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Season 1 Episode 91
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are live at the Chalke Valley History Festival to discuss the cultural impact of the Fab Four. What were the social…
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The Western Front
Season 1 Episode 90
The slaughter and bloodshed on the Western Front in World War One helped shape the narrative of the 20th century. But was it a case of lions led by d…
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Climate & Weather
Season 1 Episode 89
From the Ice Age to the Winter of Discontent, climate and weather have hugely impacted historical events. Wars halted by freezing conditions, Prime M…
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The First Anglo-Afghan War
Season 1 Episode 88
“A war begun for no wise purpose.” This description of the First Anglo-Afghan War, fought in the early-mid 19th Century, could stand as an epitaph fo…
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Afghanistan - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 87
In the first of a two-part series exploring the history of Afghanistan, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the nation’s complicated relationsh…
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The Enlightenment
Season 1 Episode 86
Once there was darkness and then there was light. What was the Enlightenment and why did it matter? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the Enl…
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Sherlock Holmes
Season 1 Episode 85
The games afoot! Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the world’s favourite consulting detective. Why has the popularity of Sherlock Holmes surv…
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Exams
Episode 84
Even the memory of them is enough to make most people shudder. As thousands of British students wait nervously for their A-level and GCSE results, To…
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The Berlin Wall
Season 1 Episode 83
60 years ago this month, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began building a barrier that divided the city of Berlin. It stood until 1989 …
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Sparta
Season 1 Episode 82
What does it mean to be a Spartan? How much of this Spartan image is real and how much is based on projections and prejudices of others?
Tom and Domin…
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