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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

The War of the Roses, Part 3 of 3

When the Wars of the Roses finally ends, how do the rival houses unite once and for all?

• 47 mins

The Stone Age

The Stone Age was foundational, accounting for over 99% of humanity’s time on earth

• 51 mins

The Real Peaky Blinders

At the turn of the 20th century, Birmingham was in the grip of a gang: the Peaky Blinders.

• 38 mins

Marie Antoinette

Initially admired for her charm, Marie Antoinette became a symbol of royal excess.

• 49 mins

The Great Train Robbery

In 1963, career criminals robbed the multi-million-pound cargo from a Royal Mail train.

• 46 mins

The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings

Confronted by a prolonged ending, the US sought to bring war in the East to a swift end

• 51 mins

The Mongol Empire

In the late Middle Ages, the Mongol Empire became the largest the world had ever seen.

• 53 mins

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale has gone down in history as the founder of modern nursing.

• 49 mins

Albert Einstein

Who was Einstein, and what were his theories that upended established scientific beliefs?

• 51 mins

Mitford Sisters

Rarely out of the media during their lifetimes, the Mitford sisters have become notorious.

• 51 mins

The Conquistadors

From the end of the 15th century, the Conquistadors changed the face of the Americas.

• 52 mins

Domesday Book

The Domesday Book has survived almost 1,000 years of turmoil, war and politics.

• 47 mins

Van Gogh

Van Gogh is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of art.

• 48 mins

George Orwell

Perhaps best known for Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell became a chronicler of modern society

• 51 mins