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Elizabeth I's Doctor - & Poisoner?
26 January 2026Why was a Portuguese-born Jewish doctor, who rose to become Elizabeth I’s chief physician, brutally executed for treason in a scandal that...
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The Tang Dynasty: The End of China's Golden Age?
26 January 2026Assassin’s Creed Dynasty provides a vivid recreation of China as it was 1300 years ago, during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. The story focuses...
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The Dambusters Raid Explained
26 January 2026In May 1943, the RAF launched one of the Second World War’s most audacious missions: the Dambusters Raid. Today, we follow the raid as it...
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Xerxes the Great
25 January 2026He is one of the most famous rulers of the ancient world, remembered for leading a vast Persian invasion of Greece. Yet Xerxes the Great was far...
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The Hospitallers: Warrior Monks
23 January 2026Matt Lewis explores the evolution of the Knights Hospitaller, from charitable brotherhood to a formidable fighting force at the heart of the...
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How Filthy was the Renaissance?
23 January 2026The Renaissance, a period of transformation in art, learning, philosophy and science that brought us Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and...
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44:43
Origins of the First Amendment
22 January 2026The First Amendment of the US Constitution is just forty-five words long, but its impact has drastically shaped American life. For much of...
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58:34
The Origins of Rome's Empire
22 January 2026396 BC. The city of Veii lies in ruins, destroyed by Rome in a brutal act of early imperial expansion. Yet just six years later, Rome itself would...
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The Battle of Bosworth
22 January 2026In August 1485, the would-be king Henry Tudor went head-to-head with King Richard III - the final, decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses. Only...
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39:41
Girl With a Pearl Earring: Identity Revealed
22 January 2026Could one of art’s greatest mysteries at last be solved? Who was the luminous girl with a pearl earring in Vermeer's iconic painting? ...
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Inside A Medieval Leper Colony
22 January 2026Come back with us to a Medieval leper colony.
What was life really like for patients inside the gates? What did it mean when the 'leper...
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The Syphilis Explosion of the American Civil War
20 January 2026It's been estimated that between eight and twelve percent of soldiers contracted a venereal disease during the American Civil War. What on earth...
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