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Season 4 Episode 68
Retaining the title of the “Queen of Crime” to this day, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Across 66 novels, 14 short-story c…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Irish Potato Famine
Season 4 Episode 67
Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland suffered an appalling famine after the repeated failure of the potato crop, its national staple. But though caused by …
3 years, 2 months ago
Las Vegas
Season 4 Episode 66
Best known for its world-class casinos and lavish hotels, the desert city of Las Vegas, Nevada has a darker side, too. For decades, connections to or…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shakespeare
Season 4 Episode 65
No single writer has shaped the way we speak and think more than William Shakespeare. Whether we’re being cruel to be kind, wearing our hearts on our…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Repeat)
Season 3
It’s Christmas eve, 1914. On the Western Front, a British soldier peers out across No Man’s Land. A sound catches his attention – not artillery fire,…
3 years, 2 months ago
Pocahontas
Season 3 Episode 64
Pocahontas is probably the best known Native American in history. But the true story of her life has been eclipsed by a fictionalised version, played…
3 years, 2 months ago
Abraham Lincoln
Season 3 Episode 63
Abraham Lincoln’s life reads like an American folk tale. The story of a boy born into poverty, whose drive and determination saw him become the most …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Rosetta Stone
Season 3 Episode 62
In 1799, French soldiers in Egypt unearthed what would become one of the world’s most famous artefacts. After a desperate race to decipher its symbol…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Tower of London
Season 3 Episode 61
The Tower of London has been a symbol of the authority and power of the British crown for almost a thousand years. Established by William the Conquer…
3 years, 3 months ago
Easter Island
Season 3 Episode 60
First inhabited by the Rapa Nui people a thousand years ago, Easter Island is best known for its hundreds of giant stone statues. But what inspired a…
3 years, 3 months ago