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The Victorians, Part 2 of 2

Season 6 Episode 203

The Victorian era transformed Britain into the world’s foremost industrial and imperial power. The rise of factories saw the expansion of sprawling c…

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The Victorians, Part 1 of 2

Season 6 Episode 202

Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into the world's foremost industrial and imperial power. The Victorians built railways…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Bletchley Park

Season 6 Episode 201

During World War II, a country house in Buckinghamshire hosted some of the UK’s top minds as they worked to crack enemy communications, most famously…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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George Orwell

Season 6 Episode 200

Best known for his books Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell earned a reputation as chronicler and prophet of modern society. Plagued…

9 months ago

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The Domesday Book

Season 6 Episode 199

Following the Norman Conquest at the Battle of Hastings, Norman culture transformed the country, as William I governed through force and bureaucracy.…

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The Mitford Sisters

Season 6 Episode 198

Rarely out of the papers during their lifetimes, and still figures of fascination in modern media, the six Mitford sisters have become notorious. Fro…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Florence Nightingale

Season 6 Episode 197

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Revered as a heroine, and mythologised as ‘the Lady with the Lamp’, Florence Nightingale has g…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings

Season 6 Episode 196

In May 1945, the Second World War ended in Europe, but Japan refused to surrender - despite seemingly facing inevitable defeat. So, confronted by the…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Marie Antoinette

Season 6 Episode 195

The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette is best known today for her extravagant lifestyle and controversial legacy. I…

10 months ago

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The Stone Age

Season 6 Episode 194

The Stone Age is the foundational period of human history, stretching from roughly 3 million to 5,000 years ago, and accounting for over 99% of human…

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