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The bittersweet tale of cocoa

The history of cacao in the Americas, from the Maya to the Aztecs

• 39 mins

Telling the time: From sundials to satnav

A brief history of how we tell the time

• 40 mins

Arthur Conan Doyle: The man behind Sherlock Holmes

The life of doctor and literary star Arthur Conan Doyle.

• 40 mins

Childhood: From Toddlers to Teenagers

Through the ages and across the world, how have our ideas about childhood changed?

• 40 mins

The Creation of Modern Canada

Exploring the Confederation of Canada in 1867

• 40 mins

Indian Princely States

The lives of the Princes of India, their relationship with the British and legacy today

• 40 mins

Silk Routes: Two Thousand Years of Trading

Luxuries and everyday goods that travelled East and West

• 40 mins

Carl Linnaeus: Naming nature

The botanist who created a classification system to understand the natural world

• 40 mins

Up close with tango

The dance that seduced the world

• 40 mins

Joan of Arc: Making a martyr

How a teenager fought to save France

• 38 mins

The One Thousand and One Nights

The power of storytelling

• 40 mins

Total eclipse of the Sun

A plunge into darkness

• 40 mins

Making Scents: The story of perfume

How fine fragrance became liquid luxury in a bottle

• 40 mins

Picasso: Artist of reinvention

How Pablo Picasso changed our way of seeing

• 40 mins

The first heart transplant

A race to make medical history

• 40 mins

First Impressions: The Printing Press

How a fifteenth century innovation changed our printed world

• 40 mins

Secrets of the Great Pyramid

Exploring The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt

• 40 mins

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the origins and the legacy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

• 40 mins

The rise and fall of Julius Caesar

The ruler who revolutionised ancient Rome

• 40 mins

The story of the guitar

The history and popular rise of the guitar

• 40 mins

Rumi: Sufi poet of love

The life, poetry and legacy of 13th Century Sufi poet Rumi

• 40 mins

The Real Pirates of the Caribbean

The story of the men and women who defined the ‘Golden Age’ of piracy.

• 39 mins

The Real Pirates of the Caribbean

The story of the men and women who defined the ‘Golden Age’ of piracy.

• 40 mins

Detroit: Migration Motors & Music

The changing fortunes of the American city of Detroit

• 40 mins

Detroit: Migration, Motors and Music

The changing fortunes of the American city of Detroit

• 40 mins

The Reformation: A World Divided

How Martin Luther started a revolution that would lead to the Protestant Reformation

• 40 mins

Rain or shine? A short history of the weather forecast

A century and a half of scientific meteorology

• 40 mins

The First Skyscrapers

How America reached for the skies

• 40 mins

Adam Smith: Father of Capitalism

Exploring the work of the 18th century moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith

• 40 mins

Nikola Tesla’s electric dreams

A showman and a dreamer or an engineering genius well ahead of his time?

• 40 mins