537. Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4)
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following the bloody assassination of the twenty-eight year old Emperor Caligula, Rome found herself...
536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)
Mon, 03 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman emperor Caligul...
536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..." The Roman emperor Caligul...
535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius is one of his most ...
535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius is one of his most ...
534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)
Mon, 27 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial period ...
534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial period ...
Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…
Fri, 24 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was An...
Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was An...
533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of the Secon...
533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of the Secon...
532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)
Mon, 20 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw...
532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw...
531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
By the 11th of April 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were in the process of drawing up a plan of at...
531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By the 11th of April 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were in the process of drawing up a plan of at...
530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
Mon, 13 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia and ruthle...
530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia and ruthle...
529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:30:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On 17th September 1938, in Munich, one of the most extraordinary meetings in history took place. Nev...
529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On 17th September 1938, in Munich, one of the most extraordinary meetings in history took place. Nev...
528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)
Mon, 06 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Throughout the course of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party has overwhelmingly, terrifyingly sei...
528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the course of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party has overwhelmingly, terrifyingly sei...
527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:10:00 -0000
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Ludwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous...
527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ludwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous...
526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Mon, 30 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In 1756 a musical prodigy was born in Salzburg, Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thanks to the eff...
526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1756 a musical prodigy was born in Salzburg, Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thanks to the eff...
525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)
Wed, 25 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor and Augustus!” The coronation of Charlema...
525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor and Augustus!” The coronation of Charlema...
524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)
Mon, 23 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“Here was a program to wet the ambitions of warlords as well as scholars, and to send men into bat...
524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Here was a program to wet the ambitions of warlords as well as scholars, and to send men into bat...
523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Frankish king, Charlemagne the Great, is one of the titanic figures of European history, simulta...
523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Frankish king, Charlemagne the Great, is one of the titanic figures of European history, simulta...
522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)
Mon, 16 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
By 711 Europe and the Frankish warlords were facing a graver threat than ever before. Bands of North...
522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By 711 Europe and the Frankish warlords were facing a graver threat than ever before. Bands of North...
521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Following the death of the legendary Frankish King Clovis, his son Clothar I divided the mighty real...
521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following the death of the legendary Frankish King Clovis, his son Clothar I divided the mighty real...
520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)
Mon, 09 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Rise of the Franks - a mighty host of warlords; forefathers of the western world and forgers of ...
520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Rise of the Franks - a mighty host of warlords; forefathers of the western world and forgers of ...
519. The World's First City
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In as early as 5000 BC the vast and spectacular city of Uruk - replete with towering walls, glisteni...
519. The World's First City
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In as early as 5000 BC the vast and spectacular city of Uruk - replete with towering walls, glisteni...
518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)
Mon, 02 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The 1st of August 1798 saw the British fleet sailing towards Alexandria into a land of classical his...
518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 1st of August 1798 saw the British fleet sailing towards Alexandria into a land of classical his...
517. Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4)
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the wake of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797, Horatio Nelson, though a much acclaimed publi...
517. Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4)
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1797, Horatio Nelson, though a much acclaimed publi...
516. Nelson: God of War (Part 3)
Mon, 25 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Valentine’s day, 1797: the British Royal Navy are hoping for a decisive clash with the Spanish ene...
516. Nelson: God of War (Part 3)
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine’s day, 1797: the British Royal Navy are hoping for a decisive clash with the Spanish ene...
515. Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2)
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It is 1793 and France has declared war on Britain, meaning that the British navy must serve as both ...
515. Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2)
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is 1793 and France has declared war on Britain, meaning that the British navy must serve as both ...
514. Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1)
Mon, 18 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It’s 1758 and Britain’s greatest naval commander has just been born. The young Horatio Nelson ha...
514. Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1)
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 1758 and Britain’s greatest naval commander has just been born. The young Horatio Nelson ha...
513. America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:10:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“Nixon now! Nixon now! More than ever we need Nixon now!” It's the 5th of November 1968, and Ric...
513. America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Nixon now! Nixon now! More than ever we need Nixon now!” It's the 5th of November 1968, and Ric...
512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, and the incumbent president, Lyndon B. Johnson, ha...
511. America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4)
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” George Wallace, Governor of Alaba...
510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)
Mon, 04 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatre...
510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatre...
509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The peaceful figurehead of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, Dr Martin Luther King had i...
508. America in '68: Nightmare in Vietnam (Part 1)
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Tonight I want to speak to you of peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.” On the night of Sunday, 3...
507. The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5)
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Let us march! Let us march! May impure blood water our fields!” Written after the declaration o...
506. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The war between revolutionary France and the allied powers of Prussia and Austria has reached fever ...
505. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During the "Ancien Regime", royal executioners held an unholy status, and would strike up fear in th...
504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“You have shaken off the yoke of your despots, but surely this was not to bend the knee before a f...
503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of The French Revolution! Revolutionary fervour threatens to engulf the streets...
502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of Boudicca’s uprising, the Romans felt they could not withdraw from the British ...
501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3)
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the islan...
500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Viewed as an idiot by those around him, Claudius felt the need to prove himself. In the century sinc...
499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julius Caesar saw the Britons as brutal savages. Yet the Romans romanticised their lack of civilisat...
498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After lying in state in an open casket, Evita’s corpse is taken down to a secret laboratory in the...
497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The workaholic mother of a nation, Evita’s health deteriorates and she faints at a public event. A...
496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“There is only one man who can lead any worker’s regime.” Together, Eva and Colonel Perón bu...
495. Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2)
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An admirer of Hitler and Mussolini, Colonel Perón rose through the ranks during the 1943 military c...
494. Evita: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Don’t cry for me Argentina, the truth is I never left you.” Few political figures have been...
493. Lee Miller: Exposing the Horrors of World War Two
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s August 1944: the Liberation of Paris is underway, and France appears to slowly be extricating...
492. The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“I like an Englishman to look like an Englishman, and beards are foreign and breed vermin. Also de...
491. History's Greatest Beards: From Egyptian Queens to Medieval Conquerors (Part 1)
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What did Marcus Aurelius, Jesus, and Ragnar Lothbrok all have in common? Apart from their notorious ...
490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4)
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
St Crispin’s day, 1415: Henry V stands victorious, after a tremendous defeat of the French forces ...
489. Hundred Years' War: Bloodbath at Agincourt (Part 3)
01 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”. The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 endures as perhaps...
488. Hundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 11th of August 1415, King Henry V of England - an austere, pious, thoughtful and terrifying w...
487. Hundred Years' War: Henry V’s Invasion of France (Part 1)
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends. Once more, we'll close the wall up with our English dead...
486. Henry IV: Warrior Princes and Fat Knights (Part 2)
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The year is 1403, and the Usurper King, Henry IV, faces a seemingly insurmountable challenge to his ...
485. Henry IV: The Usurper King (Part 1)
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…” Henry IV has been portrayed as both a shadowy, obscu...
484. The Food that Changed the World
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The unexpected evolution of Italian food can serve as a tantalising doorway into some of the greates...
483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Sussex, in 1912, men quarrying in a gravel pit near Piltdown village turned up a human skull. Acc...
482. The French Revolution: The Royal Family Escapes (Part 8)
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Twelve months after the dramatic Women’s March on Versailles, the Revolution proper was well into ...
481. The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the summer of 1789 the different sections of the Revolution were at loggerheads, and the recently...
480. The French Revolution: The Rights of Man (Part 6)
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité!” Alongside violence, the French Revolution is a story of p...
479. The French Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille (Part 5)
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“It was violence that made the revolution revolutionary”. The storming of the Bastille is viewe...
478. The French Revolution: Showdown in Versailles (Part 4)
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1788, a monstrous storm swept across France, wiping out the crucial wheat harvest. ...
477. The French Revolution: The Violence Begins (Part 3)
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With seismic antecedents such as the Glorious Revolution in England and the American War of Independ...
476. The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (Part 2)
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In August 1785 a shocking affair came to light which would prove so detrimental to the reputation an...
475. The French Revolution: Marie Antoinette (Part 1)
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The French Revolution is one of the great seismic events of global history. A devouring conflagratio...
474. The Road to The Great War: The Lights Go Out (Part 6)
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime” In th...
473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“We have been forced to draw the sword”. Following the expiry of Austria’s Ultimatum on Saturd...
472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 24th of July 1914, in London, the Liberal British Cabinet met to hear the Foreign Secretary, ...
471. The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (Part 3)
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the 20th of July 1914 the heads of state of two great European powers - France and Russia - met i...
470. The Road to The Great War: The Kaiser’s Blank Cheque (Part 2)
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the cataclysmic assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th of June 1914, in Austria...
469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the end of July 1914, the world hovered on the edge of a cataclysmic world war; Austria was at wa...
468. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Crime (Part 4)
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Archduke Franz Ferdinand has arrived in Sarajevo for a military inspection, alongside his wife, Soph...
467. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Victim (Part 3)
07 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, as heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was one of the most important men ...
466. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Conspiracy (Part 2)
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gavrilo Princip, having been sent to school in Sarajevo, has become mixed up with the wrong crowd, a...
465. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Killer (Part 1)
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to one of the world’s greatest empires, in Jun...