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Sitting Bull: the Life and Death of a Native American Chief
13 December 2021Sitting Bull, best known for his initiative and victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn, is a greatly revered Native American Chief. But he was more...
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Hitler's American Gamble
13 December 2021The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 remains etched in public memory as the turning point of WW2. But in fact, it was Hitler’s...
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Songlines: Australia's Book of Genesis
12 December 2021What the Book of Genesis is to the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, songlines are to Indigenous Australians. Epic tales of desire,...
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The Secrets of WW2's Women Soldiers
12 December 2021The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in 1938 it saw many thousands...
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Heralds & Heraldry
11 December 2021Heralds and Heraldry share many aspects of modern sport today, from colourful kits to large gatherings of cheering crowds. But what did it mean to...
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USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor
10 December 2021When the USS Arizona was destroyed on 7 December 1941, it was the United States’ Navy’s single biggest loss of life. Producers Annette Hull...
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Battle of Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory
10 December 20212 December is a special date for those fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only is this the date he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804, but...
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True Crime on the Elizabethan Stage
9 December 2021The true crime genre - stories of actual murders and other crimes that are then fictionalised - is not a new phenomenon. More than four...
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Homosexuality & Ancient Greece
9 December 2021Frederick the Great, Marie Antoinette and Oscar Wilde. Each of them have talked about, or been talked about in terms of, Ancient Greek ideas of...
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Moscow 1941: Hitler's Nemesis with Jonathan Dimbleby
9 December 2021While the allies reeled from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States, a ferocious battle was...
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Life at Bletchley Park
8 December 2021Betty Webb was heavily involved with the work going on at Bletchley Park. While she was not part of the code-breaking team, her work was invaluable...
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Inside North Korea
8 December 2021With closed borders, a totalitarian regime, electricity blackouts and widespread poverty, North Korea is a brutal place to survive; even...
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