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Back to SearchThe Lion, the Priest and the Parlourmaids: A 1930s Sex Scandal
Episode 583
Who was the Rector of Stiffkey, Harold Davidson - the "Prostitutes' Padre" - and why was he Britain’s most notorious curate? Was it his unnerving inf…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Body in the Woods: A Medieval Murder Mystery
Episode 582
Why was a boy grotesquely and mysteriously murdered in a wood in Norwich in the 12th century? Who was his killer? Was it a ritual child sacrifice? Wh…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Irish Civil War: The Killing of Michael Collins (Part 2)
Episode 581
After the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson and the signing of the polarising Anglo-Irish Treaty, how did the bombastic Battle of the Four Courts bre…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
The Irish Civil War: The Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson (Part 1)
Episode 580
Who was Sir Henry Wilson, and how was he shockingly murdered in 1922? Who ordered it? What was his attitude to the question of Irish Home Rule? Why h…
9 months ago
The Irish War of Independence: Showdown in London (Part 4)
Episode 579
What were the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed in December 1921, following negotiations between the UK and Sinn Féin? How was it received by t…
9 months ago
The Irish War of Independence: Bloody Sunday (Part 3)
Episode 578
What occurred on Bloody Sunday on 21 November 1920 - a turning point in the Irish War of Independence and one of the bloodiest and most brutal moment…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Irish War of Independence: The Violence Begins (Part 2)
Episode 577
What was Sinn Féin’s totemic first move after winning a majority seat in 1917? Were the IRA’s methods during this early stages of the war as violent …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Irish War of Independence: Rise of the IRA (Part 1)
Episode 576
What are the origins of the Irish War of Independence? What impact did the First World War have on Irish efforts for Home Rule? What was the mood in …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Medici: The Bonfire of the Vanities (Part 4)
Episode 575
Following the death of Lorenzo the Magnificent, who was his Medici successor? Could he overcome the political turmoil and religious fervour in Floren…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Medici: Curse of the Mad Monk (Part 3)
Episode 574
Did Lorenzo de’Medici’s rule in Florence incur prosperity, or was it a corrupt and autocratic regime, rife with torture, that would spell the doom of…
9 months, 3 weeks ago