What is Australia’s capital city? Not Sydney. Nor Melbourne. It’s Canberra: so named at an official ceremony on 12th March, 1913 - when the site was little more than grazing land for sheep.
But for this newly-federated nation, Canberra’s remote, inland location was a deliberate compromise to offset the rivalry between the country’s two largest cities. Syd ... Show More
Mar 10
The Foreigners Fighting For France
The infamous French Foreign Legion was formed by King Louis Philippe on March 10, 1831, to help the French control Algeria using mercenaries who were more expendable than native young Frenchmen. To this day a magnet for men who want a clean break from their past, the Legion famou ... Show More
11m 43s
Jul 2025
#395 How Geniuses and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport
Those on the margins often come to control the center. That maxim ties together the three remarkable people profiled in this episode:
Colin Chapman, known as “the mad scientist of F1”, did more to influence F1 design than any other person in history.
Bernie Ecclestone, known a ... Show More
1h 4m
Jun 2023
Pop Stars of the Second World War
In this episode, James Holland talks to legendary music journalist, David Hepworth about the popular songs and singers of the wartime years, and particularly those recorded at the world’s most famous recording studio, Abbey Road. From Al Bowlly and Noel Coward, to Gracie Fields, ... Show More
48m 22s
Jul 2025
Stephen Fry on ODYSSEY and Allison Anders on GRACE OF MY HEART & PARIS, TEXAS
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark welcomes two legendary guests for a lively film conversation, recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 14th July 2025.This is Part 2 of that show, in which Mark is joined by Allison Anders, the director of Gas Food Lodging and Grace of My H ... Show More
43m 35s
Jan 2025
DANCE CRAZE Special. Mark talks 2-Tone with Jerry Dammers of THE SPECIALS, Pauline Black of THE SELECTER & Joe Dunton cinematographer
<p>In this week’s episode of the MK3D show Mark Kermode talks about the Oscar wins of 2024, before welcoming his guests, in this Ska Special</p><br><p>First on stage was cinematographer Joe Dunton, who talks about shooting the film DANCE CRAZE, which has recently been remastered ... Show More
38m 20s
Mar 2024
Les coulisses de la politique : on parle de cette thématique forte de Séries Mania 2024, avec Melvil Poupaud et Karin Viard
<p>AlloCiné vous fait revivre l'édition 2024 du festival Séries Mania, qui se tenait du 15 au 22 mars.<br/><br/>Les séries sont-elles politiques ? Il faudrait plusieurs heures et plus d’un seul podcast pour répondre à cette vaste question. Mais la thématique était au cœur de cett ... Show More
20m 41s
Oct 2024
Technology and artificial intelligence
<p>We start with the world's first general purpose electronic computer, the ENIAC, built in 1946 by a team of female mathematicians including Kathleen Kay McNulty. We speak to Gini Mauchly Calcerano, daughter of Kathleen Kay McNulty, who developed ENIAC.</p><p>Then we hear about ... Show More
50m 52s
Aug 2025
593. The Fight of the Century
Why did two men - John Heenan and and Tom Sayers - illegally meet in a field in Hampshire, in 1860, to brutally fight one another, captivating Britain in the process? What can the fight tell us about the nature of Britishness in the 19th century? Was this the birth of boxing? Who ... Show More
57m 19s