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Back to SearchNetflix's The Crown: history and storytelling
Episode 1846
Netflix's hit drama The Crown has come to a close after six seasons and 60 episodes, having dramatised the Windsor dynasty from the mid-20th century …
2 years, 7 months ago
Boston Tea Party: Igniting a revolution | Trailer
On the evening of 16 December 1773, around a hundred men boarded three ships in Boston harbour, hoisting more than 46 tonnes of tea over the vessels’…
2 years, 7 months ago
Boston Tea Party | 1. Tea and taxes
Episode 1845
How did tea become such an incendiary issue in late 18th-century Boston? To understand this, we need to travel back at least a decade. Joined by expe…
2 years, 7 months ago
Georgian grand houses: the forgotten women who built them
Episode 1843
Many might assume that Britain's grand houses were paid for, designed and built solely by men. However, as Amy Boyington reveals, this was far from t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Life of the Week: Mansa Musa
Episode 1842
In the list of the world’s all-time wealthiest people, one name regularly tops the charts: Mansa Musa. Ruling a kingdom that stretched across West Af…
2 years, 7 months ago
Introducing Life of the Week
We’re making our new 'Life of the Week' series freely available for everyone to enjoy. Every Tuesday from 12 December, join us as we step back into t…
2 years, 7 months ago
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…
2 years, 7 months ago
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 …
2 years, 7 months ago
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 …
2 years, 7 months ago
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…
2 years, 7 months ago