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Back to SearchNelson: Bonaparte Prepares to Strike (Part 4)
Episode 611
With Britain at war for more than eight long years, and her people depleted and hungry, how did her government react to the news that Napoleon Bonapa…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Nelson: The Battle of Copenhagen (Part 3)
Episode 610
With fears that the powerful Danish fleet would join with the French against the British, what great gamble did Horatio Nelson take? After taking the…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Alexander the Great, with Mary Beard
No one was like him, terrible were his crimes…
Where was Alexander the Great born, and who were his parents? What drove him to go beyond the Aegean …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Nelson: The Gathering Storm (Part 2)
Episode 609
After two years at sea, what happened when Horatio Nelson - now Britain’s most celebrated naval commander - finally returned home, to his wife and fa…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Nelson: Slaughter in Naples (Part 1)
Episode 608
What happened when the heroic Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of the Nile, sailed into the seething city of Naples? Why would his meeting with t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Trojan War, with Mary Beard
Did the Trojan War - the ten year, cosmic clash between the Greeks and the Trojans, featuring the Olympian gods, kings and heroes - actually happen? …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Nelson’s Lover: The Scandalous Lady Hamilton
Episode 607
Who was Emma Hamilton, Horatio Nelson’s strikingly beautiful, and famously fashionable mistress? How did she raise herself up from dire poverty, to b…
6 months ago
Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood
Episode 606
Who was Enoch Powell, the deeply controversial British conservative politician? Why is he the father of Brexit, and possibly even Reform? And, how di…
6 months ago
Greek Myths: Jason & The Quest for the Golden Fleece (Part 4)
Episode 605
What terrifying trials did Jason and the Argonauts have to overcome to win the famous Golden Fleece from a fire-breathing dragon, in one of the great…
6 months, 1 week ago
Greek Myths: Sex, Drugs & Tragedy (Part 3)
Episode 604
Who was Dionysus, the son of Zeus, and Greek god of ecstasy, revelry and madness? Why was he so central to the ancient Greeks? What is the story of t…
6 months, 1 week ago