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Yesterday's World News - Today

Front-line reporting from years that changed the world

World Service,9 episodes

Episodes

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1812
The events of December 1812 told by front-line reporters and interviews...
10 May 1993,42 mins
1789
1789 including revolution in France, George Washington elected, and mutiny on the Bounty
10 May 1993,43 mins
1842
December 1842 including the Treaty of Nanking, and British retreat from Afghanistan
24 May 1993,42 mins
1881
December 1881, assassinations in Russia and US, and justice catches up with Billy the Kid
09 Jun 1993,42 mins
1910
1910 and the death of Edward VII, revolution in Mexico, and wireless catches a killer
22 Jun 1993,42 mins
1775
December 1775 - the American colonies' revolt, and James Cook sails further than ever
21 Dec 1994,42 mins
1666
1666 and the Great Fire of London, Antonio Stradivari, and death ruler of Mughal Empire,
21 Dec 1994,42 mins
1854
December 1854, including war in the Crimea and the end of Japanese isolationism
17 Jan 1995,42 mins
1901
December 1901 and the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President McKinley
17 Jan 1995,42 mins