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The First World War: The Miracle on the Marne (Part 3)
Episode 596
What extraordinary events saw the French - already on the brink of defeat - take on the formerly formidable German army in a remarkable counter-offen…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The First World War: The Battle of the Frontiers (Part 2)
Episode 595
What was Britain's first military move following the outbreak of the First World War? Where did the French launch their initial attack on the Germans…
1 year ago
The First World War: The Invasion of Belgium (Part 1)
Episode 594
Following the declaration of war in 1914, how did the outbreak of the First World War unfold? What were the earliest military engagements of this ter…
1 year ago
The Fight of the Century
Episode 593
Why did two men - John Heenan and and Tom Sayers - illegally meet in a field in Hampshire, in 1860, to brutally fight one another, captivating Britai…
1 year ago
Mad Victorian Sport
Episode 592
How and when was football invented, and what are the origins of football clubs? What is the connection between public hangings, highwaymen, and early…
1 year ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Manhunt for the Killer (Part 2)
Episode 591
How was President Abraham Lincoln murdered on Good Friday 1865, at Ford’s Theatre, just five days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender? Who was John Wilke…
1 year ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Death at the Theatre (Part 1)
Episode 590
After passing the 13th amendment, in the closing weeks of the brutal American Civil War, what did president Abraham Lincoln - recently re-elected - d…
1 year ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Downfall (Part 6)
Episode 589
Following the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, how did Mary Queen of Scots - thought to have conspired for his death - navigate the most precario…
1 year ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Mystery of the Exploding Mansion (Part 5)
Episode 588
How and why was Mary Queen of Scots’ traitorous husband, Lord Darnley, murdered, and by whom…? Was Mary complicit? Why was his death one of the great…
1 year ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Murder Most Foul (Part 4)
Episode 587
Why did Mary Queen of Scots’ second marriage to the volatile Lord Darnley threaten to send Scotland into civil war? In what way did she essentially d…
1 year ago