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The mysterious death of 'God's Banker'

Forty-three years ago this week, the BBC reported on the death of Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker whose body was found in strange circumstances in...

17.06.2025 100

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The 1960s sex scandal that rocked British politics

The Profumo affair led to a government minister's resignation on 5 June 1963. In 1983, Christine Keeler talked to the BBC about her part in a story of...

04.06.2025 40

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Myles Burke

The first men to conquer Everest's 'death zone'

To reach Everest's summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a deadly lack of oxygen on the...

27.05.2025 60

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The only X-rated winner of the best-picture Oscar

When Midnight Cowboy came out 56 years ago this week, it instantly upended Hollywood's idea of a mainstream hit. A bleak tale of loneliness, sexuality...

20.05.2025 30

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The true story of World War Two's Dambusters raid

In May 1943, a specially formed RAF squadron embarked on a daring moonlit mission – but its success came with a heavy cost. In 1976, the BBC spoke...

13.05.2025 50

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The men who broke out of Alcatraz with a spoon

On 12 June 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz, never to be seen again. The ultimate fate of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers remains a mystery...

11.05.2025 100

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The Cold War spy mystery of the vanishing frogman

In 1956, Royal Navy Commander "Buster" Crabb disappeared in murky circumstances during a visit to the UK by Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev. In 2006,...

06.05.2025 20

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Aldrich Ames: The most damaging double agent in US history

Aldrich Ames spent nearly a decade selling secret information to the Soviet Union, compromising more than 100 clandestine operations, and leading to...

29.04.2025 90

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The fake Hitler diaries that fooled the press

In April 1983, a German magazine, Stern, and a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to have made one of the century's most extraordinary...

22.04.2025 40

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The men behind the Great Train Robbery

Britain in the 1960s was captivated by the daring of the Great Train Robbery, and the sheer scale of the money stolen. But when the accused men stood...

15.04.2025 30

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How the US dropped nuclear bombs on Spain in 1966 accident

In 1966, the remote Spanish village of Palomares found that the "nuclear age had fallen on them from a clear blue sky". Two years after the terrifying...

08.04.2025 200

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Jean-Luc Godard on the film that changed cinema

Stylish and experimental, Breathless heralded a new era of film-making when it was released 65 years ago. In 1964, its director told the BBC why he...

18.03.2025 50

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Gloria Steinem on the trailblazing Ms Magazine

In 1972, pioneering feminist, journalist and activist Gloria Steinem – who turns 90 today – co-founded Ms Magazine, putting conversations about...

09.03.2025 90

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The troubled history of the Sydney Opera House

The building of the Sydney Opera House began on 2 March 1959. But when BBC Tonight visited the construction site in 1965, it was plagued by technical...

25.02.2025 30

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How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993

Vladimir Syromiatnikov's bold attempts to light up Siberia with a space mirror captured global attention. The BBC's Tomorrow's World reported on an...

04.02.2025 70

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Kate Bush on the song that made her a star

Kate Bush wrote her chart-topping debut single when she was just 18 years old. She told the BBC about the origins of a literary love song that began a...

21.01.2025 30

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Myles Burke

The greatest sailing rescue ever made

In January 1997, Tony Bullimore was trapped inside an upturned yacht that was filling up with "bitterly cold" water in one of the remotest parts of...

08.01.2025 30

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Myles Burke