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How Kissinger transformed the Cold War
Rana Mitter considers the life and legacy of one of the US' most influential – and contentious – diplomats, Henry Kissinger
35 min
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Lord Byron: life of the week
Corin Throsby delves into the life, writing and love affairs of the Romantic poet Lord Byron, one of the 19th century's most scandalous celebrity figures
33 min
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Horrible Histories: 15 years of death, poo and ...
As Horrible Histories marks 15 years on our TV screens, Matt Elton speaks to some of the cast and crew about making the hit show
28 min
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Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know
Elma Brenner answers listener questions on the strange world of medieval medicine
48 min
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Death & hubris in west Africa: how two British ...
Dane Kennedy discusses two ill-fated British expeditions that aimed to explore the interior of West Africa in the early 19th century, but ended in catastrophe
38 min
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Conspiracy Revisited: The JFK assassination – O...
28 min
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Clotilda: the last slave ship to America
Hannah Durkin tells the story of the survivors of Clotilda, the last ship to transport enslaved people from Africa to America
33 min
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History behind the headlines: the Bengal famine
Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter are joined by journalist Kavita Puri to discuss her new series on the Bengal famine
37 min
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Spying in the Troubles: the murky world of doub...
Henry Hemming explores how a huge intelligence operation was carried out in Northern Ireland by Britain's secret services during the Troubles
42 min
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Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know
Mark Rees answers listener questions on the extraordinary stories and mystical creatures found in Welsh legends and myth
48 min
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Tying the knot: 500 years of wedded bliss and m...
Legal historian Rebecca Probert explores the history of marriage in England and Wales over the past 500 years
41 min
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Conspiracy Revisited: The JFK assassination – 9...
39 min
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The British empire's divisive legacy
Sathnam Sanghera considers how we can have a constructive national conversation about Britain’s imperial past
33 min
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Saladin: life of the week
Jonathan Phillips details the astronomic rise of Saladin – who went head to head with crusading forces and was able to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem
51 min
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Back in the USSR: the Soviet Sixties
Robert Hornsby reveals how the 1960s was a defining, yet often overlooked, era in Soviet history
42 min
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Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: everything you wanted to ...
Joanna Story answers listener questions about the Anglo-Saxon kings and kingdoms
39 min
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Dinosaurs: a Victorian obsession
Michael Taylor reveals how the discovery of dinosaur bones challenged ideas about natural history and religion in Victorian Britain
37 min
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Tiger Tamer | 6. battling against Bovril
David Musgrove explores what the life of celebrity pedestrian Bob Carlisle can reveal about a Victorian revolution in athleticism, transport, advertising and consumer goods
30 min
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How was Elizabeth I shaped by her childhood?
Dr Nicola Tallis looks back at Elizabeth I's youth to explore how the famous monarch's early years shaped her later life
24 min
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Joan of Arc: life of the week
Anne Curry traces the story of Joan of Arc, the medieval peasant girl who took war-torn France by storm
50 min
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Leftovers: how our ancestors battled food waste
Eleanor Barnett reveals how people in the past tackled food waste, from the Tudor almoner to the rag-and-bone man
26 min
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WW1's eastern front: everything you wanted to know
Nick Lloyd answers listener questions on Germany and Austria-Hungary's bloody clash with the Russian empire from 1914–18
37 min
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Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Britain's most extraordina...
Paul Beaver charts the remarkable life of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown – a death-defying Second World War pilot
29 min
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Tiger Tamer | 5. crazy about wheelbarrows
David Musgrove revisits the great wheelbarrow craze of 1886-7, alongside some of the strangest other crazes to grip Victorian Britain
24 min
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Will the real Jesus please stand up?
Catherine Nixey reveals how the Christian story was transformed in its first few centuries
24 min