398 Episodes

  1. Napoleon: From empire to exile

    Published: 28/03/2019
  2. The spice trade: Selling the scents of luxury

    Published: 21/03/2019
  3. Moomin creator Tove Jansson

    Published: 14/03/2019
  4. Anaesthesia: Unwrapping oblivion

    Published: 7/03/2019
  5. Calouste Gulbenkian: The architect of Middle East oil

    Published: 1/03/2019
  6. Robinson Crusoe: The man and his island

    Published: 21/02/2019
  7. Lu Xun: Writing the story of New China

    Published: 14/02/2019
  8. The talking drums of West Africa

    Published: 7/02/2019
  9. The Top of the World

    Published: 31/01/2019
  10. The Heel and the Sneaker

    Published: 24/01/2019
  11. Goya: Seeking truth through art

    Published: 17/01/2019
  12. Antigone: A drama of defiance

    Published: 10/01/2019
  13. The Master and Margarita: Devilish satire

    Published: 3/01/2019
  14. Fermentation: Ancient Food Alchemy

    Published: 27/12/2018
  15. The Emergence of Modern Turkey

    Published: 20/12/2018
  16. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Revealing the Gulag

    Published: 13/12/2018
  17. The Iranian Coup of 1953: Overthrow of a Prime Minister

    Published: 6/12/2018
  18. Diaghilev and the ballet revolution

    Published: 29/11/2018
  19. Charlie Chaplin

    Published: 22/11/2018
  20. Coal: a Burning Legacy

    Published: 15/11/2018

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