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Benjamin Friedman, Christopher Preble, Matt Fay

U.S. security does not require nearly 1,600 nuclear weapons deployed on a triad of systems—bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs)—to deliver them. A new paper from Benjamin H. Friedman, Christopher A. Preble and Matt Fay encourages abandonment of the triad and skepticism about the received wisdom justifying U.S. nuclear weapons’ policies. The authors suggest that shifting to a submarine-based monad would serve U.S....

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Christopher Lee

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Amanda Redman, Christopher Benjamin, Full Cast

Christopher Benjamin and Amanda Redman star in two six-part BBC radio crime dramas, created by Christopher LeeIn these two compelling murder mysteries, MI6 officers Henry Colvil and Alex Soames become involved in a pair of complex cases which take them to the very top of the political and religious spheres.In Series 1, the duo attend the funeral of an elderly Irish priest, and receive a tip-off that his death has controversial links. Probing further, they d...

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Terrance Dicks

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Christopher Benjamin

Stepping out of the TARDIS into Victorian London, Leela and the Doctor are confronted by menacing, diabolical horrors shrouded within the swirling London fog - a man's death cry, an attack by Chinese Tong hatchet men, giant rats roaming the sewers, young women mysteriously disappearing... The hideously deformed Magnus Greel, conducting a desperate search for the lost Time Cabinet, is the instigator of all this evil. Posing as the Chinese god, Weng-Chiang, Greel uses the crafty Chang, and t...

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Michael Innes

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John Hurt, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Benjamin, Joyce Redman, Pippa Guard, John Shedden, Anne Lacey, Michael MacKenzie, David McKail

Gripping crime dramas featuring Scotland Yard’s Detective Inspector John ApplebyA double bill of Scottish crime writer Michael Innes’ DI John Appleby novels adapted with a full cast. Written during the golden age of detective fiction, these two gems from the archive are a thrilling listen for any fan of quality detective crime drama.In Appleby**’**s End Appleby of the Yard is played by veteran star of stage and screen,

What can theology offer philosophical discussions of autonomy?In this distinctive collection of essays, Insole and DeSpain lead a cadre of academics from across the world in answering this question. In doing so, they challenge the narrow conception of 'liberalism' that has characterised much of the discussion around autonomy.The contributions disrupt traditional methodologies by starting with analyses of urgent and concrete situations where the concept of a...

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Mr Punch

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Tony Robinson, Simon Callow, & full supporting cast, Alice Arnold, Bill Nighy, Bonnie Langford, Christopher Benjamin, Christopher Cazenove, Jack Klaff, John Woodvine, Jon Glover, Kerry Shale, Leslie Phillips, Lionel Jeffries, Lynsey Baxter, Neville Jason, Stephen Tompkinson

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Thriller Playhouse

“Murder mysteries always work well… and Mr Punch’s Thriller Playhouse is particularly good… Atmospheric and Great Fun” Daily Express“To all concerned “Jolly good show, chaps.” The TimesBen Sees it ThroughA hat lost in the English Channel, a dagger buried in a toff’s back and an incriminating letter from an MP entice Ben into the world of arms dealers and smugglers as he battles to save Europe from ...

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Jonathan Morris

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Colin Baker, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Juliet Aubrey, Catherine Harvey, Charlie Norfolk, Hugh Ross

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Jago & Litefoot

Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago are accustomed to the murky fog of Victorian London and the palatable pints of half and half at the Red Tavern. They are not used to travelling through time and space with their old friend the Doctor.And now they find themselves whisked off to the planet Venus in the distant future, at a time when warrior women rule from a floating city in the clouds. There’s a mystery here, one that the Grand Empress Vulpina intends to keep secret. Even if ...

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Justin Richards, Alan Barnes, Andy Lane, Jonathan Morris

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Lisa Bowerman

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Jago & Litefoot

Four stories featuring the investigators of infernal incidents, with an extra hour of behind the scenes interviews.The Bloodless Soldier, by Justin RichardsA group of soldiers return from overseas service – but they have brought a terrible evil back with them. As death strikes on the streets of London, Sergeant Quick calls upon the help of Professor Litefoot, while an old enemy lurks in the shadows. Jago and Litefoot are on the trail of the Bloodless Soldier – and tragedy wi...

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Justin Richards, Mark Morris, Andy Lane, Jonathan Morris

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Lisa Bowerman

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Jago & Litefoot

Four more stories featuring the investigators of infernal incidents, with an extra hour of behind the scenes interviews.Litefoot and Sanders, by Justin RichardsWomen are being killed on the streets of London, and the evidence points to it being the work of a vicious vampire. This should be a case for Jago and Litefoot but – to the astonishment of Jago – the esteemed investigators of infernal incidents have gone their separate ways. It’s now a case for Litefoot and Sanders – ...

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Barney Norris

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Christopher Benjamin, Claire Skinner, Hasan Dixon, James Doherty, Joe Jameson, Linda Bassett

'There exists in all of us a song waiting to be sung which is as heart-stopping and vertiginous as the peak of the cathedral. That is the meaning of this quiet city, where the spire soars into the blue, where rivers and stories weave into one another, where lives intertwine.'One quiet evening in Salisbury, the peace is shattered by a serious car crash. At that moment, five lives collide – a flower seller, a schoolboy, an army wife, a security guard, a widower – all facing ...

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James Goss, Simon Barnard, Jonathan Morris, Various

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Various

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Jago & Litefoot

Four more supernatural adventures for the infamous infernal investigators.6.1: The Skeleton Quay by Jonathan Morris:Henry Gordon Jago and Professor Litefoot are back in the familiar fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, but a new calling awaits them.... The Colonel, an emissary of Queen Victoria herself, reveals that their services are required by Her Majesty - and their first assignment is to investigate a series of ghostly apparitions at Shin...

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James Goss, Andy Lane, Justin Richards, Various

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Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Lisa Bowerman, Various

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Jago & Litefoot

Four more supernatural adventures for the infamous infernal investigators: Jago & Litefoot!7.1 The Monstrous Menagerie by Jonathan Morris:Jago and Litefoot are on the run! Framed for a crime they didn’t commit, the infernal investigators seek refuge in a house on Baker Street owned by their old friend, Professor Dark. That's when Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle enters their lives. Tired of his popular creation Sherlock Holmes, Doyle has moved onto other ...