Britain's Worst Airship Disaster

<p>"It's like the Titanic, except you've never heard of it. And in a way, it's even weirder."</p><br><p>So says today's guest, <a href="timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cautionary Tales</a>' host, Tim Harford, about the disastrous story he's taking Anthony and Maddy through.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>Listen to more of Tim's Cautionary Tales here: <a href="timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/</a><… 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! <a href="britishpodcastawards.com/voting"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">britishpodcastawards.com/voting</a></… by Tim Arstall. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>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 <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>;. </p><br><p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click to place your vote on the Spotify mobile app: open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</p>;

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