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Viking Travels
17 September 2024Vikings have long been depicted as that stereotype of the hairy, nameless warrior, leaping ashore from his longboat, ready to terrorise a hapless...
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How The World Sees The US: The Art of Diplomacy
16 September 2024How did Egypt and Israel come to an agreement at Camp David in 1979? How did the USSR come to allow the operation of NATO troops in East Germany?...
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Lexington & Concord: History's Unlikeliest Battlefields
16 September 2024The shot heard ‘round the world; the start of the American Revolution. An event that would have profound consequences for world history,...
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Who was Jack the Ripper? The Prince (Suspect 1)
16 September 2024Part 1/4. By investigating the men accused of being Jack the Ripper, we uncover dark truths about Victorian society - and our own. Why were these...
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When Britain was a Republic
16 September 2024The 1650s were the only years in history when Britain was a republic. Charles I had been executed, the monarchy was abolished and the House...
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Jesse Owens
15 September 2024Jesse Owens' victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics made him an international sports hero, and a symbol of the civil rights movement. His...
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The Fall of Roman Britain
15 September 2024In the early 5th century AD, after almost four centuries of iron-fisted Roman rule, the empire in Britain was beginning to fade. Franks, Saxons...
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Ancient Goddesses: Rebellion, Magic & Sexual Liberation
13 September 2024Struggling for role models in the modern world? We've got your back, looking way back to the ancient world.
Join Kate and Jasmine Elmer,...
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Henry V with Dan Jones
13 September 2024For centuries, one English monarch basked in an almost unblemished, heroic reputation. But more recently questions have been asked about some of...
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How to Survive in Viking Britain
12 September 2024Have you ever wondered what it would take to live in Viking Britain? When they arrived and settled in the British Isles, Viking settlers didn't...
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McCarthy & the Second Red Scare
12 September 2024Who was Joe McCarthy? How did this Republican Senator come to lead a nationwide campaign against communism? And how did he bring about his own...
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Origins of the Egyptian Gods
12 September 2024The legends of Ra and Hathor, of Osiris and Isis, of Anubis and Set have been passed from mouth to ear in Egypt for millennia. They were painted...
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