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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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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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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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29:10
D-Day from the Air
4 June 2021It’s 77 years since D-Day but it might never have happened at all without one very specific piece of new technology; the resonant cavity...
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41:55
A 16th Century Public Executioner
3 June 2021The German executioner Meister Frantz Schmidt kept a fascinating journal of all the executions, torture and punishments he administered between 1573...
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41:09
Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger
3 June 2021The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...
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29:55
Polynesian Mythology
3 June 2021From creation stories to voyager journeys, mythology and oral history are often key to our identities. In this episode Christina Thompson shines a...
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30:20
The Bank That Sacked Its Customers
2 June 2021When we think of investment banking we think of high-risk trades, profit at any cost and big bonuses but there is an institution that sees it...
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40:15
Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger
2 June 2021The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...
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47:36
Democracy
1 June 2021In this episode taken from our back catalogue Professor Paul Cartledge the concept which is the foundation stone of our political culture: democracy....
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