On 25th September 2008 at 20.00hrs BST BBC Radio 4, as part of their Document Series, broadcast a documentary on Britains Cuban Missile Crisis. Sadly at the time of writing there are only 2 days left to listen on BBC iPlayer. The address however is http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dkzlz
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Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary evidence to throw new light on past events.
In the last week of October 1962, the world famously held its breath as two superpowers teetered on the precipice of nuclear war. The incident has gone down in history as a war of nerves between the Kremlin and the White House, but what role was the British Government playing, and what decisions was Prime Minister Harold Macmillan making on behalf of his people? How close did he bring Britain to all out nuclear war?
This 28 minute audio documentary gave a fascinating insight into the Vulcan V bomber with audio from air crews who were on 15 minute standby. I hope in time to bring a text transcript of the programme, providing I don’t infringe any copyright laws!
As a special treat as well, there is also audio of a Vulcan bomber on a flypast. That mighty roar that only the Vulcan can make.
