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Sherlock Holmes: the real history that inspired...
Andrew Lycett shares how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created his most famous character, and what the stories reveal about the author's own life and times
29 min
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Life of the week: Queen Victoria
Tracy Borman charts the life and reign of Queen Victoria, the monarch who brought pomp and pageantry to the royal family we know today
31 min
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Merry Christmas from the HistoryExtra podcast
1 min
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Druids: everything you wanted to know
Ronald Hutton answers listener questions surrounding the mystical spiritual figures of ancient north western Europe
45 min
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Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce’s greatest victory
Helen Carr tells the story of the battle of Bannockburn, a pivotal moment in the First War of Scottish Independence that had profound consequences for Scotland, England, and beyond
37 min
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Boston Tea Party | 2. The Sons of Liberty
27 min
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Amazing Grace: a story of salvation and slavery
Professor James Walvin tells the story of Amazing Grace, the hymn that was written by a one-time slave trader and ballooned to become a global phenomenon
30 min
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Life of the week: Amelia Earhart
Clare Mulley charts the daring life of Amelia Earhart, the American aviator who mysteriously disappeared while trying to fly around the world in 1937
30 min
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Nazi Germany: the myth of the innocent bystander
Mary Fulbrook explores the role of ordinary Germans in the rise of Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust
33 min
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1970s Britain: everything you wanted to know
Alwyn Turner traces the history of Britain in the 1970s – from politics to the punk movement
26 min
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Caesar | 2. Was this ambition?
Rob Attar is joined by Professor Catherine Steel and Professor Philip Freeman to examine the early life and career of a man who would reach the pinnacle of Roman political power.
18 min
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Caesar | 6. The evil that men do
Rob Attar is joined by Dr Jane Draycott, Professor Philip Freeman, Professor Catherine Steel and Professor Barry Strauss to take the story to its conclusion and reflect on the legacy of the Ides of March.
27 min
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Caesar | 1. Beware the Ides of March
Rob Attar and Professor Barry Strauss describe the assassination of Julius Caesar – a day that would transform Rome forever.
15 min
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Caesar | 5. The dogs of war
Rob Attar is joined by Professor Philip Freeman, Professor Barry Strauss and Dr Volker Heuchert to plunge into the aftermath of Caesar’s murder.
24 min
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Caesar | 4. Honourable men
Rob Attar is joined by Professor Barry Strauss and Professor Philip Freeman to dissect the characters of the men who organised Caesar’s murder.
17 min
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Caesar | 3. Master of his fate
Rob Attar is joined by Professor Philip Freeman, Dr Jane Draycott and Dr Volker Heuchert to explore the final – and most dramatic – decade of Caesar’s life.
22 min
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Netflix's The Crown: history and storytelling
Annie Sulzberger, head of research for Netflix's flagship historical drama 'The Crown', explains how the show's real history elements are stitched into the storylines, and offers her take on dramatising the Windsors
28 min
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Boston Tea Party | 1. Tea and taxes
24 min
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Boston Tea Party: Igniting a revolution | Trailer
2 min
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Georgian grand houses: the forgotten women who ...
Amy Boyington reveals women's forgotten contributions to Georgian architecture – from Queen Charlotte's technical drawing lessons to Sarah Churchill's involvement in building Blenheim Palace
24 min
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Introducing Life of the Week
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Life of the Week: Mansa Musa
Hannah Cusworth shares highlights from the intriguing life of the Mali emperor Mansa Musa – from his astonishing pilgrimage to Mecca to tales of his extraordinary wealth
27 min
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Caesar: Death of a Dictator | Trailer
1 min
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Victoria's armpit and 'giant' bones: body parts...
Dr Suzie Edge explores a selection of history's most famous body parts – from Queen Victoria's armpit to Louis XIV's rear end
18 min
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The American Gilded Age: everything you wanted ...
Nancy C Unger answers questions on the so-called Gilded Age in the United States of America, considering life in tenements of industrial cities, and the mansions of the elite
50 min