399 Episodes

  1. Imhotep: The man behind The Mummy

    Published: 22/08/2019
  2. Andy Warhol: The prince of Pop Art

    Published: 15/08/2019
  3. Coco Chanel: French style icon

    Published: 08/08/2019
  4. Nineteen Eighty-Four: Orwell's dystopian classic

    Published: 01/08/2019
  5. The Spartans: Ancient Greece’s fighting machine

    Published: 25/07/2019
  6. Leeuwenhoek: The fabric seller who discovered bacteria

    Published: 18/07/2019
  7. Kafka's The Metamorphosis: A man turns into a monstrous bug

    Published: 11/07/2019
  8. Hugh Masekela: The iconic South African musician

    Published: 04/07/2019
  9. James Watt: The power of steam

    Published: 27/06/2019
  10. The Bhagavad Gita: A guide to spiritual wisdom

    Published: 20/06/2019
  11. Cnut: England's Viking king

    Published: 13/06/2019
  12. How Afghanistan won its freedom from Britain

    Published: 06/06/2019
  13. Rasputin: The Siberian mystic who charmed the Tsar

    Published: 30/05/2019
  14. The Moon from Earth

    Published: 23/05/2019
  15. Pearls: Treasures of the sea

    Published: 16/05/2019
  16. Thoreau: the writer who went to the woods

    Published: 09/05/2019
  17. Fado: Portuguese soul music

    Published: 02/05/2019
  18. Queen Njinga of Angola: Fearless fighter

    Published: 25/04/2019
  19. Inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci

    Published: 18/04/2019
  20. Chess: a chequered history

    Published: 11/04/2019

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