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The Commanders: The Best of the Rest
6 April 2026For the final episode in our 'Commanders' series, we've drawn on your suggestions to pay tribute to the commanders who didn’t make our main...
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Elizabethan Boy Actresses
6 April 2026Why were Shakespeare’s greatest heroines played by teenage boys? How did they learn their craft? On the Elizabethan stage, highly trained young...
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The Victorian Era's Wildest Murder
6 April 2026It was one of the most gruesome crimes of the Victorian era... and it ended up in David Attenborough's garden! Kate Webster, a servant, killed and...
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Judas Iscariot
5 April 2026**Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence, including suicide**
What really happened to Judas Iscariot? From shifting...
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What Are the Late Medieval Ages?
3 April 2026Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega dive into the chaos of the late Middle Ages; from the Great Famine and the Little Ice Age to plague, peasant...
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Inside the Brothels of New Orleans
3 April 2026Storyville was the red-light district in New Orleans, created in 1897.
What was it like in this neighbourhood, and inside the brothels...
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What Is The Kennedy Curse?
2 April 2026Their name is synonymous with power, influence ... and tragedy. And with so much of the latter, many have taken to speculating - are the Kennedy...
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How and Why the Crusades Started
2 April 2026This is your guide to almost two centuries of holy war - from start to finish. We untangle faith, politics and myth, and reveal how the Crusades...
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Britain's First Dog
2 April 2026Fifteen thousand years ago, as the Ice Age loosened its grip on Northern Europe, humans returned to the previously inhospitable British Isles. But...
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When the Spanish Armada Reached Ireland
2 April 2026What happens when a fleeing armada meets an unforgiving coast? Shipwreck, slaughter and survival collide as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and...
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The Real Outlander
2 April 2026The book and TV series "Outlander" has introduced millions of fans to Scottish history and the story of the Jacobites.
One of those fans is...
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The Women Who Ruled Medieval Burgundy, and Europe
31 March 2026What if the most powerful warlords in medieval Europe were women?
From wine country to empire, Burgundy’s Duchesses brokered marriages,...
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