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Royal Sex: Marie Antoinette
11 July 2025Behind the wild accusations of extra-marital affairs and a lavish lifestyle, who was the real Marie Antoinette? Why did her marriage to King Louis...
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Boudicca: Myths vs Reality
10 July 2025Boudicca, the warrior queen of the Iceni tribe, has become a symbol of resistance and British defiance. But what do we really know about her, and...
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Revolutionary War: What If the British Won?
10 July 2025Today we're heading back 250 years to the end of the Revolutionary War - but this time, we're asking what might have happened if the British had...
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Doggerland: The North Sea Atlantis?
10 July 2025Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Rachel Bynoe who has literally dived into the enigmatic world of Doggerland, a prehistoric landmass now submerged...
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Mary Rose & the Battle of the Solent
10 July 2025Before the Spanish Armada threatened England in 1588, an even more dangerous invasion loomed, just across the Channel in France. The Battle of...
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48:13
The Truth About Frankenstein
10 July 2025Against a time of radical change, a gothic masterpiece was written by the teenage Mary Shelley.
Published in 1818, Frankenstein takes us...
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Why Do Empires Fall?
8 July 2025For centuries, the Roman Empire commanded unparalleled control over the world around it. It expanded its borders through trade and conquest,...
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Chaucer's Wife of Bath: Medieval Feminist
8 July 2025This episode contains explicit language and themes
We're revelling in the Canterbury Tales this week; who else to kick things off with a...
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The Power of Medieval Gossip
8 July 2025People have always gossiped, but what did they gossip about in medieval times? How were women punished for gossiping? And where does the term...
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27:47
When Britain Sent Its Convicts to America
7 July 2025Britain shipped convicts to America from the days of Jamestown right up until 1775. More than 50,000 were sent. To explore this too seldom told...
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The Roma: Resistance & Survival
7 July 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb welcomes Dr. Madeline Potter to unravel the rich yet tumultuous history of the Roma people. From Tudor England, where...
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How Bloody Was 'Bloody Mary'?
7 July 2025Last week we heard about Mary's formative years. Today we get to her reign, the infamous burnings and ask ourselves if Bloody Mary was as bad as...
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