 no credits
[Malcolm Gaskill
Producer: Helen Weinstein]		 39:10, 55090, S
2000
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
Parameters
27-Jan-2000
 2-1
 The Agent and His Archive
 no credits
[Helen Weinstein, Vasili Mitrokhin
Producer: Helen Weinstein]
 29:42, 69620, S
03-Feb-2000
 2-2
 A Letter to The Times
 Christopher Cook, Sir Edward Heath,
Lord Rees-Mogg, Lord Hattersley
Producer: Jane Ray
10-Feb-2000
 2-3
 Uncovering the Saints:
Forgotten sacred painting in stable
Martin Wainwright
Producer: Helen Weinstein
 27:18, 51205, S
17-Feb-2000
 2-4
 Happy Hearts Club Banned
 Alan Dein, Egon Bondy
Producer: Mark Burman
24-Feb-2000
 2-5
 Taking Sides with the Enemy:
1783 triumphal arch in Leeds
 no credits
[Martin Wainwright
Producer: Elizabeth Abrahams]		 27:46, 52067, S
16-Nov-2000
 3-1
 Valentiner's Watch
 Jos Finer, Mike Thomson
Producer: Bella Bannerman
23-Nov-2000
 3-2
 A Letter in the Street
 [Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae]		 27:20, 51267, S
30-Nov-2000
 3-3
 Who Killed the Albatross?
 Mike Thomson
Producer: Helen Weinstein
07-Nov-2000
 3-4
 Camping with Hitler
 Mike Thomson
Producers: Mark Burman and Helen Weinstein
2001
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
30-Aug-2001
 4-1
 The Day They Made It Rain
 Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae and Helen Weinstein 		28:18, 26541, S
06-Sep-2001
 4-2
 Calling Agent Kitty
 Mike Thomson
Producers: Philip Sellars and Helen Weinstein
13-Sep-2001
 4-3
 Threads of Hope
 Mike Thomson
Producer: Helen Weinstein
20-Sep-2001
 4-4
 Barbed Wire Love
 Mike Thomson
Producers: Jane Ray and Bridget O'Donnell
27-Sep-2001
 4-5
 Churchill's Finest Folly
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Philip Sellers		 27:46, 6478, m
2002
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
22-Aug-2002
 5-1
 The Bone Harvest:
radiation experiment
 Mike Thomson
produced by Paul Kobrack
 28:10, 6060, m
29-Aug-2002
 5-2
 Britain's Brilliant Bluff
History of Britain's H-bomb
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Philip Sellers		 28:02, 6571, m
05-Sep-2002
 5-3
 The Secret Spangled British
The USA national anthem
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Philip Sellers		 27:55, 6545, m
12-Sep-2002
 5-4
 Secrets of the Ice Whale
 Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae		 28:03, 6577, m
19-Sep-2002
 5-5
 Alice's Annulment Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae		 28:23, 26616, S
26-Sep-2002
 5-6
 Harold Wilson -The Letter and the Lie
 Mike Thomson
produced by Paul Kobrack		 28:02, 6571, m
2003
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
08-Sep-2003
 6-1
 Mosquito Wars - Nazi's 1943 flooding
Mike Thomson
produced by Paul Kobrack		 28:05, 13172, S
15-Sep-2003
 6-2
 Sisters of Kali
 Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae		 28:24, 26630, S
22-Sep-2003
 6-3
 An Organist's Tale (about James Parry
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Tom Alban		 27:54, 13084, S
29-Sep-2003
 6-4
 Lucilla And The Lost Lands
 Mike Thomson
produced by Jane Rae		 28:06, 13178, S
06-Oct-2003
 6-5
 The Bunker in Reading
Story of unusually high plutonium level
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Neil George		 27:37, 12952, S
2004
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
01-Aug-2004
 repeat
 The Bunker in Reading (revised)
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Neil George		 27:44, 26000, S
30-Aug-2004
 7-1
 Guinea Pig Kids
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Neil George		 28:04, 26316, S
06-Sep-2004
 7-2
 Land of the Unfree
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Philip Sellers
 28:13, 26468, S
13-Sep-2004
 7-3
 Weapons of Mass Deception:
Arms and Intelligence
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Neil George		 28:18, 26540, S
20-Sep-2004
 7-4
 Hitler's Indian Army
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Mark Burman
 28:07, 26363
27-Sep-2004
 7-5
 Emma Queen of Spin
 Mike Thompson
Produced by Tom Alban		 27:41, 25958, S
2005
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
22-Aug-2005 8-1
 A Very British Coup
The accession of the Shah, 1953 		Mike Thomson
Reader: Peter Marinker
Produced by Laurence Grissell 		28:18, 26540, S
29-Aug-2005 8-2
 A Right Royal Affair
The sealed will of Prince Francis of Teck, 1911 		Mike Thomson
Reader: Richard Needham
Produced by Tom Alban 		28:02, 26290, S
05-Sep-2005 8-3
 Dad’s Revolutionary Army Mike Thomson
Reader: Jonathan Keeble
Produced by Philip Sellers		 27:52, 26131, S
12-Sep-2005 8-4
 Death on the Forth Bridge Mike Thomson
Produced by John Byrne		 28:01, 26272, S
2006
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
09-Jan-2006 9-1
 Recruiting the Reich Mike Thompson
Produced by Neil George 		28:16, 26511, S
16-Jan-2006 9-2
 The Locock Baby
A possible illegitimate grandson of Queen Victoria 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Marya Burgess 		28:21, 26580, S
23-Jan-2006 9-3
 Document – Dividing Cyprus
A British spy ring in 1964? 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Jolyon Jenkins 		28:01, 26269, S
30-Jan-2006 9-4
 It’s Our Oil
Was the value of North Sea oil kept from
the Scottish Nationalists 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Isobel Eaton 		28:04, 26317, S
10-Jul-2006 10-1
 Kenya’s Bloody Summer
Murder and Cover-up in 1953 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Isobel Eaton 		28:05, 26329, S
17-Jul-2006
04-Apr-2007 		10-2
 A Laudable Invasion?
Henry II’s Invasion of Ireland 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Neil George 		27:50, 26108, S
25-Jul-2006
11-Apr-2007 		10-3
 A Date with Bevin
Assassination plans against Earnest Bevin
and others in 1946 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Neil George 		28:06, 26357, S
2007



15-Jan-2007 11-1
 The Marriage Cordiale Mike Thomson
Produced by James Cook 		27:47, 26049, S
22-Jan-2007 11-2
 The Woman Who Never Was? Mike Thomson
Produced by Marya Burgess 		28:04, 26315, S
29-Jan-2007 11-3
 Franco’s British Friends Mike Thomson
Produced by Isabel Eaton 		27:35, 25873, S
16-Jul-2007 12-1 The Ghosts of Greenham Mike Thomson
Produced by Marya Burgess 		28:09, 26395, S
23-Jul-2007 12-2
 The White House Coup
Mike Thomson
Readings by Peter Marinker, Kerry Shale
Produced by Philip Sellers 		27:48, 26076, S
30-Jul-2007 12-3
 Rigging Nigeria Mike Thomson
Produced by Isobel Eaton 		28:03, 26385, S
2008
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
21-Jan-2008 13-1
 Operation Safe Haven –
Nazis fleeing to Argentina 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Laurence Grissell 		27:48, 26072, S
28-Jan-2008 13-2
 Broadcasts from the Bunker Mike Thompson
Produced by Paula McGinley 		28:28, 26694, S
04-Feb-2008 13-3
 Stop Pakistan Mike Thomson
Produced by Roger Hermiston 		28:02, 26297, S
11-Sep-2008 14-1
 The Doomsday Document, Harold Wilson
and Ulster 		Mike Thomson
readings by Chris Pavel
produced by Patrick Gregory 		28:11, 26431, S
18-Sep-2008 14-2 The Case of the Suez Maru Mike Thomson
readings by Aegi Kusahara and Ioan Meredith
produced by Neil McCarthy 		28:13, 26456, S
25-Sep-2008 14-3 Britain's Cuban Missile Crisis Mike Thomson
produced by Neil George 		27:57, 26217, S
2009
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
23-Mar-2009 15-1 BBC biased reporting as Iran descended
into revolution 		Mike Thomson
produced by Laurence Grissell 		27:57, 26212, S
30-Mar-2009 15-2 sabotaged consignments of British Leyland buses Mike Thomson
produced by Neil McCarthy 		27:59, 26241, S
06-Apr-2009 15-3 black African soldiers denied the glory
of liberating Paris in August 1944 		Mike Thomson
produced by Paula McGinley 		28:01, 26272, S
16-Nov-2009 16-1
 How Harold Macmillan misled parliament in 1960
over claims of war prisoner brainwashing 		Mike Thomson
produced by Laurence Grissell 		27:45, 26023, S
23-Nov-2009 16-2 Britain's role during the 1970 coup in oil-rich
Oman 		Mike Thomson
produced by Paula McGinley 		28:03, 26306, S
30-Nov-2009 16-33 Churchill's desperate efforts to keep Spain
out of the Second World War 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Isabel Eaton 		27:43, 25993, S
2010
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
08-Mar-2010 17-1 the North Yemen Civil War, 1964 Mike Thomson
Produced by Julia Johnson 		27:52, 26130, S
15-Mar-2010 17-2 the story behind the German PoWs forced to work
in Britain 		Mike Thomson
produced by Neil McCarthy 		27:44, 26009, S
22-Mar-2010 17-3 black propaganda in Northern Ireland Mike Thomson
produced by Paula McGinley 		27:50, 26095, S
16-Aug-2010 18-1 the toxic chemicals released in the Piper Alpha oil
disaster in 1988 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Julia Johnson 		27:58, 26234, S
23-Aug-2010 18-2 the poisoning of a French town in 1951 was an
LSD trial 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Tom Alban 		28:02, 26285, S
30-Aug-2010 18-3 how Whitehall undermined democracy in
British Guiana 		Mike Thomson
produced by Paula McGinley 		27:50, 26105, S
2011
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
14-Mar-2011 19-1 The Bomb, the Chancellor and Britain's
Nuclear Secrets 		Mike Thomson
produced by Lawrence Grissell 		27:36, 25889, S
21-Mar-2011 19-2 an alleged British plot to kill Lenin Mike Thomson
produced by John Murphy 		27:56, 26196, S
28-Mar-2011 19-3 Anglo-Irish co-operation against the IRA in
the 1930s 		Mike Thomson
produced by Paula McGinley 		27:57, 26214, S
01-Aug-2011 20-1 if Britain's part in Zimbabwean peace meant
protecting terrorists 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Tom Alban 		28:00, 26198, S
08-Aug-2011 20-2 the secret baptism of Jews in Vienna's Anglican
church, in 1938 		Mike Thomson
produced by Neil McCarthy 		27:23, 25631, S
15-Aug-2011 20-3 the collapse of the US UK special relationship
in 1973 		Mike Thomson
produced by Lawrence Grissell 		27:33, 25789, S
2012
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
05-Mar-2012 21-1 the French Government and defence industry
during the Falklands War 		Mike Thomson
produced by Lawrence Grissell 		27:38, 25855, S
12-Mar-2012 21-2 the 1949 murder of a British colonial governor Mike Thomson
Produced by Tom Alban 		27:53, 26090, S
19-Mar-2012 21-3 the British Chiefs of Staff meeting with
representatives of the Vichy army 		Mike Thomson
Produced by Marya Burgess 		27:53, 26101, S
29-Oct-2012 22-1 The British Gunner and the Irish Civil War Mike Thomson
Produced by Neil McCarthy 		27:43, 25943, S
05-Nov-2012 22-2 GCHQ: Keeping the Last Great Secret Mike Thomson
Produced by Tom Alban 		27:52, 26084, S
12-Nov-2012 22-3 The BBC and the Hungarian Holocaust Mike Thomson
Produced by James Cook 		27:46, 25990, S
2013
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
04-Mar-2013 23-1 MI6 and the Media Jeremy Duns
Producer: Laurence Grissell		 27:39, 25877, S
11-Mar-2013 23-2 the Dublin Rebellion of 1916 appeared to catch
the British Cabinet by surprise		 Nick Rankin
Producer: Neil McCarthy		 27:37, 25840, S
18-Mar-2013 23-3 Votes for Victorian Women Sarah Richardson
Producer: Phil Tinline		 27:27, 25720, S
10-Sep-2013
 24-1
 the Hanslope files
 Mike Thomson
produced by Lawrence Grissell		 27:46, 25991, S
17-Sep-2013
 24-2
 American treachery prior to Pearl Harbor
 Mike Thomson
Produced by Tom Alban		 27:54, 26119, S
24-Sep-2013
 24-3
 The Hyderabad Massacre
 Mike Thomson
Produced by Neil McCarthy		 27:51, 26068, S
2014
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
28-Jul-2014
 25-1
 1986 assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme
 Gordon Corera
Produced by Phil Tinline		 27:48, 26018, S
04-Aug-2014
 25-2
 The Saur Death List of Afghanistan
 David Loyn
Producer Neil McCarthy
 27:30, 25731, S
11-Aug-2014
 25-3
 The Hague Warning
 Helen Jones
Produced by Tom Alban		 27:46, 25985, S
2015
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
14-Jul-2015
 26-1
 The MI5 Agent Left Out in the Cold
 Sanchia Berg
Producer: Tom Alban
 27:52, 39159, S
21-Jul-2015
 26-2
 The Strange Voyage of the 'Blonde Angel'
 Dominic Streatfeild
Producer Mark Burman
 27:48, 39048, S
28-Jul-2015
 26-3
 Code machines and the NSA
 Gordon Corera
Produced by Phil Tinline		 27:55, 39207, S
2016
Date
 Episode
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
05-Jul-2016
 27-1
 The Albania Operation
 Gordon Corera
Produced by Phil Tinline		 27:43, 25944, S
12-Jul-2016
 27-2
 Knowing Jurgen Kuczynski
 Anne McElvoy
Producer: Tom Alban
 27:52, 26073, S
19-Jul-2016
 27-3
 Fu Bingchang's Diaries
 Dr Yee Wah Foo, Robert Bickers, Arne
Westad, Jonny Foo, Andy Cheung
 27:49, 26029, S
2017
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
20-Nov-2017
 28-1
 MI6's Secret Slush Fund
 Gordon Corera
Produced by Phil Tinline		 27:32, 25769, S
27-Nov-2017
 28-2
 Scotland's Lord Haw Haw
 Jo Fox
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
 27:45, 25965, S
04-Dec-2017
 28-3
 The Gibraltar Diary of Squadron Leader Mallory
 Nick Rankin
Producer: Tom Alban		 27:41, 25904, S