{"product_id":"book-gnsl","title":"Things We Forgot to Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Portillo uncovers the forgotten events concealed by famous moments in history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory is complicated, and to make sense of it, we construct a narrative, editing and shaping the past to form a coherent story. But in doing so, there is much we leave out, leading to gaps in our collective memory. In this series, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo revisits some of history's best-known moments to fill in some of these gaps, rediscovering forgotten events that augment our understanding and shift our perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReappraising milestones such as the Spanish Armada, the French Revolution, the First World War and the Great Depression, he probes our selective amnesia, asking what we have mythologised, and what we've ignored. Was Alfred the Great really a bold English hero, or an Anglo-Saxon spin doctor? Why is Georgian England remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement when this period of history was full of riots and political strife? And could the Bengal famine of 1943, a horrific event in British India that cost at least 1.5 million lives, have been avoided?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTalking to leading historians and experts, Portillo peels back the layers of history to uncover the uncomfortable truths and murky, ambiguous stories behind iconic events such as the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, the struggle for Indian independence and the Boston Tea Party. He also reveals a Suffragette plot to assassinate Herbert Asquith; shows how a disastrous attempt at overseas colonisation led to the 1707 Act of Union merging England and Scotland; and takes a look at the real losers of the Battle of Trafalgar - the Spanish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot revisionist, but restorative, this fascinating series challenges the orthodox view of history without glossing over its complexities, presenting a surprising, thought-provoking re-evaluation of our past and reminding us that the events we choose to remember are not always those that are the most significant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresented by Michael Portillo\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Julia Adamson, Tom Alban, Marya Burgess, Joanne Cayford, James Cook, James Crawford, Neil George, Laurence Grissell, Julia Johnson, Roger Mahony, Neil McCarthy, Paula McGinley and Philip Sellars\u003cbr\u003eConsultant: Chris Williams of the Open University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Mers-el-Kebir                              16 May 2005\u003cbr\u003eThe Spanish Armada                                       23 May 2005\u003cbr\u003eThe French Revolution                                    6 June 2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack the Ripper                                                27 November 2006\u003cbr\u003eThe First World War                                         4 December 2006\u003cbr\u003eThe 1945 Labour Government                          11 December 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 3\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Suffragettes                                               24 December 2007\u003cbr\u003eThe Darien Scheme                                         31 December 2007\u003cbr\u003eThe Bengal Famine                                          7 January 2008\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of Trafalgar                                     14 January 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe League of Nations                                    15 December 2008\u003cbr\u003eAlfred the Great                                               22 December 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 5\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChamberlain and 'Peace for our Time' 1938    14 December 2009\u003cbr\u003eThe Hanseatic League                                    21 December 2009\u003cbr\u003eThe Glorious Revolution                                  28 December 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 6\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Harold                                                      15 November 2010\u003cbr\u003eThe Violent Side of Indian Independence        29 November 2010\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Depression in the USA                    6 December 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 7\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Real Boston Tea Party, 1773                    13 November 2011\u003cbr\u003ePolice Strike                                                    20 November 2011\u003cbr\u003eThe English Armada                                        4 December 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 8\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Georgian Façade                                      11 June 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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