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Is 15 June 1215 the true date of Magna Carta? Two historians debate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What's the most accurate Robin Hood film?

Henry V’s greatest victory (and it wasn't at the battle of Agincourt). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived

In partnership with Jorvik Viking Centre

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 6: Winston Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Anarchy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow much do you know about Tudor Queen Elizabeth I?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?

Lincoln: the battle that gave birth to medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise and fall of Britain’s motor city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: Tewkesbury Abbey and four more places linked to the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 4: Harold Wilson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Castrated Georgian opera stars: the stars of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroAnita Anand chooses Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to Sanditon, Jane Austen’s last unfinished work

The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clement Attlee: Labour's postwar leader

Where history happened: the villages that disappeared. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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