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Elizabeth I's Succession Crisis
8 January 2026What happens when a Queen refuses to name her heir? How does she hold her kingdom together when every courtier is secretly preparing for her...
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Fall of Sparta
8 January 2026How did Sparta, the most feared military state in ancient Greece, fall from grace in a single generation?
In this episode of The Ancients,...
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Day in the Life of a Salem Puritan
8 January 2026What did it feel like to wake up Salem Village during the darkest days of the witch trials? Would you be able to swallow down your beer and...
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Tower of London: Medieval Palace
6 January 2026In the first of two special episodes from the iconic Tower of London, Dr. Eleanor Janega charts the transformation of the William the Conqueror's...
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How to Survive as a Medieval Single Woman
6 January 2026Being single in 2026 is a major disadvantage, so what was it like as a single woman in the Medieval period?!
Joining Kate today is the...
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America's Bloodiest General
5 January 2026Ruthless tactics. Extreme violence. The loss of huge numbers of their own troops. The deaths of the most opposing troops. What makes a general...
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Alfred the Great's Downfall: The Battle of Chippenham
5 January 2026Among the many cool characters from the Viking Age that are brought to life in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Alfred the Great. Before his...
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The Rise, Fall and Rise of the Taliban
5 January 2026The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 shocked the world. But, it was not an abrupt collapse — it was decades in the making. Lyse Doucet...
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Christopher Marlowe: A Dangerous Life
5 January 2026Was Christopher Marlowe a rebel, a genius, or a heretic ahead of his time? From his plays that shocked Elizabethan England to his brutal murder,...
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40:43
Inside the Victorian Asylum
5 January 2026One of the dark symbols of the Victorian age is the asylum. It struck fear into the mind but what was the reality of life inside its walls? Maddy...
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Rise of Christianity
4 January 2026How did a persecuted minority religion rise to be embraced and enforced by mighty Roman Emperors?
Tristan Hughes is joined by Professor...
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How Filthy Were The Romans?
2 January 2026Some of the key remnants of the Roman Empire are their public baths - huge complexes, multiple different rooms, the basis of many of our modern...
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