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Hidden Histories of the Information AgeEpisodes

    GPS

    5/5Aleks Krotoski tells the story of how GPS helped navigation in the first Gulf War.

    4. Leo Computer

    4/5How the teashop and cake company, Lyons, built the first business computer in the 1950s.

    3. Our World

    3/5How "Our World" became the first programme to link the globe by satellite in June 1967.

    Tat - 1

    2/5How Paul Robeson used the transatlantic telephone cable to sing live to British fans.

    1. Enfield Exchange

    1/5How telephone exchanges changed young women's working lives. Presented by Aleks Krotoski.