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Nelson: Glory at Trafalgar (Part 6)
Episode 613
How did the British fleet prepare for war, on the morning of the Battle of Trafalgar? With the flags of both fleets flying and both Nelson and the Fr…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Nelson: The Final Showdown (Part 5)
Episode 612
After two years at sea chasing the combined fleet of France and Spain, what was Nelson’s next step? Upon returning to his beloved Emma, how was the h…
10 months ago
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard
What is the main difference between Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great? When did Julius Caesar become one of the major players of the Roman Republ…
10 months ago
Nelson: Bonaparte Prepares to Strike (Part 4)
Episode 611
With Britain at war for more than eight long years, and her people depleted and hungry, how did her government react to the news that Napoleon Bonapa…
10 months ago
Nelson: The Battle of Copenhagen (Part 3)
Episode 610
With fears that the powerful Danish fleet would join with the French against the British, what great gamble did Horatio Nelson take? After taking the…
10 months, 1 week ago
Alexander the Great, with Mary Beard
No one was like him, terrible were his crimes…
Where was Alexander the Great born, and who were his parents? What drove him to go beyond the Aegean …
10 months, 1 week ago
Nelson: The Gathering Storm (Part 2)
Episode 609
After two years at sea, what happened when Horatio Nelson - now Britain’s most celebrated naval commander - finally returned home, to his wife and fa…
10 months, 1 week ago
Nelson: Slaughter in Naples (Part 1)
Episode 608
What happened when the heroic Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of the Nile, sailed into the seething city of Naples? Why would his meeting with t…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Trojan War, with Mary Beard
Did the Trojan War - the ten year, cosmic clash between the Greeks and the Trojans, featuring the Olympian gods, kings and heroes - actually happen? …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Nelson’s Lover: The Scandalous Lady Hamilton
Episode 607
Who was Emma Hamilton, Horatio Nelson’s strikingly beautiful, and famously fashionable mistress? How did she raise herself up from dire poverty, to b…
10 months, 2 weeks ago