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Caesar: Death of a Dictator | Trailer
On the Ides of March, 44 BC, the most famous Roman in history was murdered. Julius Caesar’s killers hoped to save the Republic, but in the end they d…
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Victoria's armpit and 'giant' bones: body parts that changed history
Episode 1841
How did a severed ear start a war between Britain and Spain in the 18th century? And what has Queen Victoria's armpit got to do with the development …
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The American Gilded Age: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1840
How did the Gilded Ages get its name? What caused the explosion of industry at this time? Who were the great industrialists of the age, and what can …
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Books and war: from James Bond to leaflet bombing
Episode 1839
Throughout time, both authors and their readers have gone to war. In that process, the written word has become a deadly weapon and a glimmer of peace…
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Shakespeare 4
Episode 1838
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Medieval manners: social etiquette in the Middle Ages
Episode 1837
Medieval people are often portrayed in popular culture as being grubby and smelly, with few manners to recommend them. However, in reality, such unco…
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Marshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock
Episode 1835
Following its liberation in 1944, France began a reckoning with its years of defeat, occupation and collaboration with Nazi Germany. On trial was Mar…
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1950s Britain: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1834
Was 1950s Britain a grim, grey nation, haunted by the spectre of the Second World War, or was it a vibrant, forward-thinking country that had – in th…
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The dangerous road to the Bastille
Episode 1833
The French Revolution of 1789 is one of the defining events of world history – but the decades preceding the revolution were also seismic, being mark…
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