What if the US Navy's Commodore Perry had not travelled to Japan and persuaded Japan to open up its country to trading partners such as the US, UK and France. Another What if of History.

The TSR2. A revolutionary aircraft for the RAF from the 1960's whose development programme was scrapped controversially. What might have happened if it had been developed and deployed?

Another what if. What if AIRSHIPS had not been a commercial dead end/ disaster in the 1930s ?

We chat To Robert B O'Connor. His excellent book Jeep Show follows characters, obscure and famous through the campaign in NW Europe in WW2. From boot camp to the Battle of the Bulge and early post war Berlin.

A special treat for our listeners. The 'Conversations in Time ' team interview Miles Spencer about his book 'A Line in the Sand' , Lawrence of Arabia and some of the 'what ifs 'of Lawrence's impact to the Middle East.

Another What if Counter factual from the 'Conversations in Time ' team. What if there had been no Second October revolution in Russia in 1917. Just for a change :) Jon and Ian dont agree ;)

Another what if from the ORC. Gets a bit tasty when we discuss Social media and its impact... :)

Whatever happened to the Independent Record Shop, which also develops in to ramble in the jungle of Social media!

Admiral Zheng He. Chinese Admiral and diplomat. Why didn't the Chinse develop further trade routes in the Indian Ocean and further.

This time we focus in on the impact to America, Russia and the post wear period for Global Geo politics .