Enemy Allies • 2018 • episode "4/4" • Hitler's Last Stand

58:58

In the second episode, Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire, and finds surprising parallels with our own world.

2/4 • Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit • 2016 • History

46:59

Harnessing fire is the ultimate origin event that made us modern. Fire allowed us to create, to destroy and to transform, but also taught us hard lessons.

1/8 • Origins: The Journey of Humankind • 2017 • History

58:30

Dr. Alice Roberts investigates the possible routes taken by humans to reach the Americas.

5/5 • The Incredible Human Journey • History

44:02

Was he an incompetent ruler, a brutal tyrant, or a great leader? 2,000 years after his death, the legacy of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, remains a point of debate. His role in ending centuries of conflict between warring factions and creating China's first imperial dynasty is indisputable, yet he has questionably been portrayed as a violent oppressor. Through ancient texts, artifacts, and expert insights, revisit the life of this complicated and influential figure.

1/2 • China's Dragon Emperor • 2019 • History

26:00

While the Viking raids have come one after another in the Occident for almost a century, in November 885, hundreds of Scandinavian boats sailing towards Burgundy present themselves before the walls of Paris and besiege the city.

S3E2 • Butterfly Effect • 2018 • History

51:15

Second part is looking at Czechoslovakia's attempts to reform communism, which were brutally crushed in an invasion by Warsaw Pact allies in 1968. What followed was the reimposition of hardline communist rule known as 'Normalisation' - under which the reformers were removed, the reforms reversed and history rewritten, leaving the country known as 'the Kingdom of Forgetting'.

2/3 • The Lost World of Communism • History