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Versailles - Science & Splendour

How did the French royal court become the centre of scientific discovery and innovation?

• 34 mins

German Peasants War

500 years ago, a moment of hope, rebellion and bloodshed reshaped the landscape of Europe

• 53 mins

Giordano Bruno: Mystic, Heretic, Spy

S.J. Parris shares her hero; a defender of free speech who was executed by the Church.

• 40 mins

How to Run a Stuart Household

Margaret Baker鈥檚 Receipt Books: Unearthing 17th Century Domestic Life

• 35 mins

The Great Siege of Malta

What happens when a small island faces the might of the Ottoman Empire?

• 49 mins

Shakespeare's Daughter, Judith

What do we know about Shakespeare's daughter who lived through the English Civil War?

• 36 mins

Robert Dudley: Elizabeth I's Forbidden Love

The Rise and Scandal of Robert Dudley: Elizabeth's Favourite.

• 58 mins

Ireland's Witchcraft Trials

The Mystery of the Island Magee Witches.

• 43 mins

The Birth of New York City

Colonising Manhattan.

• 44 mins

Murderous Women

The women who horrified and fascinated England with their shocking acts of violence.

• 53 mins

Henry VIII & his Rabbis

Henry VIII sought justification for divorce from surprising places.

• 42 mins

Dr Faustus: Pacts with the Devil

How one play danced with the devil and it paid off.

• 40 mins

Aphra Behn: Revolutionary, Author, Spy

Revealing the fascinating story of this enigmatic 17th Century woman.

• 40 mins

What did Henry VIII Believe?

The Gruesome Symmetry of the Six Martyrs: Henry VIII's Religious Turmoil

• 49 mins

Conquest of the Americas

Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb uncovers the hidden stories of the Spanish Invasions

• 51 mins

Henry VIII's Conscience and Contradictions

How did Henry VIII's desires change England forever?

• 29 mins

Christopher Columbus

Columbus: The man, the monster and the four voyages.

• 40 mins

Succession 1625: James I to Charles I

The events that joined England and Scotland, and forged Great Britain.

• 49 mins

Cortez and the Aztecs

Unraveling the Aztec Conquest: Myths, Murder and Indigenous Perspectives

• 59 mins

Cardinal Wolsey

The rise and fall of Henry VIII's most trusted confidant

• 50 mins

The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity

What - and who - did Christopher Columbus find when he landed in the Caribbean?

• 50 mins

Tudors & Their Dogs

The Tudors' love of dogs reveals a lot about the hierarchy and pleasures of the period

• 46 mins

The Dark Side of Sir Francis Drake

A fresh look at Drake鈥檚 voyages, dispelling the myths and uncovering some brutal truths.

• 58 mins

The Elizabethans and Islam

How and why did Elizabeth I try to align England with Muslim powers?

• 49 mins

The Maya & the Inquisition

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores a chilling act of cultural destruction in Mexico

• 48 mins

Young Elizabeth I

How did a child written off by the court become one of England's most iconic monarchs?

• 50 mins

Shakespeare's First Playhouse

The Making of Shakespeare: Apprenticeship, Theatre and the Burbage Legacy

• 56 mins

How to Kill a Scottish Witch

Scotland's Witch Trials and the modern-day efforts to recognise these historic injustices

• 60 mins

Dancing Plague of 1518

One woman's mysterious dance sparked an epidemic of people dancing til they dropped.

• 48 mins

Philip II of Spain, King of England

Was Philip's role as King of England merely ceremonial, or did he wield real power?

• 42 mins