Things We Forgot to Remember

Things We Forgot to Remember

Michael Portillo invites us to look again at our collective memories of great events and characters from the past. Rediscovering forgotten events that challenge our understanding and put the complication back into history. The four half hour documentaries are broadcast every Sunday from Nov 13th.

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  • The English Armada

    Mon, 12 Dec 11

    Duration:
    28 mins

    We hear a great deal about the Spanish Armada and how plucky England fought off this maritime behemoth with superior seamanship, English gumption and some helpful weather. But we forget that the very next year 'plucky' England sent an equally immense armada to invade Spain. Michael Portillo discovers the disasterous story of Francis Drake and the English Armada.

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  • The French Resistance

    Fri, 9 Dec 11

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Michael Portillo discovers how romantic memories of the French Resistance created an enduring military legend which overshadowed its more important political role in shaping post war France.

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  • The Police Strike

    Fri, 9 Dec 11

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Michael Portillo discovers the origins of modern-day policing in the forgotten police strikes of 1918-19.

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  • The Boston Tea Party

    Sun, 13 Nov 11

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Michael Portillo discovers what really happened in 1773 when hundreds of crates of British tea were dumped into Boston harbour. He discovers a murkier and more ambiguous tale than we've been led to believe.

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