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(l-r): Thomas Turgoose, Charlotte Ockelton, Sophie McShera and Michael Socha star as members of the Hartley clan in BBC Two series The Gallows Pole (Photo by BBC Pictures)
Georgian

The Gallows Pole The True Story of the Cragg Vale Coiners

Image from 'The Gallows Pole'
Period

History TV and radio in the UK: what’s on our screens this week?

Netta holds the Eurovision trophy aloft while singing the winning song for Israel at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest grand final
20th Century

Eurovision history: from the first competition to the story behind voting blocs

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India Amarteifio as Queen Charlotte and Corey Mylchreest as George III (Photo by Liam Daniel/Netflix © 2023)
Georgian

The real history behind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Georgian

The real story of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte: from glittering courts to tragic decline

A painting depicts Frederica, the bride- to-be of Frederick, Duke of York, meeting in-laws George III and Queen Charlotte for the first time
Georgian

The scandals that rocked Queen Charlotte’s court

Thomas Seymour (Tom Cullen) and Katherine Parr (Jessica Raine) in Becoming Elizabeth
General Modern

Watch this The best historical movies and TV series streaming now

Ewan Horrocks as Aelfweard and Adrian Schiller as Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom season 5
Anglo-Saxon

Ælfweard and Æthelstan: were they rivals for the throne of Wessex?

Picture of Throrolf slaying Earl Hring
Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxons versus Scots and Vikings at Brunanburh: the forgotten fight that changed British history

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Bamburgh Castle is an imposing coastal fortress in North-East England
General History

Bamburgh Castle: The Real Bebbanburg of The Last Kingdom

A bloodied Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die
Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die ending explained: what next for England?

Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die
Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die: the real history behind the Last Kingdom movie

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die
Anglo-Saxon

Seven Kings Must Die What to expect from the Last Kingdom movie

Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate
Georgian

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate: how a mid-life crisis created the ‘worst pirate of all time’

The characters Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, from Charles Dickens's work 'A Christmas Carol'
Victorian

Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas as we know it today?

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