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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’s 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

John Dee's Angels

Was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I communicating with angels?

• 52 mins

Rise of Thomas More

Saintly man of conscience or stubborn zealot? Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb investigates.

• 43 mins

Fall of Thomas More

Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, closest ally, rumoured torturer and...Saint?

• 56 mins

Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard

Where did the greatest cache of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever found come from?

• 48 mins