The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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Adam Smith: Father of Capitalism
Exploring the work of the 18th century moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith
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The First Skyscrapers
How America reached for the skies
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Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast
A century and a half of scientific meteorology
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The Reformation: A World Divided
How Martin Luther started a revolution that would lead to the Protestant Reformation
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Detroit: Migration, Motors and Music
The changing fortunes of the American city of Detroit
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The Real Pirates of the Caribbean
The story of the men and women who defined the 鈥楪olden Age鈥� of piracy.
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Rumi: Sufi poet of love
The life, poetry and legacy of 13th Century Sufi poet Rumi
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The story of the guitar
The history and popular rise of the guitar
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The rise and fall of Julius Caesar
The ruler who revolutionised ancient Rome
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the origins and the legacy of Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula
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Secrets of the Great Pyramid
Exploring The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
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First Impressions: The Printing Press
How a fifteenth century innovation changed our printed world
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The first heart transplant
A race to make medical history
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Picasso: Artist of reinvention
How Pablo Picasso changed our way of seeing
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Making Scents: The story of perfume
How fine fragrance became liquid luxury in a bottle
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Total eclipse of the Sun
A plunge into darkness
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The One Thousand and One Nights
The power of storytelling
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Joan of Arc: Making a martyr
How a teenager fought to save France
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Up close with tango
The dance that seduced the world
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Carl Linnaeus: Naming nature
The botanist who created a classification system to understand the natural world
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Silk Routes: Two Thousand Years of Trading
Luxuries and everyday goods that travelled East and West
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Indian Princely States
The lives of the Princes of India, their relationship with the British and legacy today
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The Creation of Modern Canada
Exploring the Confederation of Canada in 1867
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Childhood: From Toddlers to Teenagers
Through the ages and across the world, how have our ideas about childhood changed?
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Arthur Conan Doyle: The man behind Sherlock Holmes
The life of doctor and literary star Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Telling the time: From sundials to satnav
A brief history of how we tell the time
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The bittersweet tale of cocoa
The history of cacao in the Americas, from the Maya to the Aztecs
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Taiwan: An Island History
An exploration of the island of Taiwan
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Amelia Earhart: Trailblazer in the skies
The inspirational life of the celebrated American aviator
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How the metre changed the world
The universal unit of length that joined up the globe
