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California Gold Rush
Episode 1232
From the rings on our fingers to coins in our pockets and, for a select few, the medals hanging around our necks. Gold is one of the most coveted met…
2 years, 6 months ago
Dan Explains: The Somme
Episode 1231
The first day of The Somme remains the bloodiest day in the history of the British army; a symbol of the senseless carnage of the First World War. At…
2 years, 6 months ago
Toto Koopman: Socialite, Vogue Model and WWII Spy
Episode 1230
Toto Koopman was remarkable; she was a high society socialite who risked her life wining and dining with Italian blackshirts in order to gather infor…
2 years, 6 months ago
Great Fire of London
Episode 1229
Why do we call the Great Fire of London in 1666 “great”? Was it because of the significant challenge it posed to authorities and residents as they so…
2 years, 6 months ago
Wagner vs Putin: A History of Russian Coups
Episode 1228
On the 24th of June, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin and his paramilitary group Wagner carried out what appeared to be an attempted coup in Russia. In a seis…
2 years, 6 months ago
The 20th Century Arms Race
Episode 1227
The 20th century heralded a revolution in how wars are fought. From military strategy and planning to the weapons and equipment used on the ground, m…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Windrush Generation & Scandal
Episode 1226
The journey of the Empire Windrush that docked in Essex with 1,027 passengers & at least two stowaways on 21st June 1948 has come to define a whole g…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Titanic Wreck
Episode 1225
In 1912 Titanic departed on her first and last voyage from Southampton, sinking over 2 miles to the bottom of the dark North Atlantic Ocean, around 4…
2 years, 6 months ago
George VI and Elizabeth, Queen Mother
Episode 1224
This episode brings the marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother to life, from the uproar of King Edward VIIIs abdication to …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Stonewall Riots
Episode 1223
Pride month happens in June in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots that took place in the summer of 1969 after police undertook a routine raid on an…
2 years, 6 months ago