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Castles in Ruins
5 November 2024Why are so many medieval castles left in ruins?
Join Dr. Eleanor Janega as she steps through the rubble of these fallen stone giants to...
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Elections Explained: A History of Rigged Elections
4 November 2024Invisible ink, delayed flights and political meddling - elections are a symbol of democracy, so how can they become the opposite?
Don is...
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Titanic: The Final Hours (Part 2)
4 November 2024Part 2/2. Iceberg, panic and lives changed forever. Loss, survival, and myth-making. Today is part two of the most famous maritime disaster in...
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Fireworks: From the Tudors to Guy Fawkes
4 November 2024A pyrotechnic dragon roared flames into the river Thames during the coronation week of Elizabeth of York in 1487. These explosive displays...
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38:42
The Unknown Warrior
4 November 2024In the western nave of Westminster Abbey, nestled between illustrious tombs and beneath a slab of black Belgian marble, lies the body of an...
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53:36
Prehistoric Japan
3 November 2024From the arrival of the first humans reaching the Japanese archipelago some 50,000 years ago to the enduring Jomon culture, Japan has a...
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39:29
Defending a Castle
1 November 2024Gone Medieval continues to explore the life cycle of castles, today considering the role for which they were explicitly designed - as fortresses...
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43:06
What Made You Ugly In The Ancient World?
1 November 2024When we think about Greek and Roman beauty, we think of marble statues of huge men with tiny...feet.
But what did it mean to be a beautiful...
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46:49
Will This Be America's Closest Election Ever?
1 November 2024The 2024 US Presidential election is just around the corner, and it seems like the result is balanced on a knife's edge. As the polls continue to...
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54:35
New York Morgue's Dark Secrets
31 October 2024The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were brought to the New York Morgue in the second half of the nineteenth century. This...
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The King's Witch Trial: North Berwick Witches
31 October 2024Maddy and Anthony have a new TV documentary out all about King James VI of Scotland's witch hunts, available on History Hit TV.
When James...
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The Brutal Basque Witch Hunt
31 October 2024In 1609, some 80 people were executed for witchcraft in France's Basque region. It inspired a final push to eradicate witches by the Spanish...
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