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Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1
Episode 5
A sickly vicar’s son travels from England to Africa to join the diamond rush. Cecil Rhodes wants to make his fortune. But he also wants to extend the British Empire. Drama in his private life threate…
Published on 2 years ago
Napoleon | The Emperor & The Duke | 4
Episode 4
After escaping exile on Elba, Napoleon marches back to power. But the British Duke of Wellington is on his way to Waterloo to end the Napoleonic era. When the battle subsides, what’s left of Napoleon…
Published on 2 years ago
Napoleon | Clash of Empires | 3
Episode 3
Napoleon’s military success has cowed a continent but, in Russia, he meets almost unimaginable horror. He was defeated, he says, not by the Tsar, but by winter. His subjects aren’t so sure. And his e…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Napoleon | Charlemagne's Crown | 2
Episode 2
It’s not enough for Napoleon to dominate France. He fights right across Europe before sweeping into Notre Dame, Josephine at his side, to claim an imperial crown, watched by Europe’s elite.
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Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Napoleon | Vive La Revolution | 1
Episode 1
A Corsican boy, an outsider, seizes his chance to make a name for himself when France is turned upside down by a long and bloody revolution. He’s relentless in his pursuit of power, and in the pursui…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Introducing…Legacy
Legacy lands Wednesday 15th November. Afua Hirsch and Peter Frankopan tell the wild stories of some of the most extraordinary men and women ever to have lived – and ask whether they have the rep they…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago