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How to Escape Alcatraz
16 April 2026What was it like to live on Alcatraz? And was it possible to escape? In this episode, Don speaks to a historian with the unique experience of...
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47:40
The Murder that Shook Mary Queen of Scots
16 April 2026On the night of Saturday the 9th of March, 1566, a pregnant Mary Queen of Scots was having a dinner party.
It was a night that ended in the...
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How To Do Celtic Magic
14 April 2026What's the best cure for a hangover? What's the most effective way to curse your enemies? How do you keep demonic powers at bay?
The...
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44:46
The Depravity of the Marquis De Sade
14 April 2026Sadism - the derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering and humiliation on others - is named after this man. So what exactly did he...
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41:27
When the Mormons Rebelled Against America
13 April 2026Driven from the United States, the Mormons journeyed West to build a new society in the desert- one that would challenge the political, economic,...
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54:00
Eleanor of Aquitaine
13 April 2026Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most powerful figures of the medieval world: twice a queen, a crusader, a rebel and the architect of an...
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49:40
Lady Jane Grey
13 April 2026What if becoming queen was the worst thing that could happen to you? What if the crown became your death sentence?
Professor Suzannah...
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58:50
The Victorian Sex Scandal of Fanny & Stella
13 April 2026The Victorians are seen as the ultimate guardians of rigid gender boundaries.
When Fanny Park and Stella Boulton transgressed those imagined...
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42:35
The Battles of Lexington & Concord
13 April 2026Assassin's Creed III gives players a unique chance to take part in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and to influence the course of history....
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59:23
Homo Sapiens vs Neanderthals
12 April 2026Tristan Hughes is joined by Ella Al-Shamahi, paleoanthropologist and presenter of the hit BBC series Human, to explore what interactions between...
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49:46
The Bishop who Took Down Richard II
10 April 2026What makes an Archbishop one of the most hated figures in British history? And does Thomas Arundel truly deserve to be branded the greatest...
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36:58
Inside the Moulin Rouge
10 April 2026The Moulin Rouge opened its doors in 1889, at the height of the Belle Epoch - 'the Beautiful Age'.
Its famous windmill structure stood on...
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