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Frenemies: China & the USA, a History
30 June 2025The People's Republic of China has only existed since 1949, but in just 75 years its relationship with the United States is in a strong...
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53:42
The Seven Years War In Assassin's Creed Rogue
30 June 2025Ubisoft Developer Interview with James Nadiger
Assassin’s Creed Rogue lets players explore the frozen world of the Arctic coastline of...
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55:50
Prelude to the English Civil War
30 June 2025What drives a nation to civil war? Why would a king turn on his own Parliament? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Jonathan Healey to...
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Bloody Mary: The Real Woman in the Mirror
30 June 2025Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary. Mary I is known as a brutal tyrant. But what was the reality? In the next two episodes Anthony and Maddy...
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Pirates: Myths vs Reality
29 June 2025When it comes to our perception of pirates, Treasure Island has a lot to answer for. They didn't make their enemies walk the plank, they didn't...
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38:08
The Apocryphal Gospels
29 June 2025If you've heard of the mysterious and often controversial Apocryphal Gospels, you may have been told that they weren't important, or useful; that...
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53:21
The Murder of Henry VI
27 June 2025An investigation into the dramatic siege of London in 1471 and the controversial and mysterious death of Henry VI. Matt Lewis is joined by Andrew...
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52:10
Sex Work in Victorian London
27 June 2025What were the lives of women like who sold sex in the Victorian era? How did the law makers and moral crusaders of the time try to control it? How...
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Richard the Lionheart
26 June 2025Crusading hero, battlefield legend...absentee ruler? Dan explores the myth and reality behind England’s Warrior King. From storming Sicily to...
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37:34
George H. W. Bush: Ending the Cold War
26 June 2025President George H. W. Bush presided over the Gulf War, the conclusion of the Cold War, the collapse of the USSR and the fall of the Berlin Wall...
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56:52
Akbar, the Great Mughal
26 June 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb discusses the remarkable life of Akbar the Great, one of history's most impressive emperors. Together with historian...
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Seahenge
26 June 2025As a 4,000-year-old timber circle uncovered on a Norfolk beach, Seahenge is one of Britain’s most remarkable prehistoric finds. Discovered in...
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