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Encore: Gorbachev | Meltdown | 3
Episode 110
On a spring morning in 1986 one of the most catastrophic events in global history occurs - Chernobyl. It brings chaos to the environment, chaos to Eu…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Encore: Gorbachev | Shutting Down the Cold War | 2
Episode 109
With the levers of power now in his control, Gorbachev steps out on the international stage with one aim: to avoid a nuclear war. He forges a new rel…
7 months ago
Encore: Gorbachev | The Boy from Stavropol | 1
Episode 108
Shaped by the brutality of the Stalin regime, Gorbachev’s childhood was one of poverty and hardship. But the communist system also works to his stren…
7 months ago
Encore: Charles Dickens | The Final Curtain | 4
Episode 107
At the height of his fame, Dickens falls in love with a young woman (Nelly Ternan) and a city (Paris). He survives a train crash and public disapprov…
7 months, 1 week ago
Encore: Charles Dickens | A Very Dickens Christmas | 3
Episode 106
“A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, everyone!” A Christmas Carol is a huge success and Dickens is an international celebrity. There’s lots of…
7 months, 1 week ago
Encore: Charles Dickens | Dickensmania | 2
Episode 105
Dickens’ star is on the rise. Sketches by Boz is a success and he publishes The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist and more. Plus, he is a hit on both sid…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Encore: Charles Dickens | Hard Times | 1
Episode 104
A young Charles is filled with imagination and ambition, but his childhood with humiliation and uncertainty. His father is in and out of debtors’ pri…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Jane Austen | Feat. Marlon James | It's Jane Austen's World And We're Living In It | 3
Episode 103
Booker Prize winning author - Marlon James joins Afua and Peter to tear open Jane Austen’s world — from slavery shadows to savage social critique — a…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Jane Austen | Proud Or Prejudiced |2
Episode 102
Jane Austen wrote about drawing rooms, dances, and marriage plots — but beneath the lace and manners she was dissecting power, class, gender, and the…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Jane Austen | Making The Small Things The Right Size | 1
Episode 101
Jane Austen’s world wasn’t quiet, genteel, or boring — it was full of scandal, class tension, family drama, and the pressures that shaped one of lite…
7 months, 4 weeks ago