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Back to SearchThe botanists of besieged Leningrad
Episode 2259
Cut off from the outside world and with food and other essentials dwindling, it's estimated that upwards of one million people died. Yet throughout t…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Brothers Grimm: life of the week
Episode 2258
From Snow White to Sleeping Beauty, the Brothers Grimm are best known for collecting and curating fairy tales. But, as Ann Schmiesing reveals, record…
11 months, 1 week ago
Could the US have won the Vietnam war?
Episode 2257
When US forces entered Vietnam, the nation's leaders believed they could contain communism and secure victory. Instead, they found themselves trapped…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Teutonic Order: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2256
Emerging from crusading endeavours in the Holy Land, the Teutonic Order was one of great military orders established in the 12th century. Its influen…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The women's orchestra of Auschwitz
Episode 2255
Amid the horrors of Auschwitz, a group of female musicians were forced to play for their lives. Author Anne Sebba joins Lauren Good to discuss this w…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
JFK: the man behind the myths
Episode 2254
John F Kennedy remains one of America’s most iconic presidents – his life and untimely death wrapped in both mythology and conspiracy. But how much o…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Fulvia: life of the week
Episode 2253
She super-charged Mark Antony's rise to power, whipped up gang violence, went to war with Octavian – and may, just may, have abused Cicero's decapita…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Simon Schama on the Holocaust
Episode 2252
Sir Simon Schama is one of the world's leading historians, a bestselling author and a renowned documentary maker. In his latest documentary film, The…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The 'Scramble for Africa': everything you wanted to know
Episode 2251
Between the 1870s and the First World War, European colonialists set their sights on the Africa, making territorial land grabs that consumed nearly t…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A Nazi in Chile: did an SS commander work for Pinochet?
Episode 2250
What connects a notorious Chilean dictator with an SS commander who played a key role in the Holocaust? This is the question at the heart of a book b…
11 months, 3 weeks ago