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    The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot is an epic tale of adventure and revenge but who was really behind it?

  2. The Great Wall of China

    Built over 2,000 years, China's great wall has been the subject of legend for centuries.

  3. The Great Train Robbery

    In 1963, career criminals robbed the multi-million-pound cargo from a Royal Mail train.

  4. The Great Smog of London

    In early December 1952, a smog descended upon London, bringing chaos to the city.

  5. The Great Fire of London

    1666, The Fire of London tore through London. What happened? What is its lasting legacy?

  6. The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was the worst peacetime economic shock of the twentieth century.

  7. The Golden Age of Railways

    How did railways reshape everything from holidays, to warfare, to time itself?

  8. The Golden Age of Athens

    After such success, Athens鈥� decline is a lesson in great civilisations' rise and fall.

  9. The Gladiators

    We're in Ancient Rome to discover the bizarre and barbaric world of the gladiators.

  10. The Fukushima Disaster

    Japan's biggest earthquake and fear of a global nuclear meltdown. How close did we come?

  11. The French Revolution (Part 2)

    How did the relationship between king and people deteriorate so badly in France?

  12. The French Revolution (Part 1)

    The French Revolution introduced radical new ideas to Europe. But how did it come about?

  13. The French Resistance

    In the years of Nazi occupation, who were the French and Allied citizens risking all?

  14. The Founding Fathers of the United States

    The founding of the USA, 4th July, 1776 changed the world. Who were the founding fathers?

  15. The Forbidden City

    The Forbidden City is the largest palace complex anywhere in the world.

  16. The First Persian Empire

    For over 200 years the First Persian Empire ruled over a vast expanse across 3 continents

  17. The Falklands War

    In April 1982, decades of tension between Argentina and England exploded into war.

  18. The European Middle Ages, Part 2 of 2

    How did the latter half of the Middle Ages lay the foundation for our modern world?

  19. The European Middle Ages, Part 1 of 2

    The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare.

  20. The Egyptian Sphinx

    The Great Sphinx is one of Egypt鈥檚 most spectacular and mysterious monuments.

  21. The East India Company

    In 1600, the East India Company sailed the world in search of spices, skills, and profit.

  22. The Dinosaur Rush

    Why did two palaeontologists enter a bitter professional feud in the 1870s?

  23. The Dambusters

    The top-secret Dambusters mission... What is the story?

  24. The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 of 2

    With Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, The United States is now in Moscow's crosshairs.

  25. The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1 of 2

    Three men 鈥� Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro 鈥� hold the fate of the planet in their hands.

  26. The Crown Jewels

    A priceless collection of treasures kept in the Tower of London鈥� What's the real story?

  27. The Conquistadors

    From the end of the 15th century, the Conquistadors changed the face of the Americas.

  28. The Congo River

    The world's deepest and most powerful waterway, with an exciting, often dark, history

  29. The Colosseum

    The Colosseum, voted one of the seven wonders of the world. What is its remarkable story?

  30. The Cold War

    How did allies who came together to defeat the Nazis become sworn enemies?

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