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The Battle of Britain Explained: Part 2
Episode 1502
2/2. The Battle of Britain was Hitler's first and potentially most important defeat. It defined the course of the war, forcing him to make a series o…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Battle of Britain Explained: Part 1
Episode 1501
1/2. The Battle of Britain was Hitler's first and possibly most important defeat. It defined the course of the Second World War, forcing him to make …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Terracotta Warriors
Episode 1500
The world was astonished when 8000 terracotta soldiers were unearthed in 1974 by Chinese farmers digging a well; the warriors opened a window to the …
1 year, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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By 410 AD, over 450 years after Julius Caesar first landed on its shores, the Romans had formally withdrawn from Britain.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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago