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Hidden Histories of the Information Age

Aleks Krotoski explores technological innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.

Radio 4 Extra,5 episodes

Episodes

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1. Enfield Exchange
How telephone exchanges changed young women's working lives. Presented by Aleks Krotoski.
20 Oct 2014,15 mins
Tat - 1
How Paul Robeson used the transatlantic telephone cable to sing live to British fans.
21 Oct 2014,15 mins
3. Our World
How "Our World" became the first programme to link the globe by satellite in June 1967.
22 Oct 2014,15 mins
4. Leo Computer
How the teashop and cake company, Lyons, built the first business computer in the 1950s.
23 Oct 2014,15 mins
5. GPS
Aleks Krotoski tells the story of how GPS helped navigation in the first Gulf War.
24 Oct 2014,15 mins