Twelve Caesars with Mary Beard
The title of Ceasar has echoed down the ages as the pinnacle of absolute power and perhaps even...
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In August 2021 the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan for the second time capturing Kabul and...
Sometimes referred to as the world's oldest profession sex workers have been part of human...
Child Survivors of the Holocaust
The Holocaust was perhaps the most infamous and traumatic event of the Twentieth century and it...
He was one of the greatest enemies the Romans ever faced. An excellent general and a...
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Duke of Windsor: The Nazi King?
When Edward VIII abdicated the throne in December 1936 his desire to marry the American divorcee...
Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Shackleton
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is possibly the most famous living explorer but he believes that the greatest...
Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis
In the late 1960s, the widow of President Kennedy had a secret romance with Aristotle Onassis,...
Thousands of people flocked to the village of Tlacote in central Mexico in 1991. They hoped to be...
The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko was a former colonel in the Russian secret service and a critic of Vladimir...
As the 25th James Bond film hits cinema screens we look at the lasting appeal of the franchise....
Gunmen from the Somali Islamist group Al-Shabab attacked a shopping centre in Nairobi taking...
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Digital Demon: Countdown to Disaster - Part One
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Medieval Wales: everything you wanted to know
Matthew Stevens tackles listener questions on the history of the Welsh regions during the Middle...
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Revolutionary Justice (The War of Independence Part XVI)
This episode introduces two forgotten but remarkable revolutionaries - Margaret and Rose...
3102 The Battle of Marathon - Part 2
The Athenian army moved into position for the coming struggle. The right wing was commanded by...
Duke of Windsor: The Nazi King?
When Edward VIII abdicated the throne in December 1936 his desire to marry the American divorcee...
26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr
Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the...
Subscribercast #57 – The Origins and Pitfalls of Identity Politics
Identity has become perhaps the key political term of our age, but how and why did identity...
Unscripted (30) ( The Twelve Olympians )
An informal look at the Greek pantheon of Olympian deities and what they are individually best...
On September 1 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland followed two days later by France and the United...
After discovering that the mother he thought was dead is actually alive, Cary Grant must...
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Throughout 2001 the US authorities were being given warnings that a terror attack was imminent. A...
Randy Thomas - Netflix Documentary 'Pray Away'
Having grown up in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, in the ’80s, when the AIDS/HIV crisis...
237B-Odyssey Finale: To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and not to Yield
Odysseus confronts the suitors, and our long journey comes to its end. The creatures (Bakwas...
During the reign of Henry VIII, medical books and herbals proved to be some of the most popular...
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Part 1
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was brought up to believe that it was her face that was her fortune,...
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Revisionist Revisited: Extras from the Little Mermaid Series
Malcolm revives his Little Mermaid darlings while the editor is away. The first of a series of...
Tonight, my special guest is Douglas Van Dorn who's here to discuss mind-blowing history of...
380 – Everybody Is Killing Everybody Else And Nobody Is Talking About It: Part 3
Up in the hills of Snowdonia, pinned between the... For a full transcript, go to...