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Episode 700
How did Bloody Sunday erupt on the 30th of January 1972? Why did it follow on the heels of terrible violence? And, what were the consequences of that…
5 hours ago
The Troubles: Return of the IRA (Part 3)
Episode 699
What was the Provisional IRA, and why did they return to the fray at the high point of The Troubles in Northern Ireland? How did a series of bloody b…
3 days, 5 hours ago
The Troubles: The Brink of Civil War (Part 2)
Episode 698
Why did the violence of the Troubles escalate as it did in Ulster? How did a series of marches from Belfast to Derry in 1969 result in terrible viole…
1 week ago
The Troubles: Murder in Belfast (Part 1)
Episode 697
How did the Troubles break out in Northern Ireland in the 1960s, and how far back does the dispute really go? Why did the conflict intensify as it di…
1 week, 3 days ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: Killing the Queen of Scots (Part 6)
Episode 696
How did the Babington Plot, another Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with the imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots, unfold? D…
2 weeks ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: The Shadow War (Part 5)
Episode 695
Who was the charismatic Sir Philip Sidney, a beloved but also suspect courtier to Elizabeth I? Why, in 1585, was England in such danger from a Spanis…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: A Treacherous Conspiracy (Part 4)
Episode 694
After ransacking Spanish treasure ships, would Elizabeth I betray Sir Francis Drake to her enemies? Who did she back in the French civil wars? And, w…
3 weeks ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: England’s Greatest Hero (Part 3)
Episode 693
Why is Sir Francis Drake enshrined as one of England’s greatest heroes? Where did he come from, and how did he rise to prominence and earn the adorat…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: A Massacre in Paris (Part 2)
Episode 692
What inspired the deadliest bloodbath of the Tudor age: the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of 1572, in which protestants were slaughtered en masse? Ho…
4 weeks ago
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: The Queen’s Spymaster (Part 1)
Episode 691
How did Elizabeth I rule England? Why was she constantly in mortal peril in 1569? Who was Sir William Cecil, and why was he so crucial to her reign? …
1 month ago