Hidden Histories of the Information Age

Aleks Krotoski explores technological innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.

Radio 4 Extra,5 episodes

Episodes

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1. Enfield Exchange
How telephone exchanges changed young women's working lives.
20 Oct 2014,15 mins
2. Tat - 1
How a telephone cable let Paul Robeson sing live to UK fans from New York in 1957.
21 Oct 2014,15 mins
3. Our World
How the first TV show linked the globe by satellite in 1967.
22 Oct 2014,15 mins
4. Leo Computer
How cake and teashop company, Lyons, built the first business computer.
23 Oct 2014,15 mins
5. GPS
How GPS transformed navigation in the 1991Gulf War.
24 Oct 2014,15 mins