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Back to SearchSix wives | 3. Jane Seymour
Episode 1651
Jane Seymour has gone down in history as Henry VIII’s dream wife – the simpering spouse who couldn’t put a foot wrong. But the reality was much more interesting. In episode three of our new series on…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Queen Charlotte: real history behind the new Bridgerton series
Episode 1650
Tomorrow, period drama fans will be glued to their screens as Netflix releases their latest show set in the Bridgerton universe – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Created by showrunner Shonda Rhi…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Pomp & power: royal ceremonies through the centuries
Episode 1649
Later this week, royal ceremony and spectacle will be deployed in full force for the coronation of King Charles III. But this latest lavish display is nothing new – British monarchs have long used po…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
WW2 the big questions: final stages of the conflict
Episode 1648
How risky were the D-Day landings? What sealed the downfall of Nazi Germany? And why did the US decide to drop atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? In the final episode of our five-part series tackl…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1647
Westminster Abbey has hosted royal coronations since the medieval period, and the next monarch to be crowned there will be King Charles III. In our latest Everything You Want to Know episode, David M…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
How the Bristol bus boycott changed Britain
Episode 1646
This April marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, a campaign to overturn a bar on black and Asian conductors and drivers working on buses in the city. Hannah …
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Six wives | 2. Anne Boleyn
Episode 1645
Harlot, feminist, witch, backstabber, icon, powerplayer, victim – in the centuries since her execution, Anne Boleyn has been branded all of these. But what do we know about the real Anne and her stor…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
The Waco siege: an American tragedy
Episode 1644
Thirty years ago, a deadly standoff in Texas between a religious cult and the FBI hit the headlines around the United States. The story of leader David Koresh and the power he held over the Branch Da…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Shipwreck, scurvy & mutiny: the gruelling tale of HMS Wager
Episode 1643
In January 1742 a ramshackle boat washed up on the Brazilian coastline. Inside were 30 men, half starved and close to madness. Claiming to be survivors of the wrecked British vessel the Wager, they t…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
WW2 the big questions: the Holocaust
Episode 1642
How did the Nazis’ poisonous antisemitic rhetoric eventually culminate in the systematic mass-murder of millions? In the fourth episode of our five-part series tackling the big questions of the Secon…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago