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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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1)
Episode 514
It’s 1758 and Britain’s greatest naval commander has just been born. The young Horatio Nelson has inherited his father’s love of god and his mother’s…
1 year, 9 months ago
America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)
Episode 513
“Nixon now! Nixon now! More than ever we need Nixon now!”
It's the 5th of November 1968, and Richard M. Nixon is on tenterhooks, alone in his dark hot…
1 year, 9 months ago
America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)
Episode 512
The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, and the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, has pulled out of the race. Anti-war protestors are…
1 year, 9 months ago
America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4)
Episode 511
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!”
George Wallace, Governor of Alabama, was one of the most successful third-party preside…
1 year, 9 months ago
America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)
Episode 510
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violenc…
1 year, 9 months ago
America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
Episode 509
The peaceful figurehead of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, Dr Martin Luther King had inspired hundreds of thousands to demand equal rig…
1 year, 10 months ago