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Back to SearchOscar Wilde - Part One
Season 1 Episode 16
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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde wrote those words as a joke. But they would come to define his life—and his …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Season 1 Episode 15
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He was trapped—pinned against the marble floor. Blood pooled beneath him. Shadows loomed. The faces were twisted, unrecognisable. The…
2 years, 7 months ago
Capability Brown - Visionary or Vandal?
Season 1 Episode 14
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He tamed nature—not with fences and walls, but with vision, water, and sweeping lines of earth and sky.
Lancelot "Capability" Brown wa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sir Christopher Wren - Polymath Extraordinaire
Season 1 Episode 13
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Everyone knows Christopher Wren as the genius behind St Paul’s Cathedral—but that’s just the tip of the spire.
Before he became Britai…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Beatles and The Reformation of 1520
Season 1 Episode 12
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There will never be another band like them. From mop-top mania to mind-bending psychedelia, The Beatles didn’t just follow the times—…
2 years, 8 months ago
The First World War - The Crazy Causes
Season 1 Episode 11
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Whose fault was it? Does blame even matter when the world is burning?
As Europe spiraled into chaos in 1914, empires collapsed, millio…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shakespeare - Pure Genius
Season 1 Episode 9
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Five centuries on, and no one has stolen the spotlight quite like him.
William Shakespeare, lover, rebel, genius, upstart crow, remain…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Taj Mahal
Season 1 Episode 7
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It began not with stone, but with love—and ended in heartbreak.
The Taj Mahal, shimmering like a dream in white marble, is far more th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Men in Kilts - A Short History of Kilts and Tartens
Season 1 Episode 6
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Men in kilts don’t just wear tartan—they weaponise it. With one bold swish, they defy the bitter winds of the Highlands, scandalise u…
2 years, 10 months ago
The French Foreign Legion - The Expendables
Season 1 Episode 5
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What do you see when you hear the words French Foreign Legion? Sun-scorched men marching through the Sahara in blue coats and white k…
2 years, 10 months ago