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Back to SearchRoyal sisters: the tragic lives of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
Episode 2289
Victoria, Ella, Irene and Alix of Hesse were four young European princesses and granddaughters of Queen Victoria, whose marriages would change the fa…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Calamity Jane: life of the week
Episode 2288
Calamity Jane roars into the popular imagination atop the Deadwood Stage with a 'whip-crack-away' and her pistol ready-loaded. A bold and resourceful…
10 months ago
Spiritual showmen: the 1920s occult
Episode 2287
Tahra Bey became a celebrity with his apparent ability to control his pulse, stab himself without pain and even bury himself alive. Dr Dahesh, meanwh…
10 months ago
Cheese history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2286
Nothing beats a well-loaded cheeseboard. But while so many of us enjoy a stinky stilton and ripe brie, or chuck a reliable old cheddar into our baske…
10 months ago
Taking sides: how the Civil War turned friends into enemies
Episode 2285
As 17th-century Britain edged ever closer to civil war, two friends, Bulstrode Whitelock and Ned Hyde, found their relationship under increasing stra…
10 months ago
Were Roman women done dirty by modern translations?
Episode 2284
The stories of ancient Rome are littered with despicable women, and those of the Julio-Claudian dynasty are especially infamous. But where do these s…
10 months ago
Otto von Bismarck: life of the week
Episode 2283
Few 19th-century leaders have a CV quite like Otto von Bismarck's. This formidable statesman's cunning, charisma and eye for an opportunity helped hi…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Einstein murders
Episode 2282
In the summer of 1944, as the German forces were retreating in northern Italy, a small group of soldiers made a detour to a remote villa in search of…
10 months, 1 week ago
The Beaker People: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2281
Who were the Beaker People? What was their contribution to the building of Stonehenge? And did their arrival in Britain really lead to the obliterati…
10 months, 1 week ago
Gods, demons, witches and exorcists: inside an ancient Assyrian library
Episode 2280
In the seventh century BC, the ancient Assyrian king Ashurbanipal created a gigantic library in his capital city – one that contained centuries of wi…
10 months, 1 week ago