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THE LEADERS: Hitler
3 March 2025Could Germany have won the war if not for Hitler's hubris? Dan is joined by Professor Phillips O'Brien to explore Hitler's biggest decisions...
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Elektra: Revenge in Ancient Greece
2 March 2025Few figures in Greek mythology embody vengeance like Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Betrayal, grief, and justice shaped her...
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The Viking Great Army in Britain
28 February 2025How did a Viking army transform the very fabric of a nation?
In 865, the Viking Great Army landed in East Anglia. For the next 15 years, it...
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Sex Life of Michelangelo
28 February 2025Michelangelo made religion sexy.
That may not have been his initial aim, of course, but the way he portrayed the human form, and...
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Why Do Humans Wage War?
28 February 2025Why, despite knowing the devastation it causes, do humans insist on starting wars? Countless battles have littered the pages of our shared human...
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THE LEADERS - Mini Series Coming 3rd March
27 February 2025Why do we, as humans, allow such individuals to hold such power over us? And at what cost? Our world is shaped by choices—some calculated, some...
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President Harry Truman: From Farm to Oval Office and the Atom Bomb
27 February 2025The end of the Second World War. The start of the Cold War. The dropping of the Atomic Bomb and the growth of the Civil Rights movement. When FDR...
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The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Thermopylae and Salamis
27 February 2025In 486 BC, King Xerxes ascended the Persian throne, inheriting its vast and glittering world empire. But his ambition didn’t stop there - he...
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The Great Siege of Malta
27 February 2025What happens when a small island faces the might of the Ottoman Empire?
In 1565, Malta was the setting for a brutal clash between the forces...
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Samurai or Shinobi: Who Really Ruled Medieval Japan?
27 February 2025Chasing Shadows 2. Politics
Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to experience history as two icons of medieval Japan: samurai...
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The Curse of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
26 February 2025Untimely deaths followed the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. Coincidence or ancient curse? When the tomb of King Tutankhamun was...
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Mary, Queen of Scots
26 February 2025This is the story of the incredible rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was queen of Scotland, she was queen of France, and she could have...
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