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Back to SearchMary, Queen of Scots: The Battle for Scotland (Part 3)
Episode 586
Following the death of her husband, the King of France, was the glamorous Mary welcomed back to Scotland, her kingdom since infancy, with open arms o…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Royal Rivals (Part 2)
Episode 585
What was life like in the glittering French court, for the young and newly married Mary Queen of Scots? What momentous destiny was her formidable mot…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)
Episode 584
Where was Mary Queen of Scots - Elizabeth I’s most famous rival - born, and who were her parents? What was the nature of the turbulent politically an…
1 year, 1 month ago
The 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 2 months ago