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The History Express
by Donnie J Hazel
Historical Documentaries From Around the World
Episodes
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Episode 104 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - Royal Family Biography
Wilhelm II or William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia. He reigned from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918 shortly before Germany's defeat in World War I. The eldest grandchild of...
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Episode 103 - Private Life of the Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer - Royal Family Documentary
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and…
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Episode 102 - The Danish Royal Family - Part 04 - Love and Revolution - Denmark Monarchy Documentary
Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg…
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Episode 101 - The Danish Royal Family - Part 03 - Heirs to an Empire - Denmark Monarchy Documentary
Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg…
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Episode 100 - The Danish Royal Family - Part 02 - The Family Expands - Denmark Monarchy Documentary
Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg…
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Episode 99 - The Danish Royal Family - Part 01 - Christian IX of Denmark - Father in Law of Europe
Christian IX (8 April 1818 – 29 January 1906) was King of Denmark from 1863 until his death in 1906. From 1863 to 1864, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg…
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Episode 98 - Princess Alice of Battenberg - Mother of Prince Philip & Mother in Law to Elizabeth II
Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip and mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II. A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the United Kingdom, the German...
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Episode 97 - A History of the Popes and the Catholic Church - Part 04 - Religious Catholic Documenta
The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, according to Catholic doctrine, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. During the Early Church, the bishops of Rome enjoyed no temporal power until the time of Constantine. After the Fall of the…
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Episode 96 - A History of the Popes and the Catholic Church - Part 03 - Religious Catholic Documenta
The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, according to Catholic doctrine, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. During the Early Church, the bishops of Rome enjoyed no temporal power until the time of Constantine. After the Fall of the…
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Episode 95 - A History of the Popes and the Catholic Church - Part 02 - Religious Catholic Documenta
The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, according to Catholic doctrine, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. During the Early Church, the bishops of Rome enjoyed no temporal power until the time of Constantine. After the Fall of the…
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Episode 94 - A History of the Popes and the Catholic Church - Part 01 - Religious Catholic Documenta
The history of the papacy, the office held by the pope as head of the Catholic Church, according to Catholic doctrine, spans from the time of Peter to the present day. During the Early Church, the bishops of Rome enjoyed no temporal power until the time of Constantine. After the Fall of the…
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Episode 93 - King Alfred the Great and the Anglo Saxons - Royal Family Documentary
Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrēd,[b] Ælfrǣd,[c] 'Elf-counsel' or 'Wise-elf'; between 847 and 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to c. 886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons from c. 886 to 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. His father died when he was young and...
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Episode 92 - King Louis XIV - The Sun King - Biography of a Royal Family Documentary
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign…
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Episode 91 - Charlemagne - King of the Franks and the Saxons - Royal Family Documentary
Charlemagne (English: /ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn/; French: [ʃaʁləmaɲ]) or Charles the Great (2 April 748 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800. During the Early Middle Ages, he united the majority…
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Episode 90 - Otto I - Holy Roman Emperor - Documentary of a German Empire Ruler
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (German: Otto der Große, Italian: Ottone il Grande), was German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda. Otto inherited the Duchy of...
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Episode 89 - Frederick the Great - King Frederick II of Prussia - Royal Family Documentary
Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king, at 46 years. His most significant accomplishments during his reign included his military victories, his reorganization of Prussian...
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Episode 88 - The Diamond Queen - Elizabeth II - Part 3 of 3 - Royal Family Documentary
The Diamond Queen is a BBC documentary series, presented by Andrew Marr, which looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The series focuses on her accession, her daily routine, how she is seen as a role model, and how she coped in her 60th year as monarch. The programme features archive footage of...
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Episode 87 - The Diamond Queen - Elizabeth II - Part 2 of 3 - Royal Family Documentary
The Diamond Queen is a BBC documentary series, presented by Andrew Marr, which looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The series focuses on her accession, her daily routine, how she is seen as a role model, and how she coped in her 60th year as monarch. The programme features archive footage of...
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Episode 86 - The Diamond Queen - Elizabeth II - Part 1 of 3 - Royal Family Documentary
The Diamond Queen is a BBC documentary series, presented by Andrew Marr, which looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The series focuses on her accession, her daily routine, how she is seen as a role model, and how she coped in her 60th year as monarch. The programme features archive footage of...
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Episode 85 - A Brief History of Norway - Norwegian Documentary
Norway (Norwegian: About this soundNorge (Bokmål) or About this soundNoreg (Nynorsk); Northern Sami: Norga; Southern Sami: Nöörje; Lule Sami: Vuodna), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the...
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Episode 84 - Alexander the Great - Documentary
Alexander III of Macedon (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Γʹ ὁ Μακεδών; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, romanized: Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead...
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Episode 83 - Tecumseh - An American Shawnee Warrior - Native American Documentary
Tecumseh (/tɪˈkʌmsə, tɪˈkʌmsi/ ti-KUM-sə, ti-KUM-see; March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century. Born in the Ohio Country (present-day Ohio), and growing up during the...
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Episode 82 - The Cherokee Trail of Tears - Native American Documentary
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans in the United States from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. The forced relocations...
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Episode 81 - Cleopatra - Last Pharoah of Egypt - Royal Egyptian Documentary
Cleopatra VII Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπᾰ́τρᾱ Φιλοπάτωρ, romanized: Kleopátrā Philopátōr; 69 – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion.As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of…
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Episode 80 - Life of Reinhard Heydrich - Biography
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (/ˈhaɪdrɪk/; German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈɔʏɡn̩ ˈhaɪdʁɪç] (About this soundlisten); 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a main architect of the Holocaust. He was chief of the Reich Main Security…
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Episode 79 - Robert the Bruce - King of the Scots - Royal Scottish Documentary
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Brus; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Latin: Robertus Brussius), was King of Scotland from 1306 until his…
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Episode 78 - The Royal Family of Greece - Greek Documentary
The Greek royal family (Greek: Ελληνική Βασιλική Οικογένεια) is a branch of the House of Glücksburg that reigned in Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973. Its first monarch was George I, the second son of King Christian IX of Denmark. He and his successors styled themselves "Kings…
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Episode 77 - Bloody Mary - Queen Mary Tudor of England - Royal Family Documentary
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was the queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, Henry VIII. She restored, to...
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Episode 76 - Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein Sex Scandal - British Royal Family Documentary
The relationship between the Queen’s son and the late wealthy sex offender may have been closer than previously realized. Analysis of legal papers, 20 years of newspaper reports and Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs shows that the deceased financier and convicted sex offender’s friendship with Prince...
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Episode 75 - Princess Diana - Life After Death - British Royal Family Documentary
Princess Diana: A Life After Death is different from many of the recent programs commemorating the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. It is not just an anniversary program. It is a powerful summary of Princess Diana's historical, political and social legacy. Princess Diana's death set…
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Episode 74 - Sarah Ferguson - Fergie - Downfall of a Duchess - British Royal Family Documentary
This is the story of Sarah Ferguson, once Her Royal Highness, Duchess of York - now an exile from the royal family - a woman who had everything, then threw it away when forced to exploit her name during a huge scandal.
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Episode 73 - The Legends of Santa - Around the World - Christmas Documentary
Santa Claus—otherwise known as Saint Nicholas or Kris Kringle— has a long history steeped in Christmas traditions. Today, he is thought of mainly as the jolly man in red who brings toys to good girls and boys on Christmas Eve, but his story stretches all the way back to the 3rd century, when…
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Episode 72 - C.S. Lewis - Narnia's Lost Poet - Documentary
Explore the secret life of one of history's most iconic authors, CS Lewis ("The Chronicles of Narnia") in this doc. Lewis biographer AN Wilson looks behind the curtain of the author who dreamed up Narnia - his passions, goals, and aspirations.
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Episode 71 - Britains Treasures From the Air - Exploration Documentary
Britain's Treasures from the Air tours more than 40 sites of worldwide importance, such as Stonehenge, the Giant's Causeway and the Lake District, to see how historic landscapes, houses, castles, gardens and buildings have been preserved as landmarks of British history. Both aerial tours are...
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Episode 70 - Britain's Wicca Man - Religious Documentary
Tells the extraordinary story of Britain's fastest growing religious group - Wicca - and of its creator, an eccentric Englishman called Gerald Gardner. Historian and leading expert in Pagan studies, Professor Ronald Hutton, explores the unlikely origins of modern pagan witchcraft and experiences...
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Episode 66 - Love Story of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip - 50 Glorious Years - Documentary
Once upon a time, a pre-teen princess met a dashing young prince. While she didn't lose her glass slipper, her heart was another matter entirely. The love story of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, has all the makings of a modern fairy tale. Born Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary...
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Episode 65 - Royal Rivalry - Behind the Queen's Coronation - Royal Family Documentary
June 2, 1953 marked Queen Elizabeth II's coronation and the official date that she formally became the reigning monarch of England. Yet, in reality, Elizabeth had already been serving as the head of the British royal family for 16 months. Her father, King George VI, died at the age of 56 from...
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Episode 64 - Caligula - Ancient Rome Documentary
Caligula (/kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/;[a] Latin: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41 AD) was Roman emperor from 37 to 41 AD. The son of the popular Roman general Germanicus and Augustus's granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the...
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Episode 63 - Britains Nuclear Secrets - Inside Sellafield - Military Documentary
Lying on the remote north west coast of England is one of the most secret places in the country - Sellafield, the most controversial nuclear facility in Britain. Now, Sellafield are letting nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili and the television cameras in to discover the real story.
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Episode 62 - Carthage - Roman Holocaust - Part II - World History Documentary
Before Rome there was Carthage. An empire stretching across the top of North Africa and into Spain, Carthaginians viewed the Mediterranean as an extension of their empire and for hundreds of years held control of Sardinia and Sicily in Italy. But in 146 BC Roman troops tore down the ancient city,...
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Episode 61 - Carthage - Roman Holocaust - Part I - World History Documentary
Before Rome there was Carthage. An empire stretching across the top of North Africa and into Spain, Carthaginians viewed the Mediterranean as an extension of their empire and for hundreds of years held control of Sardinia and Sicily in Italy. But in 146 BC Roman troops tore down the ancient city,...
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Episode 60 - Cambodia - Lost World of the Khmer Rouge - Cultural Documentary
The Cambodian genocide (Khmer: ហាយនភាពខ្មែរ or ការប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ខ្មែរ, French: Génocide cambodgien) was carried out by Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot, who radically pushed Cambodia towards communism. The movement resulted in the deaths of approximately 1.5 to 2 million people from…
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Episode 59 - Canyon Cannibals - Documentary
Recent findings by paleoanthropologist Christy Turner link the disappearance of the Anasazi around 1200 A.D. to cannibalism, a claim that has stirred fierce debate.
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Episode 58 - Britain's Slave Trade - Part III - Gold, Silver and Slaves - British Documentary
This is the untold story of the greatest slaving nation in history. Up till now, Britain’s place in the history of slavery has been as the country that abolished the international slave trade. Britain’s Slave Trade reveals the shameful truth behind this liberal facade, showing how the economic,...
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Episode 57 - British Royal Family - The Last Dukes - Biography Documentary
This is a list of the 31 present and extant dukes in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1927 and after. For a more...
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Episode 56 - Britain's Real Monarch - Royal Family Biography Documentary
Britain's Real Monarch was a historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson first shown on Channel 4 on 3 January 2004. It has also been broadcast in Australia and in the United States. The documentary discusses the descendants of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and their claim to the...
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Episode 55 - British Aristocracy - High Stakes at Highclere - British Documentary
Before it became the setting for the hit series ‘Downton Abbey’, Lord and Lady Carnarvon opened the doors of Highclere Castle, their stunning lakeside country house, for a documentary all about the running of their rambling estate in Hampshire.
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