The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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Elizabeth Fry: 'The angel of prisons'
How a nineteenth century Quaker philanthropist shook up the prison system
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Investigating how a thriving African American community was razed to the ground
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Queen Tamar: The myth of a perfect ruler
Georgia鈥檚 most iconic female sovereign
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Who were the Huguenots?
The myths and mysteries surrounding French protestant refugees
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Smallpox: The defeat of the speckled monster
Exploring the 200 year campaign to wipe out a killer disease
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Lal Ded, mystical Kashmiri poet
A free-spirited woman whose pithy words challenged social norms
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Secrets of the Great Pyramid
Exploring the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt
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Ray Bradbury, a master of science fiction
Celebrating the author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Why did the once mighty Rome crumble and fall to invaders in 476AD?
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Picasso, artist of reinvention
How an artist changed our way of seeing
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Tolstoy: War and Peace
An epic sweep of war and love and family life set in 19th century Russia
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Chaucer, father of English poetry
The man who in the 14th Century made English a language fit for literature
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Up close with tango
The dance that seduced the world
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Valkyries: Fierce women of war
Choosing dead heroes from the battlefield, to fight with Odin in the apocalyptic Ragnarok
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Silk routes: 2000 years of trading
Luxuries and everyday goods that travelled West and East
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Bertha von Suttner: A champion of peace
The writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Joan of Arc: Making a martyr
How a teenager fought to save France
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Babylon, city of wonders
From The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens to why there are 60 minutes in an hour
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Aesop and the Fables
A black slave wrote 700 animal tales in Ancient Greece. Why are they still best sellers?
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Goethe: The story of colour
How colour affects our mood and thoughts
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The California Gold Rush
Who made a fortune and who was crushed in the rush for gold in California in 1849?
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Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker
An exceptionally talented musician who always stood her ground
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The 1918 Spanish Flu: The mother of all pandemics
The last global pandemic and what it can tell us about tackling Covid-19 .
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Gerard Mercator: The man who revolutionised mapmaking
The mapmaker who defined the modern world
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Gretta Cousins: champion of Irish and Indian women
A pianist and activist who fought for women鈥檚 votes and better lives
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Natsume Soseki: Japan鈥檚 great novelist
The Japanese literary giant of the early 20th Century
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In search of the good life: Epicurus and his philosophy
Exploring how an Ancient Greek school of thought has resonated through the ages
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Artemisia Gentileschi: The painter who took on the men
The Italian Baroque artist who's become a hero for modern-day feminists
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Guide dogs for the blind: A history
How did the idea of systematically training dogs for the blind originate?
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Oscar Niemeyer: Brazil's king of curves
Brazil's visionary architect and leading pioneer of modernism
