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Making History Episodes

  1. Carved Stone Balls of Aberdeenshire

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates the history of carved stone balls in Aberdeenshire.

  2. John Ruskin鈥檚 Commune

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 19th-century attempt at a new order in Sheffield.

  3. Hampton Court Conference 1604 - John Paul Jones

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates the impact of the Hampton Court Conference in 1604.

  4. The Sinking of HMS Royal George - Much Wenlock

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the sinking of the HMS Royal George.

  5. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester - The Urbanus Magnus

    Vanessa Collingridge explores murder within Elizabethan politics.

  6. Remnants of an Army - Cornish Coats of Arms

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the ancestral history of a famous 19th Century painting.

  7. Bricks

    Vanessa Collingridge ivestigates the village stories hidden in bricks in Shearsby.

  8. Eyemouth, Scotland

    A listener's letter takes the Making History team to Eyemouth in Scotland.

  9. St Augustine at Long Compton - The Plague Pits of London

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates the myth of St Augustine at Long Compton, Warwickshire.

  10. Descendants from the Armada - Heroine of Matagorda

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the history of the descendants from the Spanish Armada.

  11. The Lochnagar Crater - Halls of Science

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates the history of a crater created by an explosion.

  12. The Breast Hole at Tean Hall Mill - Narbonne 1907

    Vanessa Collingridge explores how working women fed their babies in 1823.

  13. An English Wife in Berlin - The Great Thames Disaster

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the life of Princess Evelyn Blucher.

  14. A Great Castle at Killingholme

    Vanessa Collingridge searches for 鈥楢 Great Castle at Killingholme鈥� in North Lincolnshire.

  15. Operation Polo, Hyderabad 1948 - Moats

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates a mysterious death in Hyderabad in 1948.

  16. Vikings on the Wirral - The Woking Invalid Prison

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates Viking history on the Wirral.

  17. Harbin China - The Dockside Dandies of Lowestoft

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates a 1932 murder in East China.

  18. Empire Settlement Act

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the Empire Settlement Act.

  19. The Yarrow Stone - The Royal Schools of Ulster

    Vanessa Collingridge investigates the standing stones in the Yarrow Valley.

  20. Execution of 'Valerie Givanne'

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the execution of 'Valerie Givanne'.

  21. Smothering

    Vanessa Collingridge explores 'smothering' with Dr Elizabeth Hurren.

  22. Murmansk Mutiny

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the Murmansk Mutiny with Major Mark Bentinck.

  23. Sir John Tiptoft - William Walker - The Duddeston Viaduct

    Alison Weir gives some guidance on John Tiptoft to a Midland re-enactment troupe.

  24. Abermawr

    Vanessa Collingridge explores Abermawr, Wales.

  25. Lieutenant Colonel L鈥橢tsrange Malone MP

    Vanessa Collingridge explores Lieutenant Colonel L鈥橢tsrange Malone MP prison sentence.

  26. John Well鈥檚 Letter - Lost Villages on the South Downs

    Vanessa Collingridge explores whether a letter signed by John Wells is genuine.

  27. Chancel Repair Liability - William George Manley

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the past and present of the chancel repair liability clause.

  28. The Spanish Armada - Aristotle's Midwife's Vademecum

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the cleanliness of the Spanish Armada.

  29. Highland Controversy - Alfred Lucas

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the life of Egypt's real-life Sherlock Holmes; Alfred Lucas.

  30. Gun Hill Guns - Barbary Corsairs

    Vanessa Collingridge explores the truth behind the guns of Gun Hill.

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