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Kavita Puri's hidden histories: the enduring appeal of archaeological sites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 7Tudor love and sex: inside the 16th-century bedroom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4Tudor childhood: what were children's lives like in the 16th century?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Keeping clean in the 16th-century: how often did ordinary Tudors wash?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5What did ordinary Tudors eat?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What did the Tudors think was ‘good’ sex? These tips and tricks were key to relationships in the 16th century

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Episode 2Tudor religion: what did people believe?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1What did Tudor people do for fun?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Tudor work: what jobs did people do?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Gray Barker: UFO conspiracy theorist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Let’s get things done together, like the builders of Stonehenge did. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Is House of Guinness a true story? Here’s the real history behind the Netflix drama

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Michael Wood on women’s contributions to the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Roberts: “Christianity didn’t invent itself as an empire from nothing: it adapted existing Roman structures”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The sinister secrets of Samuel Pepys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Senkichi Awaya: the lost mayor of Hiroshima. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why we should be better about talking about death, with Dr Helen Gittos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri on VJ Day: "We don't talk about the war in Asia – which was a messy, complicated conflict". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "A UK museum that tells the long, rich history of migration is long overdue". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on lessons on good government from medieval Siena. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Be neighbourly like a Pompeian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hug a tree like a pagan from the margins of Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"There's little understanding of the shared history of Britain and the subcontinent" | South Asian Heritage Month. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Riddle like an Anglo-Saxon monk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Swings and roundabouts: a history of Britain's playgrounds. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From fatal foliage to the perils of ploughing: the Tudor calendar of death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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