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Thomas Cromwell's Private Life
Episode 142
Thomas Cromwell was an extraordinary figure in the Tudor court. Lawyer, politician, minister and peer of the realm, Cromwell deployed all of his wisd…
4 years ago
The Borgias: Sin in Renaissance Italy
Episode 141
In Renaissance Italy, the Borgia family were admired for their audacity and their ruthlessness - they even inspired Mario Puzo’s depiction of the Cor…
4 years ago
Elizabeth I on Screen: The Historians’ Verdict
Episode 140
What do you get when you bring together five top historians in a room with bottles of Prosecco to debate Elizabeth I on screen? History with the glov…
4 years ago
Becoming Elizabeth I
Episode 139
Queen Elizabeth I has been depicted on the big and small screen more times than most of her contemporaries. Now, a critically acclaimed TV series Bec…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Witches of Warboys: England's Most Famous Witch Trial
Episode 138
The Cambridgeshire village of Warboys was the scene of one of the most famous English witch trials of the sixteenth century. There, the privileged da…
4 years, 1 month ago
Samuel Pepys
Episode 137
The great diarist Samuel Pepys was an avid collector of books, news and gossip, and reading was a major part of his life and the lives of his contemp…
4 years, 1 month ago
Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army
Episode 136
The New Model Army was one of the most formidable fighting forces ever assembled. It played a crucial role in overthrowing King Charles I, propelling…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Trial of a Latvian Werewolf
Episode 135
In 1691, a peasant in Livonia - on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea - announced before a startled district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far f…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Tudors and Food
Episode 134
What food - and how much of it - did people eat in the Tudor period? Where did they get it? When did they eat it? What arrangements for cookery and d…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Cultural Impact of Colonisation
Episode 133
Ruffs, Pipes and Pearls
When Francis Drake returned home from the Spanish West Indies, he carried with him pearls to present as gifts to Elizabeth I. …
4 years, 1 month ago