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1980s Britain: everything you wanted to know
Lucy Robinson responds to your questions on Britain in the decade of Thatcherism, Live Aid, Bananarama and the rise of the yuppie
38 min
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Tom Holland on Rome’s golden age
Popular historian Tom Holland explains how the Romans maintained the peace across their vast empire in the second century AD
33 min
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Big questions of the Crimean War: into the Vall...
Professor Andrew Lambert traces the key battles and encounters that shaped the Crimean War
41 min
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Why Britain fell in love with the NHS
As the National Health Service marks its 75th anniversary, Andrew Seaton charts why it has come to occupy a unique position in British society
42 min
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From mysterious knitting needles to strange sil...
Jane Malcolm-Davies stitches together the historical sources to reveal what really goes into recreating historical dress
30 min
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Life on Britain’s WW1 home front
Sir Hew Strachan reveals what life was like on Britain’s WW1 home front
31 min
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The Franco-Prussian war: everything you wanted ...
Rachel Chrastil answers listener questions on a conflict that scarred the 19th century and had enormous consequences for the 20th
36 min
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How the Age of Revolutions rocked the Royal Navy
James Davey charts the story of Britain’s Royal Navy across the turbulent 1790s: a period rife with radicalised sailors, mutinies and harsh responses from those in power
31 min
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Big questions of the Crimean War: the build up
Professor Andrew Lambert charts the origins of the Crimean War – and considers whether the build up to the conflict can be considered a 19th-century cold war
22 min
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The Georgian Bank of England: a day in the life
Professor Anne Murphy delves into the inner workings of the Bank of England during the age of revolution
35 min
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How germs shaped human history
Jonathan Kennedy explores the myriad ways in which microbes and diseases have altered the course of human history
38 min
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Salon Kitty: sex & spying in Nazi Germany
Nigel Jones tells the story of the brothel that doubled up as a espionage post in Nazi Berlin
31 min
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The Luddites: everything you wanted to know
Katrina Navickas answers listener questions on the civil unrest caused by textile workers whose livelihoods were threatened by the innovations of the Industrial Revolution
45 min
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Women on the front line, from forgotten command...
Sarah Percy reveals some of the roles women have played in military campaigns, from daring revolutionaries to entrepreneurial camp followers
39 min
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Before Windrush: Britain’s long relationship wi...
Christienna Fryar reveals the longer history of British-Caribbean relations that predates the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks on 22 June 1948
31 min
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Cornwall: a brief history
Tim Hannigan charts the story of Cornwall, and explores what sets it apart from the rest of England
37 min
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Franco’s Spain: paranoia, conspiracy & antisemi...
Paul Preston discusses how paranoia and conspiracy theories roused General Franco and his supporters into a military rebellion against the Spanish Republic
41 min
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The myth and memory of Waterloo
Luke Reynolds considers why the 1815 battle of Waterloo remains so prominent in the British imagination several centuries on
37 min
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Coffee history: everything you wanted to know
Jonathan Morris answers listener questions on the history of the caffeinated beverage, from when and where it was first drunk, to how coffee houses conquered the world
54 min
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Caesar: Death of a Dictator Trailer
In the six episodes of Caesar: Death of a Dictator, Rob Attar is joined by a group of expert historians to revisit these dramatic events and reveal how the assassination helped turn Rome into an empire.
1 min
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Economies in meltdown: lessons from past financ...
Linda Yueh discusses the history of financial crashes and what we can learn from them today
34 min
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Living through the Troubles
Craig Murray revisits the impact of the Troubles on Northern Ireland through the eyes of those who were there at the time
27 min
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What can we learn from the fall of Rome?
John Rapley and Peter Heather explore the parallels – and differences – between the fall of Rome and the decline of the modern west
38 min
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: the overlooked bonds...
Dr Tracy Borman details the often unexplored relationship between Anne Boleyn and her daughter Elizabeth I
31 min
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Fight like a man? Masculinity in WW2
Luke Turner explores how experiences during the Second World War shaped men’s attitudes to sexuality, masculinity and gender roles
44 min