All Episodes

#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

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

#42 The 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

#40 Henry VIII: the pope, Katherine, Anne and Florence

#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?

#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 Secret History of 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

#33 Sex, Hollywood and Fashion

#32 The curious case of inventing Scottishness

#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

#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

Café Bite: What was great about the Great Reform Act of 1832?

Café Bite : Why the US lost the Vietnam war

#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?

Café Bite: The Last of the Magicians?

#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

#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 of 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

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

#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 of 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 of Who really won the Battle of Britain?

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

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