Main content

The Battle of Tora Bora

The hunt for Bin Laden; a Ku Klux Klan trial in 1965; Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners; the siege of Kut in World War 1; and the Velvet Underground's first gig.

The hunt for Bin Laden in the mountains of Afghanistan; a Ku Klux Klan trial in 1965; the siege of Kut in World War 1; an unexpected alliance in 1980s Britain with Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners; and seminal alternative rock band the Velvet Underground's first gig.

(Photo: Afghan fighters look out over a smoking valley after a US B-52 aircraft bombed a front line position in the mountains of Tora Bora in north-eastern Afghanistan. Credit: Associated Press)

Available now

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Dec 2015 04:06GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Dec 2015 09:06GMT
  • Sun 13 Dec 2015 02:06GMT
  • Sun 13 Dec 2015 22:06GMT
  • Mon 14 Dec 2015 04:06GMT

Podcast