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Britain’s Most Prolific Executioner
4 August 2025For Albert Pierrepoint, execution was a family affair. His father and uncle were hangmen and from the 1940s until the late 1950s Albert was...
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56:58
What Is Pax Romana?
4 August 2025In the new game Anno 117: Pax Romana, the Emperor has appointed you as governor, tasked with developing provinces in the Roman-based Latium region...
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39:55
Notre Dame
3 August 2025Join Dan Snow in the heart of Paris as he kicks off his summer series exploring Europe’s greatest historic sites. From a leafy Montmartre café...
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Livia: Empress of Rome
3 August 2025Powerful, cunning, uncompromising, even murderous (allegedly)... meet Rome’s first empress and one of ancient history’s ultimate power...
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Battle of Winchelsea with Dan Jones
1 August 2025Matt Lewis explores Edward III's daring naval gamble at the Battle of Winchelsea in 1350 with Dan Jones.
Together they unravel the dramatic...
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47:28
Royal Sex: Cleopatra
1 August 2025Did Cleopatra have a bee-powered vibrator? Why did she marry both of her brothers? And how serious were her relationships with Julius Caesar and...
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45:15
5 Reasons the Allies Won the War
31 July 2025What really tipped the scales in the Allies’ favour during World War II? In this episode, we break down five critical reasons behind the Allied...
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40:31
5 Key Weapons of the Civil War
31 July 2025How did new weapons shape the Civil War? Why were the muskets so deadly? What on earth were the Ironclads all about? Don explores five key weapons...
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45:37
Could You Survive The Victorian Workhouse?
31 July 2025Today we’re going behind the foreboding doors of the Victorian workhouse to ask - ‘Could we survive it?’. From Oliver Twist's gruel to songs...
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48:25
Isabel and Ferdinand: Renaissance Power Couple
31 July 2025From the establishment of a formidable double monarchy to the complex dynamics of the Spanish Inquisition, Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of...
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49:05
Siberian Ice Mummies
30 July 2025In this special episode of the Ancients, released just hours after the embargo on new research was lifted, Tristan Hughes discusses the...
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Emperor Titus
29 July 2025In this episode, we explore the remarkable - and often overlooked - life of Emperor Titus. We uncover the dramatic events that defined his life...
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