Apollo 8: Christmas on the Far Side of the Moon

Apollo 8: Christmas on the Far Side of the Moon

For many, Christmas is for spending time close to loved ones. But in 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell would spend their Christmas Day further away from home than any human had ever done before.

With the help of archive material, former NASA employees, author Robert Kurson and the astronauts themselves, Anna Foster remembers the Apollo 8 mission on its 50th anniversary.

The mission was everything to Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman. For him, beating the Soviets in the space race and the safety of his crew were paramount. William Anders was the rookie of the crew. Bill had never been to space before, and he was excited to document and remember every last second of the experience. In new interviews, they share their memories, the mission and its legacy with Anna.

In the year leading up to the flight, America had faced some of it’s toughest times. The Vietnam war appeared unwinnable, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were murdered and riots broke out on streets across the country. The American people needed something to change.

NASA's moon programme was over budget and behind schedule, three astronauts had died the previous year aboard an Apollo capsule and the Soviet Union was readying its own massive booster for a possible lunar mission. Then, at the end of one the worst years in US history, with the odds stacked against them, NASA ripped up its rulebook to send three men to the far side of the moon.

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Your Call: Shakespeare - the bard of bards' or much ado about nothing?

Your Call: Shakespeare - the bard of bards' or much ado about nothing?

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Nicky Campbell takes your calls and views on the bard and why he has endured where some others writers have faded into history.

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Nick Yarris

Nick Yarris

Nick Yarris spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit -- before he finally walked out of prison a free man in 2004. He was wrongly convicted in the 1982 case of a woman who was raped and murdered in the US state of Delaware, but eventually acquitted when DNA evidence proved that he was not the killer. Yarris later moved to the UK, and now lives in Los Angeles, from where he spoke to Peter Bowes & Rhod Sharp on BBC Radio 5 live's Up All Night programme.

23 Maalis 201630min

Meningitis: Matt Dawson's 'two weeks of hell'

Meningitis: Matt Dawson's 'two weeks of hell'

Former England rugby union captain Matt Dawson talks in-depth about the "two weeks of hell" as his two-year-old son battled meningitis W.

18 Helmi 201624min

Do you suffer with social anxiety?

Do you suffer with social anxiety?

The comedian Sofie Hagen has spoken of her daily battle with social anxiety that means she regularly hides in toilets. Nicky Campbell speaks to 5 live listeners who face similar struggles in their everyday lives.

17 Helmi 201643min

5 live Radio Moments 2015

5 live Radio Moments 2015

Celebrating the best of 5 live over the past twelve months, as part of BBC Radio Moments 2015.

28 Joulu 201549min

RAF Akrotiri

RAF Akrotiri

Tony Livesey reports from RAF Akrotiri as he speaks to pilots, surveillance crews, ground technicians and the base's senior commanders about their part in air-strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.He looks at how Akrotiri's firepower has been bolstered since the Commons vote in favour of Syrian strikes, the crucial role of the Brimstone air-to-ground missiles, and the planning and preparation that goes into every sortie. Tony also hears from Cypriots about their attitudes to the escalating military campaign on their doorstep.

27 Joulu 201549min

Ebola: Winning the Battle in Sierra Leone

Ebola: Winning the Battle in Sierra Leone

Anna Foster reports from Sierra Leone on the aftermath of Ebola. She speaks to those who survived and hears how the country is trying to move on from the deadly disease. She also looks at the stigma now being felt by many former patients, meets some of the medical staff who risked their own lives treating them, and hears how sport is finally resuming in the country and helping it to heal.

27 Joulu 201549min

Nick Garnett: Reporting Inside the Story

Nick Garnett: Reporting Inside the Story

5 live reporter Nick Garnett looks back at some of the biggest stories he’s covered in 2015, and explains what it takes to get them on air as he is sent around the world at short notice

24 Joulu 201549min

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