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Back to Search74. Peter the Great: The First Emperor
Season 4 Episode 3
A giant of Russian history, and a giant of a man. Peter the Great, standing at 6'8, established Russia as the world power that it is today and is fam…
2 years, 8 months ago
73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
Season 4 Episode 2
Subjected, downtrodden, brutalised. The principality of Muscovy had long suffered at the hands of the Mongols. But as their overlords weaken, their r…
2 years, 8 months ago
72. The Russian Empire and the Great Game
Season 4 Episode 1
The story of the Russian Empire spans centuries and continents. It is one of tsars and revolutionaries. Sex and power. Invasions and conquests.
In the…
2 years, 8 months ago
71. Nazis, reparations, and laws 'just for the English to see'
Season 3 Episode 24
Did the Nazis use slave labour? Should Britain pay reparations? What is the origin of the Portuguese phrase 'just for the English to see'? What was t…
2 years, 8 months ago
70. The Haitian Revolution, Dutch royals, and what happened to the Caribs?
Season 3 Episode 23
What happened to the Caribs, the indigenous people of the Caribbean? Why did indentured labour become so prominent? What is the current Dutch monarch…
2 years, 8 months ago
69. A Reckoning with Slavery
Season 3 Episode 22
Slavery may have been abolished in 1838, but its legacy lives on in Britain today. A lot of the nation benefited financially from the trade, none mor…
2 years, 8 months ago
68. The Long Death of Slavery
Season 3 Episode 21
Emancipations are never clean, they don't happen overnight. Instead, they are long, drawn-out, messy processes that leave many still oppressed. Liste…
2 years, 9 months ago
67. Slavery's Demise
Season 3 Episode 20
The slave trade has been abolished, but the number of slaves within the British Empire remains colossal. Thomas Fowell Buxton, the Elephant, has take…
2 years, 9 months ago
66. Wilberforce and the Fight for Freedom
Season 3 Episode 19
The abolition movement is growing in Britain, at its helm are two men. William Wilberforce leads the campaign in parliament and Thomas Clarkson power…
2 years, 9 months ago
65. When the Enslaved Took on Napoleon
Season 3 Episode 18
Napoleon is emperor of France. Having consolidated his rule at home, he starts to look abroad and to the re-institution of slavery. His eyes set upon…
2 years, 9 months ago