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The First Emperor of China
Episode 1499
Dan heads to China to discover the incredible story of Qin Shi Haungdi, the man who built the mysterious Terracotta Warriors, the Great Wall and foun…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Cocaine Craze in Victorian Britain
Episode 1498
Many things may come to mind when you hear the word 'cocaine' - and we'd wager that the last thing on that list would be the Victorians. But as it tu…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Real Society of the Snow: I Survived the Andes Flight Crash
Episode 1496
Warning: this episode includes descriptions of human suffering and cannibalism.
High in the remote Andes mountains, a Uruguayan rugby team resorts to…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Fall of Roman Britain
Episode 1495
By 410 AD, over 450 years after Julius Caesar first landed on its shores, the Romans had formally withdrawn from Britain. Burdened by military threat…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Rise of Roman Britain
Episode 1494
On August 26th, 55 BC, Julius Caesar and his legionaries waded ashore just north of the White Cliffs of Dover. Right there in the surf, they were met…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Bronze Age Collapse
Episode 1493
Around 3,200 years ago, a vast, interconnected civilisation suddenly collapsed. A 'perfect storm' of climate catastrophe, famine, drought and invasio…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Falaise Pocket: WWII's 'Corridor of Death'
Episode 1492
The D-Day landings were just the first step in the liberation of France. They were followed by two months of vicious fighting for control of the Norm…
1 year, 5 months ago
Hellfire Club: Scandal & Satanism in Georgian England
Episode 1491
Sex, Satanism and Scandal surrounded the Hellfire Club that operated out of a network of caves in the country estate of 18th century aristocrat Franc…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Battle of Hastings
Episode 1490
On 14 October 1066, the armies of William, the Duke of Normandy, and the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson clashed near Hastings in one of the most f…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Warsaw Uprising
Episode 1488
80 years ago, the Polish resistance rose up against their German occupiers and tried to seize back control of their capital city. For two months a te…
1 year, 5 months ago