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New Series! Machu Picchu Coming 4th March
Following in the footsteps of explorer Hiram Bingham, Dan embarks on an incredible adventure through the cloud forest of the Andes to reveal the myst…
1 year, 10 months ago
How to Survive in Tudor England
Episode 1388
Life in Tudor England was risky. In addition to the outbreaks of plague, the threat of poverty and the dangers of childbirth, there were social risks…
1 year, 10 months ago
Atatürk: Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Episode 1387
On the 19th of May, 1919, an Ottoman general stepped ashore at the Black Sea port city of Samsun. This marked the beginning of the Turkish War of Ind…
1 year, 10 months ago
Abraham Lincoln
Episode 1386
Abraham Lincoln began his life in a log cabin in Kentucky, the son of poor pioneers. He would end it as President of the United States, having steere…
1 year, 10 months ago
Britain's Secret Expedition to Antarctica
Episode 1385
In 1943, just as the Second World War was raging across the globe, the British government launched a top-secret mission to the Antarctic. Code-named …
1 year, 10 months ago
Harold Godwinson
Episode 1384
Dr Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis uncover the stories of the protagonists and events that led up to the Battle of Hastings. There’s Harold Godwinson, …
1 year, 10 months ago
Greek Myths: The Furies
Episode 1383
The gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece have been written about for thousands of years. From their home atop Mount Olympus, they reigned over the la…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Last Gay Men Executed in Britain
Episode 1382
Why was Georgian Britain's penal code so bloodthirsty when it came to homosexuality? Was Britain unusually cruel in this regard? And does this animos…
1 year, 10 months ago
Life and Death in Greco-Roman Egypt
Episode 1380
In its final centuries, Ancient Egypt was conquered by the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans, beginning with the invasion of Alexander the Great in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Rameses The Great
Episode 1379
Was Rameses really that great or just an excellent self-promoter? Well, as Dan learns in this episode, a little bit of both. He reigned for 66 years …
1 year, 10 months ago