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Back to SearchThe Gunpowder Plot: Why Do We Remember The Fifth Of November (Ep 4)
Episode 45
How did the remaining conspirators manage to blow themselves up? Why is the defeat of the Gunpowder Plot still celebrated 400 years later? What are the parallels between this plot and the 7/7 bombing…
Published on 3 hours ago
The Gunpowder Plot: Conspirators Caught Red-Handed (Ep 3)
Episode 44
Once Parliament was blown up, how were the plotters planning on seizing power? How did the King manage to stop the plan to blow up parliament just in time? What is the Monteagle Letter and why is thi…
Published on 1 day, 3 hours ago
The Gunpowder Plot: The Recruitment of Guy Fawkes (Ep 2)
Episode 43
How did a series of plots to depose and kill King James I ultimately fail? Who was Robert Catesby, the mastermind behind the Gunpowder Plot? Why was Guy Fawkes recruited into the secret group meeting…
Published on 3 days, 3 hours ago
The Gunpowder Plot: Britain’s Most Famous Traitors (Ep 1)
Episode 42
As Queen Elizabeth I lay dying, why were the nation’s high profile Catholics rounded up and imprisoned? Why has history overlooked James I, the first king of Scotland and England? Who were the small …
Published on 1 week ago
Salem Witch Trials: The Legacy (Ep 3)
Episode 41
How did the executions for witchcraft finally come to an end? What does a community do to reckon with the aftermath of all this violence? Why have the Salem Witch Trials become shorthand for the pros…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
How The Salem Witch Trials Became Deadly (Ep 2)
Episode 40
Now the witch trials have been set up, what evidence is used to send many innocent people to their death? Why are young women shrieking and convulsing at the sight of those accused? Finally, what are…
Published on 2 weeks ago
What Started The Salem Witch Hunt? (Ep 1)
Episode 39
What were the Salem Witch Trials that resulted in the deaths of more than 20 innocent people? Why was this puritan community in New England so vulnerable to being gripped by a violent witch hunt? Wha…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Man Behind Big Brother: Why We’re Hooked on Reality TV (Ep 4)
Episode 38
What did it feel like to be at the centre of the most popular Reality TV moment of the century? Why was the nation captivated by Big Brother? What can we learn about a country from who wins their gam…
Published on 3 weeks ago
From Big Brother to Donald Trump: The Story of Reality TV (Ep 3)
Episode 37
What unbelievable and ethically dubious Reality TV concepts made it onto our screens in the 2000s? What was behind Big Brother’s game changing popularity? How did Trump’s time on The Apprentice pave…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Reality TV: The Art of Manipulation (Ep 2)
Episode 36
Who was Lance Loud, America's first openly gay TV celebrity? What ethically dubious tactics did producers pioneer in MTV's hit show 'The Real World' to manipulate participants and storylines? What do…
Published on 4 weeks ago