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Back to Search326. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Indian Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5)
Season 27 Episode 5
The warrior queen who fought the British on the battlefield, Rani of Jhansi –or Rani Lakshmibai– is still a hero in India, with comic books and Bolly…
10 hours ago
325. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)
Season 27 Episode 4
An entire city turns on the British and revolts in unison. 3000 East India Company soldiers and civilians in Lucknow are under siege in one compound,…
5 days, 10 hours ago
324. India’s Greatest Rebellion: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)
Season 27 Episode 3
In one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 uprising, brutal massacres are met with revenge brutal massacres as the rebellion reaches the East India C…
1 week ago
323. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2)
Season 27 Episode 2
How did the mutiny amongst sepoys –Indian soldiers– turn into a national crisis? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reac…
1 week, 5 days ago
322. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The 1857 Mutiny (Part 1)
Season 27 Episode 1
Secret messages are being passed from city to city inside chapattis, rebellion is in the air. When Indian soldiers in the East India Company army hea…
2 weeks ago
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron
Season 26 Episode 4
How did Julia Margaret Cameron - Virginia Woolf's great aunt - become one of the most influential photography artists of her time? Who were the Anglo…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
Season 26 Episode 3
How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her nam…
3 weeks ago
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)
Season 13 Episode 5
Who were the Italian sailors who stole the bones of St Nicolas from his church in Turkey in 1087? How was the mythology of St Nicolas combined with G…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
Season 13 Episode 4
The original Santa Claus, Saint Nicolas, was a real bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose tomb there was popular with pilgrims, but 700 years …
4 weeks ago
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK
Season 26 Episode 2
Who was Karsh and how did he become one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century? How did Karsh escape from the Armenian Genocid…
1 month ago