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Back to SearchCharles Dickens: life of the week
Episode 2202
Charles Dickens is one of the most famous figures in literary history. But, there's lots about the author that you might not know, from his obsessive…
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Murder in WW2 London
Episode 2201
In September 1940, the German Luftwaffe began raining bombs on British cities, causing death and destruction on a scale never before seen. But, in th…
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British TV history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2200
From early shows that looked as if they were filmed "in a heavy and persistent shower of rain" to today's multi-platform streaming world, the history…
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The big questions of the Holocaust
How did the Nazis’ poisonous antisemitic rhetoric eventually culminate in the systematic mass-murder of millions? Speaking to Rachel Dinning back in …
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Happiness: history of an emotion
Episode 2199
The word 'happiness' came into common usage in around the 17th century, but the concept has a much longer history. So how have people conceptualised …
1 year, 8 months ago
The 1453 fall of Constantinople: capturing the Byzantine capital
Episode 2198
In 1453, the once grand and formidable city of Constantinople fell to the hands of the Ottoman Turks – bringing over a millennium of Byzantine rule t…
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Inside the mind of the Third Reich
Episode 2197
What drives people to commit atrocities? Few periods in history confront this question as starkly as the rise of the Nazis, whose crimes stand as a c…
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Sacagawea: life of the week
Episode 2196
Sacagawea is remembered in US history as the Shoshone Native American woman who acted as interpreter to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the early 19t…
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Women's bodies: an unreliable history
Episode 2195
The history of women's bodies is far from simple. Female anatomy and the ideas surrounding it – from breastfeeding to virginity – still cause content…
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Ancient Mesopotamia: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2194
Do you know your Sumerians from your Babylonians and your Akkadians? All these civilisations formed part of the story of ancient Mesopotamia, where c…
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