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Making History
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Begins TuesdayÌý18 October 2005 , 3.00-3.30 p.m |
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Sue Cook and the team answer listeners' historical queries and celebrate the way in which we all 'make' history. |
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Series 13 |
Programme 7
30ÌýMayÌý2006 |
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Convict transportation from India
From the 1780s until as late as 1939, convicts were transported from the Indian subcontinent to various places around the Pacific - Singapore, Burma, Mauritius and the Andaman Islands. In all, maybe 160,000 people were transported - about the same as went from Britain to Australia.
Making History consulted at Leicester University about this little known but long-lasting colonial policy.
Useful linksÌý
- article by Mr Dhoraisingam S. Samuel, a Singapore historianÌý
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National Theatre of Wales
Making History listener Lynne Ferguson came across an old newspaper which had a photo of her late father working in the costume department of the National Theatre of Wales in Llangollen. Lynne approached the programme to find out more about a theatrical establishment she had never heard of.
Making History consulted Professor Ioan Williams at the University of Aberystwyth, who is currently working on a book about Welsh language theatre. He was a contributor to the Cambridge History of British Theatre, edited by Baz Kershaw, Volume 3: Since 1895 (Cambridge University Press, 2004).
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Vanessa has presentedÌýscience and current affairs programmes for 91Èȱ¬, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Discovery and has presented for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 & Five Live and a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, Scotsman and Sunday Herald.Ìý