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Portillo's State Secrets
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Researcher Tommy Norton introduces some of the 30 documents featured in the BBC 2 ten-part television series, Portillo's State Secrets. He also talks about the background to the series.Originally a journalist on local newspapers and magazines, Tommy spent four years in The National Archives' press office. He is now an independent reesearcher.
Released:
May 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Tracing births and deaths at sea: Ships carrying our ancestors to faraway places often arrived with more, or less, passengers than they they set out with. In this talk Dr Christopher Watts examines the vast range of records, both at The National Archives and elsewhere, that help us by The National Archives Podcast Series