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315a The Trafalgar Way by Adam Preston
After the battle of Trafalgar, the news needed to be brought to London as fast as possible. This is the story of the messenger's journey
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4 years, 8 months ago
315 God Breathed
Season 6 Episode 50
As the Armada sailed serenely up the Channel, the English tried desperately to make some impression before it reached Flanders. But Medina Sidonia ha…
4 years, 8 months ago
314 Drake goes Bowling
Season 6 Episode 49
The Great Armada was do to sail in 1587; but Elizabeth had other ideas. By in May 1588 the Duke of Medina Sidonia led his fleet of 130 ships down the…
4 years, 9 months ago
313 England is Ours
Season 6 Episode 48
From a desk in a small suite of rooms in El Escorial Philip II ran a vast colonial empire. With France torn by civil war, war against the Dutch impro…
4 years, 9 months ago
312 My Heart is my Own
Season 6 Episode 47
By the mid 1580's Mary was at her wits' end - feeling betrayed by her son, 18 years of incarceration, beset by a unsympathetic jailer. She would list…
4 years, 9 months ago
310a Marlowe by Philip Rowe
Playwright and Wunderkind Philip Marlowe and his short life, ended as mysteriously as it was lived. Philip Rowe of the History of European Theatre po…
4 years, 10 months ago
311 Fears of State
Season 6 Episode 46
In a time of existential and moral threat, the English state developed a network of informants and spies at home and abroad. While Catholics tried to…
4 years, 10 months ago
310 The English College
Season 6 Episode 45
By the 1580s, the confessional lines between Protestant and Catholic were increasingly strongly drawn; repressive legislation increased, and the Engl…
4 years, 10 months ago
309 Godly, Godlier and Godliest
Season 6 Episode 44
Elizabeth set her face against further reform, against pressures from within the church and without; in her view, hers was a Godly church. How far di…
4 years, 10 months ago
308a Roanoke by Joel Kindrick
In 1585, a colony was established at Roanoke, sponsored by Walter Raleigh. Find out what happens from historian and Birkenstock wearer Joel Kindrick.…
4 years, 11 months ago