About this episode

The episode discusses Britain's worst airship disaster with guest Tim Harford.

"It's like the Titanic, except you've never heard of it. And in a way, it's even weirder." So says today's guest, Cautionary Tales ' host, Tim Harford, about the disastrous story he's taking Anthony and Maddy through. Airships were the ocean liners of the skies, and in the 1920s, Britain had ambitions to connect the Empire in this way. Until it all went tragically wrong. Listen to more of Tim's Cautionary Tales here: https://timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/ Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote for After Dark! Thank you! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote! Thank you! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Hosted on Acast. See…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anthony, Maddy

Guest: Tim Harford

Topics covered

• airship disaster
• British history
• true crime
• 20th century
• cautionary tales

Keywords

• airship
• disaster
• Titanic
• Britain
• history
• 20th century
• Empire
• Cautionary Tales

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cautionary Tales, History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast, British Podcast Awards

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