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Document

Historical investigation programme, taking a document as a starting point from which to shed new light on past events

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    06/04/2009

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    Available since Mon, 6 Jul 2009.

    Why black soldiers in the French army were denied the glory of liberating Paris in 1944.

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    1. Leyland Buses, Cuba and the CIA

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      Mike examines allegations that the CIA sabotaged a shipment of buses from Britain to Cuba.

    2. BBC Bias and the Iranian Revolution

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      Uncovering papers which accused the BBC of biased reporting of the Iranian revolution.

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Mike Thomson

Mike Thomson has been the voice of Document and it’s inquisitor in chief for the past eight years. During this time the investigative history series has gone from strength to strength. In 2002 it won a Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for ‘The Day They Made it Rain’ which was judged best news programme. This was followed by ‘Radio Story of the Year’ in 2005 for ‘A Very British Coup’. Others programmes from the series have won international acclaim. These include: ‘A Marriage Cordial’ about attempts by former French PM, Guy Mollet to merge Britain and France in 1956 and The Whitehouse Coup, which unearths an attempt by right wing tycoons to seize power in Washington during the 1930’s.
Mike has also enjoyed great success as Foreign Affairs Correspondent for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He has won a string of Sony Radio Academy Awards for his work overseas. These include a Gold Award in 2003 for his coverage of the looming famine in Ethiopia and silver award for News Journalist of the Year 2007. In 2008 he won several other major awards. These include: ‘Broadcast Journalist of the Year’ 2008 at the One World Media Awards; ‘Best Radio Story 2008’ (for his work in the Congo) at the Amnesty International Awards and War Correspondent of the Year / 2008 at the Prix-Bayeux Calvados international Awards in France.
Mike is married with two children and lives in North London.

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Monday, 20:00 on Radio 4 FM

16/11/2009

How Harold Macmillan misled parliament in 1960 over claims of war prisoner brainwashing.

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