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Episode 5Why Tudor England was more multicultural than you might think. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Famous last words: what did Winston Churchill, Walt Disney and Marie Antoinette say on their deathbeds?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beyond the podcastAlfred vs the Vikings

Episode 1How the Vikings pushed Anglo-Saxon England to the brink. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Could Tudor sleep tips fix your insomnia? Here’s what they got right (and wrong)

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The Victorians were facing a population crisis, until this ‘obscene’ invention turned out to be the solution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stylised, brightly coloured scene shows a group of 19th‑century men, women, and children standing in a pastoral landscape. Some hold farm tools or baskets of apples, others sip tea, and an older woman knits beside them. In front of the group, a table holds a modern blue radio emitting musical notes, a teacup, and a small bird, with a dog resting underneath.

Want to understand modern Britain? Look towards its villages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to stay healthy in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inside a Roman villa: luxury life in ancient Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Did the Bible really inspire an early medieval king’s disgusting death?

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History crossword27 March. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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This musical instrument was made by a US Founding Father – and it 'drove people mad'

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8 weird stories from the Space Age: from hungry tortoises to gorilla suits

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Peter Ricketts on diplomacy, Trump and Iran. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucius Marcius Septimus, a Roman officer active during the Second Punic War in 3rd-century BC Hispania.

Meet the rebels who destroyed an ancient Roman legion with guerrilla warfare

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Creating fake Paris: why did one man build a hoax French capital?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Podcast seriesPompeii

Europe's Muslim history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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He was one of England's greatest astronomers – so why has no one heard of him?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4Were the Tudors really THAT superstitious?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Attila the Hun: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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It was medieval England's worst antisemitic massacre. Here's what happened next. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Captured by Barbary corsairs: an Englishwoman's extraordinary tale. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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I wrote a letter to the world's most famous terrorist – and nothing could have prepared me for his reply. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Are the secrets of the Middle Ages' most mysterious manuscript hiding in plain sight?

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Maduro, Castro and the War on Drugs: Latin America's troubled ties with the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was this the moment Henry VIII became a tyrant?

Episode 3Did the Industrial Revolution make life better – or worse?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History crossword20 March. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spy, hero, rebel, traitor: the story of Roger Casement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.