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#32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

#39 Newton and the Occult - Ep 2 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

#38 Newton the alchemist - Ep 1 Was Newton the last of the Magicians?

#09 A quietly brilliant palace coup - Ep 3 of 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

#08 I wish, myself, to talk to Hitler - Ep 2 - 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

#07 That Dress - Ep 1 '2 May 1937: the King, his wife, their Führer, the lobster'

#80 Nazis: The Road to Power - conversation with author Jonathan Myerson

#48 'Gunsmoke and Mirrors' - Ep 2 Was the Wild West wild?

#47 The Law-less frontier - Ep 1 Was the Wild West wild?

#79 Santa Claus and the Knickerbockers

#31 ‘Remember, remember, the Fifth of November’ - Ep 8 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#30 ‘A tall and desperate fellow’ - Ep 7 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#29 The king's fear - Ep 6 Blowing up the Gunpowder plot

#28 ‘A formidable network of secret agents’ - Ep 5 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#27 'Hellish miners' - Ep 4 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#26 Why blow up Parliament anyway? - Ep 3 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#78 Remembrance Day - Aren't We Forgetting Something?

#25 ‘Here lieth the Toad’ - Ep 2 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#24 ‘There is no state trial so totally devoid of reality’ - Ep 1 Blowing up the Gunpowder Plot

#77 Stanley never got the joke - Ep 5 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'

#76 Twelve reckless Americans - Ep 4 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

#75 The Lion and the Tartan Jacket - Ep 3 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

#74 Smoke that Thunders Ep 2 Dr Livingstone, I presume?

#73 Stronger than the ox he rode Ep 1 'Dr Livingstone, I presume'

#59 The crimes of the rector George Wilson Bridges - Ep 05 Slavery

#58 The Ship that sank and took the slave trade down with it - Ep 4 Slavery

#56 The Empire Strikes Back - Ep 3 Money not Morality ended British Enslavement

#55 The woman behind the abolition movement - Ep 2 Money not Morality ended British Enslavement

#54 'Slavery was even worse than we thought' - Ep 1 Money not morality ended British Enslavement

#52 Anne Boleyn – Henry's MacGuffin

#51 Marrying Anne Boleyn, the best of a bad job - Ep 6 Henry VIII

#50 No more ménage à trois - Ep 5 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

#49 'Like an episode of the Borgias' - Ep 4 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

#46 Missions impossible - Ep 3 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

#45 The jilting of Princess Mary - Ep 2 Henry VIII: the king, his wife, his lover, the French

#44 Anne Boleyn did not hold out on Henry - Ep 1 Henry VIII, his wife, his lover, the French

#40 Henry VIII: his pope, Katherine, Anne and FLORENCE

#72 It was mainly the poor who burned - Ep 5 Bloody Mary Tudor?

#71 Most who were burned were not Protestants - Ep 4 Bloody Mary Tudor?

#70 More interested in pirates than heretics - Ep 3 Bloody Mary Tudor?

#69 Who exactly was a heretic? - Ep 2 Bloody Mary Tudor?

#68 Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! - Ep 1 of Bloody Mary Tudor?

#33 Sex, Hollywood and Fashion

#09 A quietly brilliant palace coup - Ep 3 of 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

#08 I wish, myself, to talk to Hitler - Ep 2 - 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

#07 That Dress - Ep 1 '2 May 1937: the King, his wife, their Führer, the lobster'

#60 After 1918 - the Secrets are Out - Ep 8 Secret History of Suffragettes

#43 The Suffragettes did not win the vote - Ep 7 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#42 Their violence backfired - Ep 6 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#41 The violence the Suffragettes wouldn't admit to - Ep 5 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#37 Hunger strikes and force feeding - Ep 4 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#36 The Pankhursts didn’t want the poor to get the vote - Ep 3 The Suffragettes

#35 Most women didn’t want the vote - Ep 2 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#34 Getting the vote in 1918: the secret strategy - Ep 1 The Secret History of the Suffragettes

#67 The King, the lies and the whitewash - Ep 7 Nightmare in the trenches 1914-16

#66 The British who cheated on the Somme - Ep 6 Nightmare in the Trenches 1914-16

#65 Haig's war crime on The Somme - Ep 5 Nightmare in the trenches 1914-16

#64 They had the wrong guns - Ep 4 Nightmare in the trenches 1914-16

#63 The generals never studied how to attack trenches - Ep 3 Nightmare in the trenches 1914-16

#62 They refused to take orders - Ep 2 Nightmare in the trenches 1914-16

#61 They just pretended to shoot - Ep 1 Nightmare in the Trenches 1914-16

#32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

#23 the last million men? - Ep7 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#22 The bullying of Edward Grey - Ep 6. WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#21 8pm 1 August 1914 war in Belgium and France is off - Ep 5 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#20 Hanging on Russia's apron strings - Ep 4 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#19 Bicycling holidays along the French-Belgian border - Ep 3 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#18 ‘Spies of the Kaiser’ - Ep 2 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#17 The elephant in the room - Ep 1 WW1: how much was it Britain’s fault?

#16 The men behind the myth - Ep 7 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#15 ‘The Fourteenth Day’ - Ep 6 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#14 ‘Eyeball to eyeball’ - ep 5 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuban Missile Crisis?

#13 ‘Russian roulette’ - Ep 4 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuban Missile Crisis?

#12 ‘The only way to save Cuba’ - Ep 3 of Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#11 Fidel Castro was not a communist - Ep 2 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?

#10 'these missiles do not significantly alter the balance of power' - Ep 1 Cuba Missile Crisis

#06 London fires were visible from France - Ep 6 of Who really won the Battle of Britain?

#05 Forcing Britain 'to her knees' - Ep 5 Who really won the Battle of Britain?

#04 More than a double bluff - Ep 4 of Who really won the Battle of Britain?

#03 'Always carry pepper to throw in their eyes' - Ep 3 of Who really won the Battle of Britain?

#02 A Battle for air superiority? - Ep 2 Who won the Battle of Britain?

#01 Waterworld Flotilla - Ep 1 Who won the Battle of Britain?

Remembrance Day 2021 - Aren't We Forgetting Something 211110

Gunpowder? The Plot that never was

1st Anniversary Promo

#60 After 1918 - the Secrets are Out - Ep 8 Secret History of Suffragettes

#59 The crimes of the rector George Wilson Bridges - Ep 5 Slavery

#58 The Ship that sank and took the slave trade down with it - Ep 4 Slavery

#57 From mayor to meat market. Getting elected in the 18th Century.

#56 The Empire Strikes Back - Ep 3 Money not Morality ended British Enslavement

#55 The woman behind the abolition of slavery - Ep 2 Slavery

#54 'Slavery was even worse than we thought' - Ep 1 Money not morality ended British Enslavement

#53 '1066 And All That' - really serious nonsense

#52 Anne Boleyn – Henry's MacGuffin

#51 Marrying Anne Boleyn, the best of a bad job - Ep 6 Henry VIII

#50 No more ménage à trois - Ep 5 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

#49 'Like an episode of the Borgias' - Ep 4 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French

#48 'Gunsmoke and Mirrors' - Ep 2 Was the Wild West wild?

#47 The Law-less frontier - Ep 1 Was the Wild West wild?

#46 Missions impossible - Ep 3 Henry VIII: the King, his wife, his lover, the French