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Back to SearchThe SAS in WW2: everything you wanted to know
Series two of SAS Rogue Heroes hits our screens later this week, so we're bringing you an episode to get you up to scratch on the WW2 escapades of Br…
1 year, 9 months ago
Arnhem: 24 hours that shattered Allied dreams
Episode 2175
The morning of Tuesday 19 September 1944 was ripe with possibility for Allied forces at Arnhem, says Al Murray. Just 24 hours later, the die of defea…
1 year, 9 months ago
Tudor England | 5. The wider world
Episode 2174
The 16th century is often seen as a 'golden age' of exploration, which witnessed England's emergence as a major player on the European stage. But it …
1 year, 9 months ago
2024 in review: history behind the headlines
Episode 2173
Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history behind some of the year's biggest news stories in this special episode of our monthly series
Fro…
1 year, 9 months ago
Shipwrecks: a porthole to the past
Episode 2172
From a sunken Tudor flagship brought back to life by the wonders of osteoarchaeology, to the tales of bravery and endurance surrounding the tragic fa…
1 year, 9 months ago
Quaker history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2171
Radical rabble-rousers, trusted bankers and conscientious objectors; the Quakers have been viewed in many different ways down the centuries. Their no…
1 year, 9 months ago
Christmas history: everything you wanted to know
Did Oliver Cromwell ban mince pies? When did people first give Christmas presents? And why does Santa wear red? Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne in this e…
1 year, 9 months ago
How convict labour forged empires
Episode 2170
Think of the transportation of convicts, and your mind probably goes to the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788. But, as historian Clare …
1 year, 9 months ago
Tudor England | 4. Religion and superstition
Episode 2169
The English Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries were major milestones in 16th-century England, shaking the very foundations of Tudor r…
1 year, 9 months ago
Secrets of medieval churches
Episode 2168
Churches were central to life in the Middle Ages. But with the Reformation wreaking havoc on religious buildings, nowadays it's hard to get a sense o…
1 year, 9 months ago