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The First American in Space
Episode 38
In Spring 1961, the Space Race between the US and Soviet Union was well underway. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in Space in …
3 years, 4 months ago
Yellowstone
Episode 37
For thousands of years, nomadic Native American peoples crossed the Yellowstone River basin, in awe of its stunning landscape and geothermal wonders.…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of J. Edgar Hoover
Episode 36
From 1956 to 1971, J. Edgar Hoover ran COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). A series of covert and illegal FBI operations aimed at surveilling, …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
Episode 35
J. Edgar Hoover was the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years. He grew the FBI from a small, obscure operation to one that emp…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ellis Island
Episode 34
From the 1880s to the 1920s the United States experienced a huge wave of immigration. People fleeing poverty and political instability in Europe, plu…
3 years, 5 months ago
Dr Martin Luther King Jr
Episode 33
Dr Martin Luther King Jr was one of the figureheads of the civil rights movement in America. On 28th August 1963, he made one of the greatest English…
3 years, 5 months ago
Charles Dickens in America
Episode 32
One of the most famous writers ever to have lived, Charles Dickens travelled twice to the US, in 1842 and 1867. This made him one of the first transa…
3 years, 5 months ago
Inside Benjamin Franklin's House
Episode 31
Join Don as he visits Benjamin Franklin's home of nearly 16 years: 36 Craven Street, London. Now a museum, its director Marcia Balisciano explains wh…
3 years, 5 months ago
Lessons from the Civil War
Episode 30
Gone with the Wind, released in 1939, is the highest-grossing film of all time. Based on Margaret Mitchell's novel published a few years earlier, it …
3 years, 5 months ago
Downton Abbey
Episode 29
It’s December 1912 and we’re joining in with the festivities at Highclere Castle, in London England. The prime minister is Herbert H. Asquith and Kin…
3 years, 5 months ago