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Season 4 Episode 106
The Congo River is the world’s deepest and most powerful waterway. In its basin, a wilderness bigger than Alaska, natural resources abound - oil, gol…
2 years, 5 months ago
Margaret Thatcher
Season 4 Episode 105
Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of the 20th Century. Praised by some as a fearless leader and feminist icon, and despised…
2 years, 5 months ago
Boston Tea Party
Season 4 Episode 104
In December, 1773, hundreds of angry Bostonians charged into the harbor at Griffin’s Wharf, and tossed over 300 chests of tea into the icy waters bel…
2 years, 5 months ago
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Season 4 Episode 103
In 2011, Japan was hit by the worst earthquake in the country’s history. Enormous tremors caused devastation all throughout Japan, and the tsunami th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Joan of Arc
Season 4 Episode 102
Joan of Arc is a historical superstar, a peasant who rose above her rank and gender to help free France from foreign occupation. Claiming to be actin…
2 years, 5 months ago
Suez Canal
Season 4 Episode 101
The Suez Canal is one of the world’s most famous waterways - connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and opening up trade between the East and t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Marilyn Monroe
Season 4 Episode 100
Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous screen actors of all time. Known for her charisma and beauty, her private life and turbulent health made he…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
Season 4 Episode 99
The discovery at Sutton Hoo of the ship burial of an Anglo-Saxon king and his lavish treasure is one of the greatest archaeological finds on English …
2 years, 6 months ago
Charlie Chaplin
Season 4 Episode 98
The first truly global celebrity, Charlie Chaplin was once the most famous man in the world. The king of the silent movie, over the course of 82 film…
2 years, 6 months ago
Women’s Football
Season 4 Episode 97
Football is the most popular sport in the world, and is played anywhere from pitches marked out in desert dust, to warzones with helmets for goalpost…
2 years, 7 months ago