Front-line reporting from years that changed the world
World Service,Β·9 episodes
The events of December 1812 told by front-line reporters and interviews...
1789 including revolution in France, George Washington elected, and mutiny on the Bounty
December 1842 including the Treaty of Nanking, and British retreat from Afghanistan
December 1881, assassinations in Russia and US, and justice catches up with Billy the Kid
1910 and the death of Edward VII, revolution in Mexico, and wireless catches a killer
December 1775 - the American colonies' revolt, and James Cook sails further than ever
1666 and the Great Fire of London, Antonio Stradivari, and death ruler of Mughal Empire,
December 1854, including war in the Crimea and the end of Japanese isolationism
December 1901 and the death of Queen Victoria and the assassination of President McKinley
