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The Origins of Scotland Yard
28 April 2025Assassin's Creed Syndicate recreates Scotlland Yard, the famous home of the Metropolitan Police Force, and lets players explore its overcrowded...
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The Dreyfus Affair: The Spy Scandal that Shook France
27 April 2025It started with an inconsequential piece of military intelligence, scrawled on a piece of paper and left in a waste paper basket. But over the...
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Jason and the Argonauts
27 April 2025From clashing rocks to golden treasure, Jason and the Argonauts is the ultimate Greek mythological adventure. But what lies behind the legend? And...
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The Battle of Crécy
25 April 2025The Battle of Crécy in 1346 saw an outnumbered English army under King Edward III win an unexpected and decisive victory that reshaped the...
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History's Worst F*ckboys: Henry VIII
25 April 2025Charismatic, passionate, insatiable - Henry VIII is known across the world as the king who had 6 wives, and a few mistresses on the side. But was...
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The Einstein Murders
24 April 2025Warning: this episode contains discussion of suicide.
In August 1944, German soldiers burst into the Florentine villa of Robert Einstein,...
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Richard Nixon: Rise from Poverty
24 April 2025To understand Watergate, to understand the fall of Nixon, you need to look first at the rise. How the turbulence of his sky rocketing career left...
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The Birth of Indo-European
24 April 2025From the steppes of prehistoric Eurasia to the languages we speak today, the story of Indo-European is one of ancient roots and global impact. But...
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49:58
The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity
24 April 2025What - and who - did Christopher Columbus find when he landed in the Caribbean?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Dr. Alice Samson explore the...
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Final Days of 'Mad' George III
24 April 2025How did George III die? Was it raving in a straightjacket? Who stayed with him at the end of his long illness? Today we uncover the truth about...
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A History of Popes
22 April 2025Popes have shaped the history of the world. The Catholic Church has had a Pope for two thousand years, the first- tradition dictates- was St...
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St. George & Springtime Saints
22 April 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega welcomes back Amy Jeffs, author of Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans, and Magic, to revel in the fascinating stories of...
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