Series 8
Magna Carta Barons' French Invasion
How the barons responsible for Magna Carta also aided a second French invasion of England.
- 28 mins
- 28 May 2012
BBC Sounds - Things We Forgot to Remember - Available Episodes
Things We Forgot to Remember
Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting the great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance
Episodes (25 Available)
Series 8Morgenthau Plan and post-war Germany
Michael Portillo remembers the Morgenthau Plan, drawn up to punish post-war Germany.
- 28 mins
- 04 Jun 2012
- Series 8
The Georgian Facade
Michael Portillo discovers the Georgian period was not as elegant as we tend to believe.
- 28 mins
- 11 Jun 2012
Series 8The Junkers of Woodbridge Airfield
Michael Portillo remembers a crucial 1944 incident that impacted on the war.
- 28 mins
- 18 Jun 2012
Series 7The Real Boston Tea Party, 1773
Michael Portillo uncovers a tale of smuggling and corruption.
- 30 mins
- 13 Nov 2011
- Series 7
Police Strike
Michael Portillo discovers riots on the streets in forgotten police strikes of 1918-19.
- 30 mins
- 20 Nov 2011
- Series 7
French Resistance
Michael Portillo explores how the legend of the French Resistance blurred its real legacy.
- 30 mins
- 27 Nov 2011
Series 7The English Armada
Michael Portillo discovers the story of Sir Francis Drake and the English Armada.
- 30 mins
- 04 Dec 2011
Series 6King Harold
Michael Portillo looks again at Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings.
- 30 mins
- 15 Nov 2010
Series 6Jesse Owens and the Nazi Olympics
Michael Portillo revisits the Berlin Olympics of 1936.
- 30 mins
- 22 Nov 2010
- Series 6
3. The Violent Side of Indian Independence
Michael Portillo revisits the Indian struggle for independence.
- 30 mins
- 29 Nov 2010
Series 6The Great Depression in the USA
Michael Portillo compares the myths and reality of America's Great Depression.
- 30 mins
- 06 Dec 2010
Series 5Joan of Arc
The myth and reality of Joan of Arc, and the other Frenchwoman who did more to save France
- 28 mins
- 07 Dec 2009
Series 5Chamberlain and 'Peace for our Time' 1938
Michael examines Neville Chamberlain's 1938 declaration of 'peace for our time'.
- 30 mins
- 14 Dec 2009
Series 5The Hanseatic League
Michael explores the Hanseatic League, a precursor to modern ideas of European free trade.
- 30 mins
- 21 Dec 2009
Series 5The Glorious Revolution
Michael Portillo reconsiders the uncomfortable facts behind The Glorious Revolution.
- 28 mins
- 28 Dec 2009
- Series 4
The Jarrow March
Michael Portillo uncovers a violent precursor to the dignified 1936 Jarrow March.
- 28 mins
- 01 Dec 2008
Series 4The League of Nations
The successful, but forgotten, interventions made by the much-maligned League of Nations.
- 28 mins
- 15 Dec 2008
- Series 4
Alfred the Great
Michael Portillo investigates Alfred the Great - English hero or Saxon spin-doctor?
- 28 mins
- 22 Dec 2008
- Series 3
On Suffragettes
Parts of the Suffragette movement's history have been conveniently forgotten.
- 30 mins
- 24 Dec 2007
