Travels Through Time #17 – Radicalism, Madness and Laughing Gas in 1799
What links Colonel Despard, the Royal Bethlem Hospital and the inventor Humphry Davy?
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Travels Through Time #16 – Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn
A plot, a rebellion and a triumph from the life of Thomas Cromwell.
Travels Through Time #15 – Mary Fulbrook, 1939-45
This episode examines the Nazi genocide through human interactions with three crime scenes.
Travels Through Time #14 – Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan, 1853
This episode takes us back to 1853 and the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s fleet of ships into Edo Bay.
Travels Through Time #13 – Peter Caddick-Adams, 1944
In this episode we travel to the south coast of England where we witness the final preparations for D-Day, before joining the Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy.
Travels Through Time #12 – Daisy Dunn, AD 79
This episode takes us back to AD 79, where we join Pliny the Younger as he witnesses one of the ancient world's most shocking events: the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Travels Through Time #11 – Lucasta Miller, 1838
Letitia Landon – 'L.E.L.' – was one of the brightest stars of Georgian London's literary scene, but she remains an enigma whose life and death are open to interpretation.
Travels Through Time #10 – Jonathan Phillips, 1187
Travel to one of the bloodiest years of the crusading era. Saladin recaptures Jerusalem, winning fame and admiration in both the West and the Islamic world.
Travels Through Time #9 – Moon Landing, 1969
In this episode we travel back 50 years to 1969 and the Apollo 11 moon landing. Kassia St Clair discusses the intriguing story behind the space suits, quiet wonders of technology made using traditional techniques.
Travels Through Time #8 – Andrew Roberts, 1940
This episode takes us back to the tense and dramatic days of 8-10 May 1940. Chamberlain suffers humiliation in the House of Commons and Churchill becomes prime minister.