When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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A riveting, original and comprehensive account of international crime and a brilliant critique of globalisation's dark side, McMafia contains full and often terrible stories behind today's most sensational headlines, charting a parallel universe of crime. Find out more at www.bodleyhead.co.uk.
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China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
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The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural RevolutionBy BBC Radio 4
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The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-senBy BBC Radio 4
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Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium warsBy BBC Radio 4
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Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?By BBC Radio 4
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A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha GlennyBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War OneBy BBC Radio 4
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EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of ViennaBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empireBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very smallBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into UkraineBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 3 - The Invention of Russia and Catherine the Great, presented by Misha GlennyBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles WardeBy BBC Radio 4
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with Sir John Eliot, plus exciting newsBy BBC Radio 4
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Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left
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Ep 3 - Poland reborn and invaded again. Misha Glenny presents, Miles Warde holds the mic.By BBC Radio 4
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EP 2 - Misha Glenny on Poland's 123 year absence from the map, produced by Miles WardeBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 1 - how Europe's largest state was sliced and diced by Russia, Prussia and Austria.By BBC Radio 4
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Bangladesh was born in 1971.By BBC Radio 4
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Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences
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Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oilBy BBC Radio 4
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The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the SwedesBy BBC Radio 4
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Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."By BBC Radio 4
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"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."By BBC Radio 4
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Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of warBy BBC Radio 4
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Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!
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Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the PopsBy BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
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Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?By BBC Radio 4
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Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles WardeBy BBC Radio 4
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Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be SlavesBy BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated
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What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?By BBC Radio 4
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Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.By BBC Radio 4
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Back to Italy with guerrilla numero unoBy BBC Radio 4
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The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
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Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.By BBC Radio 4
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Natural borders vs mountain bordersBy BBC Radio 4
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How the Alps divide Europe in twoBy BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of France #3By BBC Radio 4
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The Invention of France #2By BBC Radio 4
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Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
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The Invention of France #1By BBC Radio 4
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Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?By BBC Radio 4
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Independence or death!By BBC Radio 4
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I came by boatBy BBC Radio 4
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A sense of disasterBy BBC Radio 4
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The heroic last standBy BBC Radio 4
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What is Catalonia? What's Castille?By BBC Radio 4
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Big appetite, bad teethBy BBC Radio 4
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The man in the red capeBy BBC Radio 4
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A less than sturdy bootBy BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3
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The end of the dynastyBy BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2
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King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?By BBC Radio 4
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1
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How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?By BBC Radio 4
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There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.By BBC Radio 4
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How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decadesBy BBC Radio 4
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How did a few boggy provinces become one of the trading heavyweights of the world?By BBC Radio 4
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