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505. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)
500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)
499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)
498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)
497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)
496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)
495. Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2)
492. The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)
491. History's Greatest Beards: From Egyptian Queens to Medieval Conquerors (Part 1)
490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4)
488. Hundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)
487. Hundred Years' War: Henry V’s Invasion of France (Part 1)
483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man
476. The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (Part 2)
475. The French Revolution: Marie Antoinette (Part 1)
473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)
472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)
471. The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (Part 3)
470. The Road to The Great War: The Kaiser’s Blank Cheque (Part 2)
469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
461. Dragons
458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)
457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)
450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
448. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
445. The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
443. Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)
434. Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)
430. Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)
429. Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)
428. Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)
427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)
425. The History Of Chocolate
424. Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4)
423. Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3)
422. Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2)
420. Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4)
418. Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2)
417. Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1)
416. The Canterbury Tales (Part 4)
415. The Murder of Richard II (Part 3)
414. The Peasants’ Revolt: London’s Burning (Part 2)
413. The Peasants' Revolt: England Erupts (Part 1)
412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond...
411. The Man in the Iron Mask
410. The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass
409. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's War on the Jews
408. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's Dream
407. The Nazis in Power: The Conquest of Austria
405. The Nazis in Power: The Nuremberg Rallies
404. The Nazis in Power: The Night of the Long Knives
403. The Mystery of the Pregnant Pope
401. Windrush: The Story of Black Britain
400. Victorian Britain's Maddest Mystery
399. The Savage Storm: World War II and The Battle for Italy
398. JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7)
397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6)
395. JFK: Hunt for a Killer (Part 4)
394. JFK: Death in Dallas (Part 3)
393. JFK: Cuba, Camelot and the Cold War (Part 2)
392. JFK: The Road to the White House (Part 1)
391. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8)
389. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Night of Tears (Part 6)
388. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)
387. The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)
386. The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)
385. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)
384. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)
383. Young Napoleon: The Shadow of the Guillotine
382. Young Napoleon: Teenage Revolutionary
375. Hitler and the Mitford Sisters
373. Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader
371. The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power
369. The Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death
368. The History Behind Hogwarts: Ancient Schools and Revolting Students
367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies
366. The Architect of Modern China
365. Le Marquis de Sade: Sex and Violence

On a long commute

506. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)
504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)
503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)
502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)
493. Lee Miller: Exposing the Horrors of World War Two
482. The French Revolution: The Royal Family Escapes (Part 8)
481. The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)
480. The French Revolution: The Rights of Man (Part 6)
479. The French Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille (Part 5)
478. The French Revolution: Showdown in Versailles (Part 4)
477. The French Revolution: The Violence Begins (Part 3)
474. The Road to The Great War: The Lights Go Out (Part 6)
453. Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)
452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
451. Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
447. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
446. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
442. Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
441. Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)
439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
438. The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks
437. Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)
436. Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)
435. Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)
431. Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)
426. History's Greatest Monkeys
421. Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1)
419. Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3)
406. The Nazis in Power: Hitler’s Road to War
402. Christmas: Pagan or Christian?