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The Battle of Hastings
4 August 2024On 14 October 1066, the armies of William, the Duke of Normandy, and the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson clashed near Hastings in one of the...
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Origins of the Olympics
4 August 2024The Olympics. It’s the most famous sporting event in the world, and the 33rd Olympiad is taking place in Paris right now. But how did it all...
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How Nudes Changed Britain
2 August 2024Why were nudes so significant in Victorian England? What role did painting them play in wider social change at that time? And why didn't men think...
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Richard III's Mother: Cecily
2 August 2024Cecily Neville was the matriarch of the House of York, the mother of two kings of England and an ancestor of every monarch since Henry VIII. Born...
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American Operators on WW1's Front Line
1 August 2024When the First World War ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918, how did army command relay the ceasefire to their troops? In fact, before radios and...
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52:52
New York Morgue's Dark Secrets
1 August 2024The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were once brought to the notorious New York Morgue. It's a history that has never been...
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Hestia: Goddess of Hearth & Home
1 August 2024As both the eldest and youngest child of the great titan Kronos, and the Greek goddess of hearth and home, Hestia was incredibly important in...
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Henry VII: Rise of the Medieval Tudors
1 August 2024Henry VII was descended from some of the greatest Welsh princes. When word spread that he had a chance of taking the English throne, Welsh...
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The Warsaw Uprising
31 July 202480 years ago, the Polish resistance rose up against their German occupiers and tried to seize back control of their capital city. For two months a...
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59:51
The Boy Who Hid in the Woods: How I Survived the Holocaust
30 July 2024Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.
Maxwell Smart was just a boy when the Nazis came for him and his family. Within...
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The Dark History of Bearded Ladies & the Victorian Freak Show
30 July 2024What would it have really been like to visit a Victorian freak show? Were "freak performers" exploited, or empowered in a world that would likely...
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Rollo: The First Norman
30 July 2024Rollo was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century. His descendants, the Normans, later conquered England...
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