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President Harry Truman: From Farm to Oval Office and the Atom Bomb
27 February 2025The end of the Second World War. The start of the Cold War. The dropping of the Atomic Bomb and the growth of the Civil Rights movement. When FDR...
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Samurai or Shinobi: Who Really Ruled Medieval Japan?
27 February 2025Chasing Shadows 2. Politics
Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to experience history as two icons of medieval Japan: samurai...
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49:35
The Great Siege of Malta
27 February 2025What happens when a small island faces the might of the Ottoman Empire?
In 1565, Malta was the setting for a brutal clash between the forces...
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The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Thermopylae and Salamis
27 February 2025In 486 BC, King Xerxes ascended the Persian throne, inheriting its vast and glittering world empire. But his ambition didn’t stop there - he...
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57:26
The Curse of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
26 February 2025Untimely deaths followed the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. Coincidence or ancient curse? When the tomb of King Tutankhamun was...
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42:12
Mary, Queen of Scots
26 February 2025This is the story of the incredible rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was queen of Scotland, she was queen of France, and she could have...
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59:21
Is the Renaissance a Myth?
25 February 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega reveals the darker side of the Renaissance with Dr. Ada Palmer, challenging the notion that it was a golden age, exposing it as...
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31:09
Sex & Scandal in 1920s Soho
25 February 2025When and why did Soho become a hedonistic hotspot, the home of sex, drugs and music?
Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with Dan Snow to talk about...
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Jamestown: Decline & Fall?
24 February 2025In 1699, Virginia’s government and capital moved from Jamestown to Middle Plantation, renaming it Williamsburg.
But why did they abandon...
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53:24
Final Days of Thomas Cromwell
24 February 2025From ruthless schemer to pragmatic hero - who is the real Thomas Cromwell? And how did he meet his end? Today Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling...
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Mount Hiei: Home of Japan's Warrior Monks
24 February 2025Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to visit the imperial capital of medieval Japan. But today, we're heading to a mountain lying...
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35:48
How to Run a Stuart Household
24 February 2025Professor Suzannah Lipscomb delves into the world of Stuart-era recipe books, in which medicine, cookery and women's roles combine in fascinating...
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