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    The Gibraltar Diary of Squadron Leader Mallory

    A document in French leads Nick Rankin to the exploits of an SOE operative in Gibraltar.

  2. Scotland's Lord Haw Haw

    Jo Fox discovers the transcripts of a Nazi secret radio station broadcasting to Scotland.

  3. MI6's Secret Slush Fund

    Gordon Corera investigates a secret fund belonging to the MI6 chief in the 1950s.

  4. Fu Bingchang's Diaries

    The diaries of Fu Bingchang, Chinese Ambassador to the Soviet Union as the Cold War began.

  5. Knowing Jurgen Kuczynski

    Anne McElvoy explores the documents telling the story of the emigre agent Jurgen Kuczynski

  6. The Albania Operation

    For Radio 4's Cold War season, Gordon Corera examines CIA attempts to subvert Albania.

  7. The Crypto Agreement

    Gordon Corera reveals evidence of a secret deal between a code-machine company and the NSA

  8. The Strange Voyage of the Blonde Angel

    Dominic Streatfeild investigates the case of Argentine POW Alfredo Astiz in 1982.

  9. 14/07/2015

    Sanchia Berg rediscovers the lost trail of the MI5 spy who was left out in the cold.

  10. The Hague Warning

    Heather Jones explores a lost intelligence report warning of Germany's invasion of Poland.

  11. The Saur Death List of Afghanistan

    David Loyn investigates how a lost record is helping Afghanistan address its painful past.

  12. The Palme Assassination

    Gordon Corera travels to Stockholm to investigate the assassination of a prime minister.

  13. The Hyderabad Massacre

    Using new documents, Mike Thomson investigates a largely forgotten massacre in India.

  14. 17/09/2013

    Mike Thomson explores a document pointing at American treachery prior to Pearl Harbour.

  15. 10/09/2013

    Mike Thomson examines documents revealing British brutality in Kenya in the 1950s.

  16. Votes for Victorian Women

    Sarah Richardson discovers a document which shows that women in Lichfield voted in 1843.

  17. 11/03/2013

    Did the 1916 Dublin Rising catch the cabinet by surprise? Author Nick Rankin investigates.

  18. MI6 and the Media

    Jeremy Duns examines links between MI6 and the British media during the Cold War.

  19. The 大象传媒 and the Hungarian Holocaust

    Mike Thomson investigates the role of the 大象传媒 Hungarian Service in World War II.

  20. GCHQ: Keeping the Last Great Secret

    Mike Thomson discovers how close Britain's greatest cold war secret was to being exposed.

  21. The British Gunner and the Irish Civil War

    Mike Thomson returns with the investigative history series, starting in Dublin in 1922.

  22. 19/03/2012

    Why were the British Chiefs of Staff in secret contact with enemy Vichy France in 1942?

  23. 12/03/2012

    Mike Thomson unearths the motives behind the 1949 murder of a British colonial governor.

  24. 05/03/2012

    Mike Thomson investigates the role the French government played in the 1982 Falklands War.

  25. The collapse of the 'special relationship', 1973

    Mike Thomson investigates the collapse of the US UK special relationship in 1973.

  26. 08/08/2011

    Mike Thomson investigates the secret baptism of Jews in Vienna's Anglican church, in 1938.

  27. 01/08/2011

    Mike Thomson asks if Britain's part in Zimbabwean peace meant protecting terrorists.

  28. 28/03/2011

    Mike Thomson investigates secret Anglo-Irish co-operation against the IRA in the 1930s.

  29. 21/03/2011

    Mike Thomson reveals the truth behind an alleged British plot to kill Lenin.

  30. 14/03/2011

    Mike Thomson explores documents which shed light on plans to update Polaris in the mid-70s

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