The beginning of Benidorm

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  Show more

In 1980, Norway’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest included a traditional Sami joik song from the country’s indigenous community. It was the first time joiking was heard by an international audience. The song was originally created by Mattis Haetta as part of a protest agains ...  Show more

The discovery that proved the Vikings got to North America, a former Marxist rebel describes how his group overran an army base in El Salvador's bitter civil war in the 1980s, the enormous palace built by the Romanian communist dictator, Nicole Ceausescu, how the prolific roma ...

Spain’s King Juan Carlos – a story of entitlement and dynasty… The emeritus king, Juan Carlos, has left Spain. But the man who propelled his nation from dictatorship to democracy is under intense public scrutiny. At the heart of allegations against the former king is a $100 milli ...  Show more

دومينغو باديا ، إسباني من برشلونة .. كثير من جوانب حياته كان محاطا بغموض مريب .. جاء إلى المغرب في مستهل القرن التاسع عشر بهوية زائفة ..إختار لنفسه إسما علي باي ، إدّعى الإسلام والإنتساب إلى البيت النبوي .. حاول زرع الفتنة في وتهييء المناخ لاحتلاله من قبل إسبا ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Berber people who grew to dominate the western Maghreb, founded Marrakesh and took control of Al-Andalus. They were desert people, wearing veils over their faces to keep out the sand, and they wanted a simpler form of Islam. They called themsel ...  Show more