BBC Radio Podcasts from Dramas

Trailer: Fukushima

A drama about losing control in Japan’s nuclear emergency

Japan’s nuclear plant is hit as an immense wave surges past defences and floods reactors

Japan battles to maintain control in the face of nuclear disaster

A massive explosion rocks the stricken power plant. Can the reactors be cooled?

The reactors are unstable. A “suicide squad” of older workers is sent inside

“We are at war….” Politicians seize control

Years after the disaster, one of the “suicide squad” questions his heroism

A former energy company executive seeks atonement for not preventing the disaster

Time-travelling drama about the Japanese American legends of US military history

In Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, a young American is transported back to World War Two

Ken goes to a Japanese American internment camp and is shocked at what he sees

The battalion heads for Europe and Ken is desperate

Ken and his Japanese American comrades experience the horror of World War Two combat

With half of the men lost, the most dangerous battle of all awaits

The 442nd take on the Nazi enemy

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