In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew...
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In 1872 the ghost ship Mary Celeste is found sailing across the Atlantic without a single crew...
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The Sasanians are renowned as one of Rome's most feared enemies. Founded in third-century Persia...
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The English Navigator Who Became a Samurai
In the year 1600, a bedraggled English sailor and his sick and dying crewmates anchored off the...
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1. The British Empire: Mughals & the East India Company
This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history...
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2. The British Empire: The Raj and Indian Independence
This is the story of the British Empire in India. Over two episodes, we'll chart India's history...
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As Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, George Washington was a central feature of the...
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This is the untold story of how Nazi experiments with psychedelics influenced CIA research and...
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Hollywood Spy: The British WW1 Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbour
Frederick Rutland was one of Britain's finest naval pilots and a celebrated hero of the First...
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The fictional island of Atlantis has intrigued and eluded us for millennia. First mentioned in...
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D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze
On 23 June 1972, a man boarded American Airlines Flight 119 in St Louis. He sat most of the way...
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HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Join Dan as he narrates the harrowing story of the HMS Wager and its crew's descent into mutiny...
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Dan delves into the complex history of Zionism, exploring its multifaceted origins and the...
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The Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved?
What happened to the pioneering pilot, Amelia Earhart? In 1937, while attempting to...
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From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out...
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Kensington Palace: Serving the Royal Court
Kensington Palace was the centre of court life in 18th-century Britain. It was the principal...
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In the mid-17th century, King Charles I of England was put on trial for treason against the...
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Mao's China, The Berlin Wall and WWII Egypt: Witnessing History with Peter Snow
As a foreign correspondent for ITN in the 70s, Peter Snow remembers handing tins of film to...
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The Battle of El-Alamein Explained
Fought in the second half of 1942, the Battles of El Alamein were a series of climactic...
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Bullets & Blood: A Hollywood Epic - Part 12
The original Hollywood epic Bullets And Blood tells the sometimes unbelievable, but true tale, of...
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Bullets & Blood: A Hollywood Epic - Part 11
The original Hollywood epic Bullets And Blood tells the sometimes unbelievable, but true tale, of...
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