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Back to SearchThe Darker Side of Samuel Pepys
Season 1 Episode 120
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Most people know Samuel Pepys as the man who gave us one of the greatest diaries in English history, a meticulous observer of the Pla…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Art Deco Story - When the Future Was Beautiful
Season 1 Episode 119
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Art Deco, it’s the style that made the future look glamorous. Born from the ashes of the First World War, it captured an age hungry f…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spanish Civil War - Spain on Fire
Season 1 Episode 118
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In the summer of 1936, a group of generals launched a coup to save Spain from its own democracy. What followed was a nightmare. The S…
9 months ago
The Magna Carta: A Promise That Endured
Season 1 Episode 117
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In the summer of 1215, a bad-tempered king met his match in a field by the Thames. Surrounded by rebellious barons, King John of Engl…
9 months, 1 week ago
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Season 1 Episode 116
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Two Sundays, fifty years apart, changed Ireland forever. In Dublin, 1920, Michael Collins’s men struck at dawn, assassinating British…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Victoria's Secret Lover
Season 1 Episode 115
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A widowed queen, a loyal servant, and a friendship that defied every convention of the Victorian age. In this episode, we uncover the…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Colosseum: Power, Glory, and Death
Season 1 Episode 114
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For nearly 2,000 years, this colossal arena has stood as Rome’s most breathtaking monument to spectacle, power, and blood. In its day…
10 months ago
Edinburgh Castle: Scotland’s Dark Heart
Season 1 Episode 113
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Picture this. You’re standing on a black volcanic rock, the wind clawing at your coat, the sound of bagpipes drifting faintly from so…
10 months, 1 week ago
Notre Dame: The Soul of Paris
Season 1 Episode 112
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Bells ringing across the Paris skyline, echoing over the Seine, rolling like thunder through eight centuries of history. At the very …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Congo - Leopold's Downfall (Part Three)
Season 1 Episode 111
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In the final chapter of our Congo series, King Leopold’s dark empire begins to unravel. From the Antwerp docks, a young shipping cler…
10 months, 4 weeks ago