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Back to SearchUFO sightings: an otherworldly history
Episode 1720
A recent Nasa press conference detailing the American space agency’s research into UFO sightings sparked headlines across the globe about extraterres…
2 years, 8 months ago
Dog history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1719
When were dogs first domesticated? Why was adopting from London’s “Temporary Home for Lost and Starving Dogs” such a radical move? And how did a dogn…
2 years, 8 months ago
History's greatest cities | Season 2 Trailer
Why do some settlements become great centres of international influence, while others languish and ebb away? And how have Europe’s most important urb…
2 years, 8 months ago
Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”
Episode 1718
When the atom bomb was dropped in 1945, how did its inventor, J Robert Oppenheimer, feel? To mark the release of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster …
2 years, 8 months ago
How Barbie changed the world
Episode 1717
Barbie has been catapulted back into the cultural spotlight this week, thanks to a new movie. But, why is the iconic doll historically significant? S…
2 years, 8 months ago
Britain’s love affair with Edward VII
Episode 1716
The death of King Edward VII in 1910 pitched Britain into a frenzy of mourning, as the nation marked the passing of a symbol of continuity and stabil…
2 years, 8 months ago
The WAAF: the many behind the few
Episode 1715
In his famous speech of summer 1940, Winston Churchill hailed the RAF as the “few” who protected the skies during the Battle of Britain. But the succ…
2 years, 8 months ago
Eastern Europe: a personal journey through the region’s past
Episode 1714
Eastern Europe has been the setting for some of history’s most climactic events. Yet barely 30 years since the collapse of Communism heralded the so-…
2 years, 8 months ago
Roman gods & goddesses: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1713
How were Roman deities different to Greek deities? Why did the Romans sacrifice animals? What did religious cults get up to in ancient Rome? And just…
2 years, 8 months ago
Blindness: a cultural history
Episode 1712
As far back as the archaeological record takes us, we can find evidence of blind people. But the experiences of those people – and the ways they were…
2 years, 8 months ago