Schedule

Full Steam Ahead: Part 2

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. This episode looks at how railways began to move people, rather than just goods, around the country. Part 2 of 6.

Battlefield America: Vicksburg

Episode 2 highlights the strategic decisions of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and the intense combat that defined the crucial battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg, underscoring their impact on the broader conflict and American history. Part 2 of 3.

France: the Post War Recovery: Emerging from War (1944-1953)

Summer 1944. In France, D-Day marked the end of dark times. Aspiring to a better future, the French rolled up their sleeves and set about rebuilding the country. But in post-war France, hopes and reality would yet collide. Part 1 of 2.

France: the Post War Recovery: Fragile Dreams (1953-1962)

Summer 1944. In France, D-Day marked the end of dark times. Aspiring to a better future, the French rolled up their sleeves and set about rebuilding the country. But in post-war France, hopes and reality would yet collide. Part 2 of 2.

Battlefield America: Vicksburg

Episode 2 highlights the strategic decisions of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and the intense combat that defined the crucial battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg, underscoring their impact on the broader conflict and American history. Part 2 of 3.

Plunderer: the Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief: Part 2

Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse’s life in post-war America. Dealing in looted art, he became an invisible hand, even as the original owners’ families sought the return of works rightfully theirs. Part 2 of 2.

Grand Tours of the Scottish Isles:

In this series, historian Paul Murton sets out to experience life on Scotland’s magnificent islands. He uncovers the past and reveals its connections with the present, pointing to all that makes these islands quirky, surprising and beautiful.

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