This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century (BBC Audio)

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - BBC Radio 7 via DVB-T 



90 x 15 minute episodes - 128Kbps - Mp3 - radioarchive.cc







This Sceptred Isle was created as a series of short 12-14 minute radio programmes by the BBC for transmission daily on Radio 4 from 1995 about the history of the lands and peoples of the British Isles.



The series was very successful and the BBC extended the programme to cover The 20th Century. 







This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful country as it headed towards the millennium.



The narrator - Anna Massy 

With - Robert Powell.









This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 01 of 90 - 1901 - A New King A New Century 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 02 of 90 - 1902 - South Africa, Balfour And Education 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 03 of 90 - 1903 - Naval Build-Up, Free Trade And Empire 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 04 of 90 - 1904 - Ships, Cars, Conurbations And Churchill Crosses The Floor 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 05 of 90 - 1905 - Rebellion In Russia And Balfour Resigns 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 06 of 90 - 1906 - Cornflakes, Traffic And The Moroccan Question 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 07 of 90 - 1907 - Women's Rights, Religious Discrimination And Military Reform 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 08 of 90 - 1908 - Asquith Pensions And The Balkans 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 09 of 90 - 1909 - The Royal Navy And Trouble Brewing In The House Of Lords 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 10 of 90 - 1910 - King George V 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 11 of 90 - 1911 - Constitutional Confrontation And The Agadir Crisis 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 12 of 90 - 1912 - The Titanic, Home Rule And The Marconi Affair 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 13 of 90 - 1913 - Ireland, Emily Davison And The Tango 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 14 of 90 - 1914 - The UVF And The Outbreak Of War 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 15 of 90 - 1915-18 - The Great War 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 16 of 90 - 1919 - The Origins Of The Second World War 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 17 of 90 - 1920 - Russia And Ireland 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 18 of 90 - 1922-23 - Lloyd George Out, Baldwin In 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 19 of 90 - 1924 - The First Labour PM And The Zinoviev Letter 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 20 of 90 - 1925-26 - Churchill's First Budget And The General Strike 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 21 of 90 - 1927-28 - Enter Hitler, And The Rise Of Motoring 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 22 of 90 - 1929 - Red Buses And The Wall Street Crash 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 23 of 90 - 1930 - European Union And India 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 24 of 90 - 1931 - National Government And Naval Mutiny 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 25 of 90 - 1932 - The King And The Dominions 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 26 of 90 - 1933 - The Chancellor Of Germany 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 27 of 90 - 1934 - The Night Of The Long Knives, And The Long March 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 28 of 90 - 1935 - Macdonald Resigns And Hitler Rearms 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 29 of 90 - 1936 - Edward VIII And Unemployment 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 30 of 90 - 1937 - A Coronation As War Looms 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 31 of 90 - 1938 - Anschluss And The Munich Agreement 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 32 of 90 - 1939 - The Approach Of War 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 33 of 90 - 1940 - Dunkirk, The Battle Of Britain, And The Evacuation 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 34 of 90 - 1941 - Morale, Propaganda, And The USA 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 35 of 90 - 1942 - The Atlantic Charter, India And Women 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 36 of 90 - 1943 - The Turning Of The Tide And The Beveridge Report 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 37 of 90 - 1944 - D-Day, Education, And The Birth Of The UN 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 38 of 90 - 1945 - The End Of The War And A Labour Landslide 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 39 of 90 - 1946 - Shortages, The National Health Bill And The UN Meet 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 40 of 90 - 1947 - A Harsh Winter And Independence For India 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 41 of 90 - 1948 - BR, The NHS And The Berlin Airlift 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 42 of 90 - 1949 - The Republic Of Ireland, The Farthing And NATO 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 43 of 90 - 1950 - War In Korea And The European Debate 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 44 of 90 - 1951 - The Return Of Churchill 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 45 of 90 - 1952 - The Death Of George 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 46 of 90 - 1953 - The New Elizabeth Age 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 47 of 90 - 1954 - The Four-Minute Mile, The H-Bomb And Eden's Frustration 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 48 of 90 - 1955 - The Warsaw Pact And The Departure Of Churchill 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 49 of 90 - 1956 - The Suez Crisis 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 50 of 90 - 1957 - Harold Macmillan Becomes PM And A Dog Goes Into Space 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 51 of 90 - 1958 - CND, Cyprus And The End Of National Service 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 52 of 90 - 1959 - Cuba, Cyprus, And The Russians Reach The Moon 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 53 of 90 - 1960 - The Wind Of Change 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 54 of 90 - 1961 - The Bay Of Pigs And The Building Of The Berlin Wall 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 55 of 90 - 1962 - TW3, The Death Of Marilyn Monroe And The Cuban Missile Crisis 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 56 of 90 - 1963 - Beeching, Profumo And Martin Luther King's Dream 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 57 of 90 - 1964 - Ian Smith, Harold Wilson And Vietnam 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 58 of 90 - 1965 - The Death Of Churchill, Rolling Thunder And UDI 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 59 of 90 - 1966 - Another Labour Victory 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 60 of 90 - 1967 - The Six-Day War And Devaluation 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 61 of 90 - 1968 - Revolution In Paris And Spring In Prague 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 62 of 90 - 1969 - The Troubles, Biafra, And In Place Of Strife 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 63 of 90 - 1970 - Edward Heath Becomes PM 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 64 of 90 - 1971 - Decimalisation And Ulster In Flames 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 65 of 90 - 1972 - Britain Joins Europe, Bloody Sunday, And Black September 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 66 of 90 - 1973 - Rivers Of Blood, Europe, And The Yom Kippur War 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 67 of 90 - 1974 - Who Governs Britain 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 68 of 90 - 1975 - The Birth Of Thatcherism And A Referendum On Europe 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 69 of 90 - 1976 - Wilson Resigns 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 70 of 90 - 1977 - Jubilee And Charter 

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 71 of 90 - 1978 - Camp David Devolution And A Polish Pope

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 72 of 90 - 1979 - Prime Minister Thatcher And The IRA

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 73 of 90 - 1980 - Afghanistan And Michael Foot

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 74 of 90 - 1981 - The SDP And IRA Hunger Strikes

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 75 of 90 - 1982 - The Falklands War

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 76 of 90 - 1983 - The Falklands Factor Election, And Star Wars

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 77 of 90 - 1984 - The Miners' Strike And The Brighton Bomb

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 78 of 90 - 1985 - Gorbachev And The Anglo-Irish Agreement

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 79 of 90 - 1986 - Chernobyl And The Westland Affair

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 80 of 90 - 1987 - The Great Debate, Black Monday, And The Great Storm

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 81 of 90 - 1988 - Another Thatcher Victory And Cabinet Divisions

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 82 of 90 - 1989 - The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, And Tiananmen Square

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 83 of 90 - 1990 - The Poll Tax, The ERM, And Exit Margaret Thatcher

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 84 of 90 - 1991 - John Major And War With Iraq

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 85 of 90 - 1992 - Oldies, Speculators, And Labour Falls Again

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 86 of 90 - 1993-94 - The Death Of John Smith Maastricht And The Balkans

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 87 of 90 - 1995-96 - Major Resigns And Labour Reforms

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 88 of 90 - 1997 - The Death Of Diana And The Election Of New Labour

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 89 of 90 - 1998-99 - Devolution, Kosovo, And The Lords

This Sceptred Isle - The 20th Century - 90 of 90 - 2000 - 2000 Years Of Kinship.







Audio Format    : MP3

Duration        : 13mn 59s

Bit rate mode   : Constant

Bit rate        : 128 Kbps

Channel(s)      : 2 channels

Sampling rate   : 44.1 KHz

Resolution      : 16 bits









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