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Bust of the Roman Emperor Lucius Verus.
Roman

The Antonine Plague: the killer disease that devastated the Roman empire

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General History

Native Americans: a history of power and survival

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Life - Brunel WL
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Caddick-Adams - Kursk_WL
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The 1943 battle of Kursk – and its present-day echoes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dark knights and crusading criminals . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Saladin: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval torture: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Orwell in front of a BBC microphone.
20th Century

George Orwell: the indomitable life of the writer who confronted totalitarianism

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Portrait of Oliver Cromwell
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The Western Design: Oliver Cromwell’s disastrous campaign in the Caribbean . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C
Georgian

Who built the White House?

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Pod Robert Bartlett - History in Flames WL
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Medieval documents in danger . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty
Medieval

What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

Aeronauts James Glaisher (left) and Henry Coxwell (right) pose in the basket of their hot air balloon
Victorian

The balloon-riding Victorians who courted disaster: the true story behind The Aeronauts

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Pod Darrin M. McMahon - Equality WL
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Our 10,000-year quest for equality . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)
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From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.