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Al Qaeda
6 October 2021Their attacks of 11 September 2001 sparked a War on Terror which echoes loudly to this day, but where did Al Qaeda come from, how did their...
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Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar
6 October 2021On 21 October 1805, the British Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, emerged victorious over the combined French and Spanish fleets....
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Britain and the Slave Trade
5 October 2021Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, Britain was a key player in the transportation of millions of enslaved Africans to the colonies....
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Early Medieval Burials
5 October 2021How we bury the dead has changed drastically throughout history, from grave goods to bed burials. But just how drastic are the changes in burial...
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The Winter of Discontent
4 October 2021In the bitter winter of 1978-1979 petrol ran short, panic buying was rife, rubbish piled up in the streets and bodies went unburied as a wave of...
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Lady Jane Grey
4 October 2021On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named as King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned...
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WW2: War Reporters in the Pacific Theatre
4 October 2021The Second World War was the first time that many on the home front in the United States were able to see and hear war in action. In this episode,...
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William Wallace
3 October 2021William Wallace is a legendary figure in Scottish history as one of the leaders of the First War of Scottish Independence. He led the Scots to a...
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The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
3 October 2021In his lifetime King Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, forged one of the largest empires in ancient history. But it...
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James Holland on The Sherwood Rangers: Legendary Tank Regiment
2 October 2021Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry was one of the best tank regiments of the Second World War and was at the speartip of the British Army from the North...
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Richard III
2 October 2021Richard III of England is one of medieval history's most controversial figures. He is known to many as a tyrant, a sleazy, greedy king who even...
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WW2: Czech Resistance
1 October 2021Though excluded from decisions on their occupation in the Munich Agreement in 1938, the citizens of the new country of Czechoslovakia were by no...
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Æthelred the Unready
30 September 2021His 38 years as king make him one of the longest-ruling monarchs in English history, and yet he is remembered as unsuccessful, naive and overly harsh...
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Sir Thomas More
30 September 2021Who was Thomas More - Knight, Chancellor and Martyr? His life is paradoxical, with More regarded as both saint and persecutor, Humanist...
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The Oldest Human Footprints in North America
30 September 2021This week our understanding of when humans first inhabited the North American continent has been turned on its head … by a set of c.22,000 year...
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Bond, The Secret Service & Exporting Britain's Influence
29 September 2021James Bond is a character that has come to define a certain kind of Britishness but what, if any, role does 007 play in the real world of...
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Drones: A History
29 September 2021Although the use of drones has become well established and publicised in recent years, the history of unmanned aircraft stretches all the way back to...
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James Bond
28 September 2021James Bond is one of the most successful films and book franchises of all time and with the arrival of a new addition to the canon it seemed the...
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Medieval Science
28 September 2021The word 'medieval' is often used to describe backward ideas and opinions, but why is this the case? The middle ages was a time of life-changing...
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The Last Witches of England
27 September 2021In 1682 three women, Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles and Susannah Edwards, from the town of Bideford were tried and hanged as witches. They were...
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The Gunpowder Plot: Tudor Origins
27 September 2021The Gunpowder Plot is one of the hinge events of British history - an act of terror the roots of which stretch back to the Tudor period and Henry...
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