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Back to SearchCharlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)
Episode 524
“Here was a program to wet the ambitions of warlords as well as scholars, and to send men into battle beneath the fluttering of banners, the hiss of …
1 year, 3 months ago
Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)
Episode 523
The Frankish king, Charlemagne the Great, is one of the titanic figures of European history, simultaneously renowned and shadowy. His rise to supreme…
1 year, 3 months ago
Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)
Episode 522
By 711 Europe and the Frankish warlords were facing a graver threat than ever before. Bands of Northern African, nominally Muslim raiders had begun a…
1 year, 3 months ago
Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)
Episode 521
Following the death of the legendary Frankish King Clovis, his son Clothar I divided the mighty realm his father had hacked out from the warring warl…
1 year, 3 months ago
Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)
Episode 520
The Rise of the Franks - a mighty host of warlords; forefathers of the western world and forgers of medieval civilisation, under the totemic leadersh…
1 year, 4 months ago
The World's First City
Episode 519
In as early as 5000 BC the vast and spectacular city of Uruk - replete with towering walls, glistening temples and complex irrigation systems - lay s…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)
Episode 518
The 1st of August 1798 saw the British fleet sailing towards Alexandria into a land of classical history and mythology, the sun setting like blood ov…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4)
Episode 517
In the wake of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797, Horatio Nelson, though a much acclaimed public hero for his bravery during the battle, is in t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nelson: God of War (Part 3)
Episode 516
Valentine’s day, 1797: the British Royal Navy are hoping for a decisive clash with the Spanish enemy, off the coast of Portugal, at Cape St. Vincent.…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2)
Episode 515
It is 1793 and France has declared war on Britain, meaning that the British navy must serve as both sword and shield to Europe. Horatio Nelson is at …
1 year, 4 months ago