In History6 days agoThe V2 rocket smuggled out of Nazi-occupied PolandIn 1977, the BBC looked back at the summer of 1944, when Allied agents spirited away pieces of Hitler's "wonder weapon" – by hiding them in the apartment of a German officer.6 days ago27 Jul 2026The British double agent who taught enemy spiesKim Philby's defection to the Soviet Union was made public on 30 July 1963. In 2016, the BBC broadcast previously unseen footage of a lecture he gave to the Stasi.27 Jul 202620 Jul 2026The macabre kidnapping of Eva Perón's corpseArgentina's iconic first lady died in July 1952. Sixty years on, the BBC looked back at her cadaver's bizarre disappearance – and its 16-year journey around the globe.20 Jul 202613 Jul 2026The nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'time bomb'In 1989, the Komsomolets sank off the Norwegian coast. Four years later, the BBC reported on plans to seal in its torpedoes' toxic plutonium.13 Jul 20266 Jul 2026How J Paul Getty became the world's richest manThe US oil billionaire's 16th-Century English mansion was home to a stunning art collection and a lion named Nero. In 1963, the BBC visited him there to discuss his "great success".6 Jul 202629 Jun 2026Saddam Hussein's epic Hollywood-style filmIn July 1983, Clash of Loyalties was screened for the first – and almost last – time. In 2020, its producer told the BBC about conscriptions, interrogations, and a drunk Oliver Reed.29 Jun 202622 Jun 2026Le Carré's novels were shaped by a con-man fatherThe author's childhood was rocked by bankruptcy and deceit. In 2008, he told the BBC that his "hectic background" trained him to be an author – and a spy.22 Jun 202615 Jun 2026The aristocrat who vanished after killing a nannyLord Lucan was found guilty of killing Sandra Rivett on 19 June 1975 – but by then he had already disappeared. His wife was interviewed by the BBC in 1980.15 Jun 202610 Jun 2026The woman who hid on a ship to report on D-DayUS journalist Martha Gellhorn tricked officers so that she could write firsthand dispatches from Normandy in June 1944. In 1991, she told the BBC about her daring subterfuge.10 Jun 2026...
