1508 Episodes

  1. Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda

    Published: 3/7/2024

  2. The Carnation Revolution in Portugal

    Published: 3/6/2024

  3. French child evacuees of World War Two

    Published: 3/5/2024

  4. Uruguay v the tobacco giant

    Published: 3/4/2024

  5. The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada

    Published: 3/1/2024

  6. The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru

    Published: 2/29/2024

  7. The lost Czech scrolls

    Published: 2/28/2024

  8. Crimea's Soviet holiday camp

    Published: 2/27/2024

  9. Russia annexes Crimea

    Published: 2/26/2024

  10. Whistler: Creating one of the world’s biggest ski resorts

    Published: 2/23/2024

  11. Columbus Lighthouse

    Published: 2/22/2024

  12. Trans murder in Honduras

    Published: 2/21/2024

  13. Icelandic women's strike

    Published: 2/20/2024

  14. The Soviet scientist who made two-headed dogs

    Published: 2/19/2024

  15. Supermalt: The malt drink created after the Nigerian civil war

    Published: 2/16/2024

  16. The small Irish town known as ‘Little Brazil’

    Published: 2/15/2024

  17. The Juliet letters

    Published: 2/14/2024

  18. Patty Hearst: Rebel heiress

    Published: 2/13/2024

  19. The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis

    Published: 2/12/2024

  20. The Battle of Versailles: Catwalk clash of American and French fashion

    Published: 2/9/2024

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