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Former US senator Joseph Tydings had a unique, insider’s perspective on recent American history. A Democrat who entered politics in the Truman era, he was a friend to both Jack and Bobby Kennedy. On returning to law after Richard Nixon came to power, he wined and dined clients including Donald Trump. In From Truman to Trump (BBC World Service, Tuesday 13 November), recorded just before his death on 8 October, he reflects on a remarkable life. On Radio 4, In Our
Time continues throughout November, with highlights including an episode on Marie Antoinette ( Thursday 8 November).
The BBC has extensive arts programming this autumn, with plenty of shows offering historical insights, including Dangerous Desires: The Scandalous Life of
Egon Schiele (BBC Two, November). This charts the career of a painter whose sexually frank images shocked early 20th-century Vienna, but who died in 1918 aged only 28 after contracting Spanish flu. Golem (BBC Four, November) captures the theatre company’s 1927 take on the fable of a being made from clay, which has deep roots in European, especially Czech, culture.
On PBS America, Flying Dreams: Women Airforce Pilots of WWII ( Tuesday 20 November) tells the stories of female fliers who worked in the US military. Meanwhile
WW2 Treasure Hunters (History, Monday 12 November) finds Suggs, of Madness fame, teaming up with detectorist Stephen Taylor to explore former military sites across the UK and Europe.