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Paul Murton experiences island life. He crosses the great natural harbour of Scapa Flow and heads to Stronsay. Part 5 of 6.
Kate Williams tells scandalous and shocking stories of ancient palace history. Part 2 of 8.
Throughout history, empires have risen to unimaginable heights, only to end in chaos and ruin. In Egypt’s Old Kingdom, environmental disasters and political fragmentation ended the era of the pyramids. Part 3 of 3.
June 22, 1941. Under the code name 'Barbarossa', Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. In the first hours of the attack, bombs rained down on Soviet airfields on the frontier. For the Soviets, it was a complete surprise. Part 1 of 2.
This is the story of how the attack at Pearl Harbor changed the course of history. We’ll learn how these events shaped how America would engage with war for the next 75 years and how it made heroes of ordinary men.
Crossroads explores Sicily’s ancient past when it was the breadbasket of the ancient and then medieval world and as such, occupied by Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians, Arabs and Normans. Part 1 of 2.