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Britain's Worst Airship Disaster

2026-07-20 · 50 min · episode 296 · 10 entities

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<p>"It's like the Titanic, except you've never heard of it. And in a way, it's even weirder."</p> <p>So says today's guest, <a href="https://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> <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> <p>Listen to more of Tim's Cautionary Tales here: <a href="https://timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://timharford.com/etc/more-or-less/</a></p> <p>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! <a href="https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting</a></p> <p>Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p> <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="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p> <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: https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>