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The Rise and Fall of Sparta

The rise and fall of ancient Greece’s most formidable warrior society - Sparta.

• 45 mins

Richard the Lionheart

Was Richard the Lionheart a crusading hero, battlefield legend or absentee ruler?

• 34 mins

Civil War in the Holy Roman Empire

How did the Thirty Years' War change Europe forever?

• 43 mins

Pirates: Myths vs Reality

Dan unpicks the fact from the fiction of famous pirates like Blackbeard and Captain Kidd

• 37 mins

Pirates: Piracy in the South China Seas

Zheng Yi Sao was the world's most powerful pirate; she commanded fleets of ships.

• 38 mins

Pirates: Barbary Corsairs and the Bombardment of Algiers

Barbary Corsairs turned the Mediterranean into a sea of fear and ransom.

• 28 mins

Pirates: The Pirate Hunts

As the Golden Age of Piracy drew to a close, the oceans turned into hunting grounds.

• 32 mins

The War of the Worlds

What can Orson Welles' legendary broadcast teach us about fake news and misinformation?

• 40 mins

Churchill vs Attlee: The Election that Changed Britain

Why was Churchill so decisively defeated in the 1945 general election?

• 43 mins

Notre Dame

Explore the city of Paris from it's creation to the modern day.

• 38 mins

Edinburgh Castle

How has this fabled castle shaped Scottish history?

• 41 mins

Pompeii

What can we learn from Pompeii, the city frozen in time?

• 38 mins

Napoleon in Paris

How did Napoleon Bonaparte shape Paris, and how did the city shape him in turn?

• 48 mins

The Colosseum

Dan unravels the dramatic story of the Colosseum.

• 72 mins

The Tower of London

Dan takes listeners through 1000 years of Britain's history at the Tower of London.

• 47 mins