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Christmas
Season 1 Episode 10
Is Christmas an ancient ritual or was it invented by Dickens? Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the transformation of Christmas from public t…
5 years, 8 months ago
Causes of the First World War
Season 1 Episode 9
Whose fault was it? Does the question even make sense? Are wars always somebody's "fault"? Was it really the first global war? And should Britain hav…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Echo of a Coffee House
Season 1 Episode 8
Social media has colonised the world but is it really a new phenomenon? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate the effects of technical innovations…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Lessons of History
Season 1 Episode 7
Can we truly learn from history? And if we can - do we?
It’s one of the big questions this week as Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook roam through the …
5 years, 8 months ago
Troy
Season 1 Episode 6
It’s been described as the most legendary story ever told. But did the Trojan War actually happen? And was it really fought over a beautiful woman? T…
5 years, 9 months ago
Season 1 Episode 5
As a new series of The Crown arrives on Netflix, returning viewers to the 1980s, we look back at the year many Britons consider the worst in living m…
5 years, 9 months ago
We’re all so 17th Century
Season 1 Episode 4
Plague, pestilence and statue smashing are back in business. Has 2020 turned out to be the 17th Century in disguise? And if so, has Boris Johnson bec…
5 years, 9 months ago
Is Trump Caesar or Nixon?
Episode 3
Recorded hours after Joe Biden was named President of the United States, we ask if Donald Trump is a modern day Caesar, willing to do anything to sta…
5 years, 9 months ago
Civil War
Episode 2
What are the conditions needed for a civil war to start? Could we see a modern industrial nation turn upon itself again? Historians Tom Holland and D…
5 years, 9 months ago
Greatness
Episode 1
How did certain people come to be called ‘the Great’? Is the notion of great men and women outmoded? Can anyone today be reckoned ‘great’? Historians…
5 years, 9 months ago