Short History Of...

History is full of the extraordinary.


Each week, we'll transport you back in time to witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.


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Hosted by John Hopkins. Production: Katrina Hughes, Kate Simants, Nicole Edmunds, Jacob Booth, Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Cody Reynolds-Shaw. Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink.


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History
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Thomas Edison
55 min
52
Angkor
47 min
53
The Soviet Union, Part 2 of 2
54 min
54
The Soviet Union, Part 1 of 2
52 min
55
Alexander the Great
44 min
56
The Crown Jewels
41 min
57
The Blitz
45 min
58
The Wild West
46 min
59
British Castles
47 min
60
Muhammad Ali
48 min
61
Introducing: Detectives Don’t Sleep - Murder in...
47 min
62
The Dinosaur Rush
46 min
63
Frida Kahlo
49 min
64
St Patrick
46 min
65
The Trans-Siberian Railway
44 min
66
The Bayeux Tapestry
44 min
67
The Real Robinson Crusoe
42 min
68
The Mona Lisa
49 min
69
The Partition of India
48 min
70
D.B. Cooper
49 min
71
Agatha Christie
54 min
72
The Irish Potato Famine
51 min
73
Las Vegas
49 min
74
Shakespeare
51 min
75
The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Repeat)
40 min