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Back to SearchHundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)
Episode 488
On the 11th of August 1415, King Henry V of England - an austere, pious, thoughtful and terrifying warlord in only his late-twenties - set sail for F…
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Hundred Years' War: Henry V’s Invasion of France (Part 1)
Episode 487
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Once more, we'll close the wall up with our English dead […] And upon this charge, cry God for Harry, Engla…
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Henry IV: Warrior Princes and Fat Knights (Part 2)
Episode 486
The year is 1403, and the Usurper King, Henry IV, faces a seemingly insurmountable challenge to his rule. He has been brought the news that his old f…
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Henry IV: The Usurper King (Part 1)
Episode 485
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…”
Henry IV has been portrayed as both a shadowy, obscure figure, and a strong king who was loved by his peopl…
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The Food that Changed the World
Episode 484
The unexpected evolution of Italian food can serve as a tantalising doorway into some of the greatest moments of Italian history: from medieval monar…
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The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man
Episode 483
In Sussex, in 1912, men quarrying in a gravel pit near Piltdown village turned up a human skull. According to Charles Dawson, a lawyer and amateur ar…
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The French Revolution: The Royal Family Escapes (Part 8)
Episode 482
Twelve months after the dramatic Women’s March on Versailles, the Revolution proper was well into its stride, and while Paris overflowed with a sense…
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The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)
Episode 481
By the summer of 1789 the different sections of the Revolution were at loggerheads, and the recently created National Assembly riven in two. Both fac…
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The French Revolution: The Rights of Man (Part 6)
Episode 480
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité!”
Alongside violence, the French Revolution is a story of principles and values. It is the ultimate intersection of brut…
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The French Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille (Part 5)
Episode 479
“It was violence that made the revolution revolutionary”.
The storming of the Bastille is viewed by many across the world as a moment of celebration, …
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