Have you heard of the Flight of the Earls?

An obscure episode in Irelands history that had profound impact to the history of that Island and the rest of the British Isles. What if it had not happened?

Another What if of history. What if the the USA had not purchased Alaska from Russian in 1867 ?

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!