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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