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Burke & Hare's Serial Killing Dissection Business
28 May 2026What did Ancient Egyptians discover while dissecting bodies? What did the first medieval dissecting manual say? Who were the serial killers who...
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The Tudors Abroad
28 May 2026What did it mean to be English when merchants, sailors, captives, diplomats, and migrants were constantly crossing borders?
Pirates, a...
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The Fall of Hadrian's Wall
28 May 2026When the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century AD, Hadrian’s Wall did not simply collapse into ruin. Its forts and ramparts endured,...
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Ancient Rome's Bloodiest Murders
26 May 2026Today we're delving back to an early episode of After Dark, where Anthony and Maddy explore the goriest murders of Ancient Rome.
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Foolish Medieval Fatalities
26 May 2026Who survives when medieval deaths are turned into Top Trumps? In this riotous made up game of Foolish Fatalities, Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt...
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The Most Feared Sex Act In History
26 May 2026It’s got many names: giving head, going down, eating out, dining at the Y, muff diving.
Why has cunnilingus been stigmatised and feared so...
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When Was the Revolutionary War Won?
25 May 2026In 1775, revolutionaries went to war against the British. Seeking independence from colonial ties, they fought more than 150 battles over eight...
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The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns
25 May 2026We trace the extraordinary rise and fall of the House of Boleyn. From humble Norfolk tenant farmers, the Boleyns used everything from wool trading...
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Royal Favourites: Hatton, Elizabeth I's Favourite
25 May 2026How did Sir Christopher Hatton became one of Elizabeth I’s favourites? How true were the rumours that they were lovers?
After...
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Iron Age Britain
24 May 2026What if Iron Age Britain was never a land of barbarians at all, but a world of skilled farmers, powerful women, trade, ritual, and spectacle?...
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The Secrets of Hagia Sophia
22 May 2026The Hagia Sophia is a landmark that has stood for 1500 years, and that players can clamber all over in Assassin’s Creed Revelations. It is...
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Fatimid Dynasty: Descendants of Prophet Muhammad
22 May 2026How did the Fatimids build one of Islam's most powerful medieval empires? What can the rise of this dynasty reveal about power, culture,...
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