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Episode 2Establishment values in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Russian civil war, 1919

General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

Nixon in China: a week that changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Oswald Mosley taking the salute from female members of the BUF

Your guide to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF)

Nixon in China: the trip that changed the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Has Russia always played by its own rules?

Has Russia always played by its own rules?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In defence of Neville Chamberlain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The secret WW2 mission to save Britain’s art collections. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

Britain’s only war crimes trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Children's author Beatrix Potter as a young woman, c1892

Why the real Beatrix Potter was more than her children’s tales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A lobbycard for the 1923 film Is Conan Doyle Right? (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A replica of St Edward’s Crown, used in the coronation of British rulers since 1661

General History

Who is Britain’s greatest monarch?

Emerald Fennell plays Camilla Parker Bowles (then Shand) in 'The Crown'

In profile: Queen Consort Camilla

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Charles and CamillaA history of their romance

Three female civil rights pioneers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

America’s Cold War culture boom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ras Prince Monolulu entertains the crowds at Aintree racecourse, 1931 (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ras Prince Monolulu: the horse-race tipster who transformed himself into an Abyssinian prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

London schoolboys on strike, Shoreditch, September 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schoolchildren on strike: when pupils demanded shorter hours. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bloody Sunday: 50 years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Audio adventures in the 1920s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC employees at work in the control room at the new home at Broadcasting House (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

BBC at 100Broadcasting House: a new home for the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, German officer Paul Schmidt and Adolf Hitler survey damage at Hitler's eastern front military headquarters, ‘the Wolf’s Lair’, hours after a failed bombing attempt by Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Second World War

Should we be glad the 1944 July Plot to kill Hitler failed?

Elitism in cricket: a history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers from Mao Zedong’s Red Army assemble in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, 1936 (Photo by Getty)

The Chinese Civil War: a guide to the conflict and the rise of Mao Zedong

Cold war mind games. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

America’s “Roaring Twenties”: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Munich: the real history behind the new film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain, in Munich – The Edge of War

Second World War

A martyr and a hero? How Munich – The Edge of War tries to soften Neville Chamberlain’s rotten reputation