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Back to SearchThe Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)
Episode 388
“The blood flowed like water…”
It is 1520 and word has reached Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan that another group of Spaniards led by the ferocious Pánf…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)
Episode 387
The year is 1519. Hernán Cortés and his Spanish comrades have arrived in Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztecs, and have been welcomed by thei…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)
Episode 386
“Conquer or die! Conquer or die! Conquer or die!”
Making a decision that will change the course of history, Hernán Cortés chooses to disobey his order…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)
Episode 385
Hernán Cortés has set sail from Cuba, eager to find the truth behind the rumours of gold on the coast of Mexico. Ahead lies a world he can barely ima…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)
Episode 384
The meeting of the controversial Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the formidable Emperor Montezuma in 1519 was one of the great hinge moments o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Young Napoleon: The Shadow of the Guillotine
Episode 383
Within the turmoil of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte stands out to his military superiors, first by defeating the British at Toulon, then …
2 years, 5 months ago
Young Napoleon: Teenage Revolutionary
Episode 382
“I would plunge the avenging dagger, up to the hilt, in the breast of the tyrant!”
Born in Corsica a year after the island was given to France by the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Captain Cook: To the Ends of the Earth
Episode 381
Cook has been sent by the Royal Navy to the Pacific to track the transit of Venus from Tahiti, but also with a second, secret mission: once he’s reac…
2 years, 5 months ago
Captain Cook: History’s Greatest Explorer
Episode 380
The greatest sea explorer of all time, James Cook was born to a humble Yorkshire family, and first stood out for his talents as a cartographer for th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Baghdad: The Arabian Nights
Episode 379
The setting for so many of the Arabian Nights, like the stories of Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, or Aladdin, Baghdad during the …
2 years, 5 months ago