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Day In The Life Of A Body Snatcher
18 September 2025Join Anthony and Maddy as they spend a day - or should that be night? - in the life of a 19th century body snatcher.
Find out which months...
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Vanity of Henry VIII with Kate Lister
17 September 2025With six wives, Henry VIII must have had something going for him, right? Was he handsome? Charming? Intelligent? Just plain powerful? In this...
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Emperor Augustus
16 September 2025Augustus has often been hailed as Rome’s greatest emperor - he ended civil war, built an empire and declared a new age of peace. But behind the...
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The Real Eleanor of Aquitaine
16 September 2025Eleanor of Aquitaine was a queen who defied expectations, a duchess who outmanoeuvred kings, and a mother whose dynasty shaped the future of...
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Emperor Nero
16 September 2025Where does Emperor Nero fit in the pantheon of history's worst f*ckboys?
Does he measure up against the likes of previous episodes on...
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The Origins of California
15 September 2025How did California become the Golden State? It's a story that includes conquistadors, missionaries, gold miners, railroad builders and tourists,...
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Charles V, Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
15 September 2025In the second episode of our special Habsburg dynasty series, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by renowned historian Professor Geoffrey...
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Georgian England's Notorious Dumpling Poisoner
15 September 2025Did she do it? Did serving girl Eliza Fenning poison the dumplings she served the Turner family? This is a true crime case from 1813 that brings...
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The Ottoman-Venetian Wars
15 September 2025Ezio Auditore, the hero of Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed Revelations, travels from Venice to the...
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The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived: William the Marshal
14 September 2025William the Marshal’s story reads like a legend. Born a landless younger son, he rose through sheer skill and courage to become the greatest...
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541 AD: The Worst Year in History
14 September 2025Was this the worst year in human history? Bubonic plague sweeps across the Mediterranean. The sun vanishes behind volcanic ash. Crops fail, famine...
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After 1066: The Domesday Book
12 September 2025Matt Lewis and Levi Roach uncover the importance and intricacies of the Domesday Book, a monumental survey commissioned by William the Conqueror...
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