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Elvis Presley: A Turbulent Life
2 June 2022A hotly anticipated biopic about the king of Rock'n'Roll will be released in June directed by Baz Luhmann. We've delved back into our archives to...
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50:34
Queen Consorts in the Renaissance
2 June 2022Throughout this month, every episode of Not Just the Tudors is honouring Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee by focussing on some aspect of...
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Boudica
2 June 2022Boudica has become a hero of British folklore. An ancient queen, her leadership of the Iceni in an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire...
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43:39
Farming with Tom Pemberton
2 June 2022What happens when a traditional family farm gets passed down to a born YouTuber? Tom Pemberton.
For six generations, the...
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51:24
Vasectomy
1 June 2022What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?
From monkey testicles to...
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35:21
Coffee
1 June 2022A cup of coffee was once a luxury. Now it is quick, cheap and widely available — a daily essential for many. How did this happen?
Today on...
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26:54
The Unlikely Fate of the Wright Brothers
1 June 2022On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Wright Brothers changed history when they took the world's first engine-powered...
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Platinum Jubilee: Britain’s Greatest Queens
31 May 2022Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and one of the longest-reigning in the world. To mark the Queen's Platinum...
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46:37
Burials with Alice Roberts
31 May 2022What do human remains - and the objects buried with them - tell us about people’s lives in Britain in the first millennium, what they thought...
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35:07
Corsets
31 May 2022Have you ever been told you’re bringing women’s rights back one-hundred years because of what you’re wearing?
The guest on Betwixt the...
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Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street
30 May 2022From May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black ‘Greenwood District’ of Tulsa,...
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Isabella & Ferdinand's Granada
30 May 2022From the early Middle Ages to the present day, travellers have been bewitched by the peerless beauty of Granada. From 1230 until 1492, it was...
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