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Pirates: Barbary Corsairs & The Bombardment of Algiers
Episode 1662
For centuries, the Barbary Corsairs captured ships and enslaved European Christians, turning the Mediterranean into a sea of fear and ransom. Backed …
8 months ago
Boudicca: Myths vs Reality
Episode 1661
Boudicca, the warrior queen of the Iceni tribe, has become a symbol of resistance and British defiance. But what do we really know about her, and her…
8 months, 1 week ago
Why Do Empires Fall?
Episode 1660
For centuries, the Roman Empire commanded unparalleled control over the world around it. It expanded its borders through trade and conquest, sucking …
8 months, 1 week ago
Pirates: Piracy in the South China Seas
Episode 1659
Zheng Yi Sao was a pirate leader so formidable that she made Blackbeard and Captain Morgan look like amateurs. From humble beginnings as a sex worker…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Rise & Fall of Sparta
Episode 1657
Today, we trace the rise and fall of ancient Greece’s most formidable warrior society - Sparta. This society's militaristic culture and battlefield f…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Seven Years War
Episode 1656
The Seven Years' War in the 18th century is often called the first world war - it was fought across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Pirates: Myths vs Reality
Episode 1655
When it comes to our perception of pirates, Treasure Island has a lot to answer for. They didn't make their enemies walk the plank, they didn't keep …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Richard the Lionheart
Episode 1654
Crusading hero, battlefield legend...absentee ruler? Dan explores the myth and reality behind England’s Warrior King. From storming Sicily to conquer…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Pirates! NEW SERIES
Swashbuckling rogues with a disregard for authority surging across the oceans, the smell of salt and gunpowder in their nostrils... looking for treas…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Crystal Palace
Episode 1653
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was something to behold for the 6 million Victorian patrons who travelled to London's Hyde Park to see it. It was a triu…
8 months, 3 weeks ago