BBC Radio Manchester has made a new five-part series on the Manchester IRA bombing.
Coded Warning is presented by Joel Mitchell and marks 30 years since the attack in Manchester city centre on 15th June 1996.
The series launched on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Manchester on Friday 12 June, using archive audio and first-hand testimony to reconstruct the events of the day.
Joel was not alive when the bomb went off, but now lives and works in the community affected by it. The programme follows his attempt to understand what happened and why its legacy still matters to Manchester.
The series covers the build-up, the warning, the evacuation, the explosion, the aftermath and the rebuilding of the city.
More than 80,000 people were in the city centre that morning. At 9.20am, a van carrying 3,000lb of explosive was parked on Corporation Street, before a warning was phoned in 23 minutes later using a recognised IRA codeword.
Police, security guards and emergency services then worked to clear the city before the bomb detonated.
The series includes accounts from people who lived through the morning, including a bride on her way to her wedding, a young family caught in the chaos, shop workers, first responders and eyewitnesses.
Despite a third of the city centre being damaged and £700 million in losses, no one was killed.
