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The Crusades with Dan Jones
9 June 2021The two Dans are back. And this time, they're talking all things crusades. In this rerun episode, Dan Jones provides his namesake host with a...
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How to Be a Spy
9 June 2021Charlie Higson and Ben McIntyre talk about the facts and fictions of working in espionage. Having both encountered the recruitment process for the...
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35:49
Stalin's War
8 June 2021The Second World War is often depicted as a straight battle between good and evil but it was perhaps less straightforward than that. Whilst the Nazi...
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28:58
Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
8 June 20211228 years ago, on June 8 793, Vikings attacked a monastic settlement on the island of Lindisfarne. This raid had such an impact across Europe that...
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40:14
The French Historie: A Gory Poem
7 June 2021In 1589, Anne Dowriche, the wife of a Puritan minister from Devon, wrote a long and gory poem about the bloody, ongoing conflict between Catholics...
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22:12
The History of Head Transplants
7 June 2021The superpower rivalry of the Cold War had many different fronts, space, the rice paddy fields of south-east Asia and even the operating theatre. The...
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38:45
After D-Day: The Fight Out Of Normandy
7 June 2021Few days hold such a strong position in history as D-Day. However, as David O'Keefe tells us in this episode, 6 June 1944 was followed by 76 days of...
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30:26
New D-Day Shipwrecks Discovered
6 June 2021D-Day on 6 June 1944 saw the largest amphibious landing in history take place as more than 150,000 allied troops stormed five assault beaches in...
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54:21
Iron Age British and Roman Racing Chariots
6 June 2021How truthful are modern depictions of ancient chariots? In this second episode, Mike Loades explores the reality behind the scythed chariot shown in...
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19:17
The Profumo Affair
5 June 2021It was the scandal that shook the British political world to its core leading to ministerial resignations and helping to bring down a prime...
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54:36
Unravelling Medieval Buildings
5 June 2021From spiral stairs, to tunnels leading to pubs and brothels, to witch markings; join us as we find out the truth about medieval buildings. Matt is...
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27:58
The Beauty and Violence of the Renaissance
4 June 2021The Renaissance was a time of radical change in Europe with an explosion in the production of art, new methods of waging war, Europeans...
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