Historian Michael Scott takes a global view of familiar historical dates.
Radio 4,路3 episodes
1485
In the year Richard III of England dies in battle, Ivan the Great seizes the city of Tver.
1929
Michael Scott discovers how the rest of the world fared during the Wall Street crash.
323BC - The Death of Alexander the Great
Michael Scott spins the globe in 323BC, the year in which Alexander the Great died.