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The Horrible History of Gonorrhoea
1 April 2025Possibly the first recorded sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhoea is still one of the most common.
We're back on the itchier side of...
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Bobby Kennedy: Assassination of a Future President
31 March 2025Bobby Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign had an aura around it. Its urgency, idealism and raw emotion connected with a nation in turmoil. But...
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What did Henry VIII Believe?
31 March 2025The execution of six martyrs—three Catholics and three Protestants—on the same day, was unprecedented in Henry VIII's England. What led to...
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The Anglo-Sikh Wars
31 March 2025Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India puts players in the heart of the Sikh Empire in 1841, at a time when only the Sikh Empire remained...
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Francis Drake (Part 1)
30 March 2025Dan tells swashbuckling tales of Francis Drake on the Spanish Main. Francis Drake was England's first imperial warrior forged in the crucible of...
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Prehistoric Nigeria: The Nok
30 March 2025In the heart of ancient Nigeria, a mysterious civilisation flourished - known today only through archaeology. The Nok Culture, symbolised by its...
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Black Death: Scapegoats & Persecution
30 March 2025***This episode contains a description of mass murder***
As the Black Death moved across Europe, something darker and more insidious spread...
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Joanna: Eleanor of Aquitaine's Fierce Daughter
28 March 2025The courageous life of Joanna Plantagenet extends far beyond her mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her 'brave and heroic' brother Richard the...
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Real Wives of Dictators | Jiang Qing, Chairman Mao's Wife
28 March 2025For better or (mostly) worse, Jiang Qing left her mark on the 20th century.
Even before she was married to Chairman Mao, Jiang was a...
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THE LEADERS: Roosevelt
28 March 2025How instrumental was Roosevelt in the Allied victory? He'd guided America through the Great Depression, he changed American society and his...
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Battle of Iwo Jima
27 March 202580 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and...
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Jurassic America
27 March 2025Tristan Hughes explores Ancient America's true age; how 19th-century fossil discoveries across North America revealed a history far older than...
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