The Rest Is History Episodes Episode guide
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The Golden Age of Japan: Sex Secrets of the Imperial Court (Part 2)
A journey into the heart if imperial japan, and the women who wielded their power there
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The Golden Age of Japan: (Part 1)
A window into the alien Heian court of Imperial Japan, and the world's first novel.
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The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)
Join Tom and Dominic in part two of season two as they explore France's wars with Europe.
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The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)
The French Revolution reshaped execution, leading to the invention of the guillotine.
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The French Revolution: The September Massacres (Part 1)
The second phase of the french revolution reaches its bloody climax
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The French Revolution: The Monarchy Falls (Part 3)
France takes on Russia and the monarchy is finally abolished.
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The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5)
The origins of *La Marseillaise* and why it became a powerful anthem of the Revolution.
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The French Revolution: The First Feminist (Part 2)
The remarkable women of the French Revolution
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The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (Part 4)
The culmination of the French Revolution: The execution of the king
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The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)
Marie Antoinette and her family face great danger as revolutionaries storm the Tuileries.
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The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)
Paris boils with revolution as crowds demand Louis XVI's removal; violence erupts.
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The First World War: The Miracle on the Marne (Part 3)
Dominic and Tom discuss one of the most astounding clashes of WW1...
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The First World War: The Massacre of the Innocents (Part 4)
Dominic and Tom discuss the terrible Battle of Ypres
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The First World War: The Invasion of Belgium (Part 1)
How did the outbreak of the First World War unfold?
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The First World War: The Eastern Front Explodes (Part 5)
The First World War explodes on the Eastern Front
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The First World War: The Battle of the Frontiers (Part 2)
The bloody Battle of the Frontiers
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The First World War: Downfall of the Habsburgs (Part 6)
The fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
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The Fight of the Century
The history behind England's greatest and most violent boxing contest
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The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)
Tom & Dominic tell the Siege of Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs鈥� last stand as Spanish close in.
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)
Cort茅s has a secret weapon: a woman whose very name has become a byword for treachery...
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The Night of Tears (Part 6)
Trapped and starving in Tenochtitlan, Cort茅s and his men plan a desperate escape by night鈥�
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8)
Tenochtitlan, once the glittering jewel of the mighty Aztec Empire, has fallen.
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)
Tom & Dominic lead us deeper into darkness as the story takes a nightmarish turn...
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)
Cort茅s defies orders, heading inland for gold and the empire of mysterious Montezuma.
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The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)
Join Tom & Dominic as they follow Cort茅s to the Caribbean in a quest for gold and glory.
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The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)
The Spaniards explore Tenochtitlan, from busy markets to blood-soaked temple pyramids.
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The Body in the Woods: A Medieval Murder Mystery
The story behind a mysterious medieval murder, and attitudes to Jews in medieval Europe
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Manhunt for the Killer (Part 2)
The hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Death at the Theatre (Part 1)
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Join Tom and Dominic as they explore the life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
