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Back to SearchHow Kissinger transformed the Cold War
Episode 1957
Henry Kissinger, who died in November 2023 at the age of 100, was one of the most significant, and controversial, figures of the 20th century. Matt E…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lord Byron: life of the week
Episode 1956
Famously branded "mad, bad and dangerous to know", Lord Byron captured the imagination – and attention – of early 19th-century Britain with his soul-…
1 year, 11 months ago
Horrible Histories: 15 years of death, poo and talking rats
Episode 1955
Since it first hit TV screens back in 2009, Horrible Histories has brought Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s hugely successful series of books to an ent…
1 year, 11 months ago
Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1954
What would a medieval first aid kit have contained? What were the era's strangest cures? And is it true that it was better to steer clear of the doct…
1 year, 11 months ago
Death & hubris in west Africa: how two British expeditions met with disaster
Episode 1953
In the early 19th century, two different British expeditions headed into the interior of West Africa – and both ended in disaster. But what was drivi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Conspiracy Revisited: The JFK assassination – Oswald’s second murder
Episode 1952
In part 2 of a special bonus episode of our Conspiracy series, Rob Attar and Gerald Posner delve deeper into the questions surrounding the assassinat…
1 year, 11 months ago
Clotilda: the last slave ship to America
Episode 1951
The transatlantic slave trade was formally abolished in both Britain and the US in 1807 and 1808 – yet slave ships were still forcibly bringing ensla…
1 year, 11 months ago
History behind the headlines: the Bengal famine
Episode 1950
In the latest episode of History Behind the Headlines, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter are joined by award-winning journalist and producer Kavita Puri t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Spying in the Troubles: the murky world of double agents in Northern Ireland
Episode 1949
The Troubles in Northern Ireland was a difficult, bloody period, which lasted for almost 30 years. During that time, the British secret services ran …
1 year, 11 months ago
Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1948
What do white horses symbolise in Welsh mythology? What is the Mabinogion? Was King Arthur from Wales? And why do fairy folk hold a particularly sini…
1 year, 11 months ago