Historian Prof Peter Hennessy speaks to the people who have operated Britain’s nuclear deterrent over the years and today, including military commanders, politicians and former Vulcan bomber crew members. He visits Northwood, the headquarters from which the order to fire would come today, and Corsham, the secret nuclear bunker which, in the 1960s, would have been the location for an alternative government in the event of all-out war.
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The Human Button
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BBC - “The Human Button” (aired December 2008)
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BBC - “The Human Button” (aired December 2008)
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The Human Button
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BBC - “The Human Button” (aired December 2008)
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BBC - “The Human Button” (aired December 2008)
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The Human Button
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The Human Button - BBC Radio 4
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The Human Button
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The Human Button
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The Human Button
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Caustic Soda: The Biblical Apocalypse
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5by5 | The Incomparable #82: Apocalypse Book Club
5by5 - The Incomparable #82: Apocalypse Book Club
It’s the end of the world! And since our eyeglasses are intact, we have time enough at last, to read. We discuss Maureen McHugh’s "After the Apocalypse" short-story collection, Cormac McCarthy’s "The Road," and other apocalypse tales we have known. Do zombies have their own David Attenborough, leading expeditions into Cleveland? Why should you be afraid if heavy snowfall combines with the appearance of strange invisible magic ghost sex-dragon monsters? And why does John Siracusa plan to ride out the apocalypse in style? We ask several of these questions, but you’ll have to listen to see if we ever answer any of them.