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Episode 446
“Come on, you Wolverines!”
The story of the American Indian Wars of 1862-68 is an enthralling tale of hubris, politics, recklessness, and the merciles…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
Episode 445
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Habsburg dynasty's mightiest ruler, was at once King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Lord of the Netherlands and…
1 year, 11 months ago
The First Emperor of China
Episode 444
"The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided….”
The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, left behind him a monumental legacy: an Empire …
1 year, 11 months ago
Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
Episode 443
Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had no choice but to abandon England in disgrace and fl…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
Episode 442
Good God I am surely in hell!
Upon Lord Byron’s return to England and the publication of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he became one of the most notorio…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)
Episode 441
By 1809, Lord Byron found himself untethered and debt-ridden. Disenchanted with politics, frustrated by his literary career and haunted by his illici…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)
Episode 440
Few lives from history can have contained as many strange and exciting strands as that of Lord Byron's, whose story reflects the great dramas of the …
1 year, 11 months ago
Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
Episode 439
Music for sex, dancing, and watching the straight world go by…
The explosion of Disco provides an extraordinary window into the tumultuous world of t…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks
Episode 438
“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are har…
2 years ago
Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)
Episode 437
“I think there is not a devil left in hell, they have all gone into the peasants… smite, stab and slay all”.
Following on from Martin Luther’s dramat…
2 years ago