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Back to SearchRevolution in Iran: Fall of the Shah (Part 1)
Episode 636
Why did the Iranian Revolution erupt in 1979? What was the nature of the relationship between President Carter and the ostentatious Shah Mohammad Rez…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Joan of Arc: For Fear of the Flames (Part 4)
Episode 635
What were the harsh conditions of Joan of Arc’s imprisonment, at the hands of her English captors? How did Joan’s trial unfold, and with what was she…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Joan of Arc: Heroine in Chains (Part 3)
Episode 634
How was Charles VII, with the help of Joan of Arc, able to fight his way to Reims to be crowned in the ancient seat of French kings? Why was she able…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Joan of Arc: Saviour of France (Part 2)
Episode 633
How did a young, uneducated peasant girl dressed in men’s clothing, Joan of Arc, plan to crown the son of the mad and feeble Charles VI, the King of …
3 months ago
Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (Part 1)
Episode 632
What are the origins of the legendary Joan of Arc, the famous French maid who saved France from the English during the Hundred Years’ War, dressed al…
3 months ago
Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Episode 631
Was Richard Wagner a revolutionary artist who reshaped music forever, or an egotists mired in scandal, whose dangerous ideas were inseparable from th…
3 months, 1 week ago
Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Episode 630
What are the complex origins of Russia’s most renowned composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? What inner conflicts and private contradictions lay behind…
3 months, 1 week ago
WWI: The Christmas Truce
Episode 629
Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - r…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)
Episode 628
Who are the prime suspects for the identity of Jack the Ripper? Why did he suddenly halt his hellish killing spree, and never strike again? And, once…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4)
Episode 627
Why was Jack the Ripper’s final murder the most appalling of all? Who was the mysterious Mary-Jane Kelly, his unfortunate victim? And, what enduring …
3 months, 3 weeks ago