2319 Episoder

  1. The history of consumerism and Chinese philosophy

    Udgivet: 28.4.2016
  2. Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa

    Udgivet: 21.4.2016
  3. Student life and working class culture

    Udgivet: 14.4.2016
  4. Charles II and an Atlantic experiment

    Udgivet: 7.4.2016
  5. The Dissolution and a forgotten colony

    Udgivet: 31.3.2016
  6. Democracy and an age of genius

    Udgivet: 24.3.2016
  7. The Easter Rising and a Victorian heyday

    Udgivet: 17.3.2016
  8. Muslims and Jews in the 16th century

    Udgivet: 10.3.2016
  9. The Holy Roman Empire and Capability Brown

    Udgivet: 3.3.2016
  10. Middle East history special

    Udgivet: 25.2.2016
  11. Verdun and the Renaissance

    Udgivet: 18.2.2016
  12. Benjamin Franklin in London

    Udgivet: 11.2.2016
  13. The battle over Henry VIII’s will

    Udgivet: 4.2.2016
  14. The Romanovs and King Arthur

    Udgivet: 28.1.2016
  15. A global view of history

    Udgivet: 21.1.2016
  16. Postwar Germany and medieval CSI

    Udgivet: 14.1.2016
  17. The amazing history of Egypt

    Udgivet: 7.1.2016
  18. Victorian bakers and the Leningrad symphony

    Udgivet: 31.12.2015
  19. 2015 Christmas history quiz

    Udgivet: 24.12.2015
  20. Britain’s railways and the Titanic

    Udgivet: 17.12.2015

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