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Marco Polo

Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?

• 54 mins

The Spanish Flu

The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 killed at least 50 million people.

• 51 mins

Amelia Earhart

As one of the great pioneers, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

• 51 mins

Arthur Conan Doyle

How did a young medical student from Edinburgh transform crime fiction forever?

• 53 mins

The Spanish Armada

Why did the 16th-century confrontation between England and Spain take place?

• 47 mins

The Shroud of Turin

The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth.

• 50 mins

The War of the Roses, Part 1 of 3

Almost 600 years ago, two branches of the House of Plantagenet dragged England into war.

• 49 mins

The East India Company

In 1600, the East India Company sailed the world in search of spices, skills, and profit.

• 51 mins

The War of the Roses, Part 2 of 3

Edward’s determination to snatch the crown from Henry VI is stronger than ever.

• 49 mins

Captain Cook

How did a farmworker’s son rise to become one of the most celebrated explorers in history?

• 50 mins