Documentary

Cold War (1998) – S1, Ep8 – Sputnik

Sputnik In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union seems to be forging ahead. In October 1957, the Soviet satellite Sputnik orbits[…]

After Stalin Thaw is conceivable with Stalin dead and Eisenhower in the White House. Stalin’s chief of secret police is[…]

Reds The world is polarized across an ideological divide. Following Stalin’s domination of Eastern Europe, and the loss of China,American[…]

Kiss of Death An affair with a queen could be an affair to remember, if you survived. France’s Marguerite of[…]

A royal affair could be a dangerous liaison. Anne Boleyn flirted with Henry VIII and lost her head. England’s Princess[…]

Folly When monarchs erred, they erred on a grand scale. Queen Adelaide of Sicily married a cad and was conned[…]

Bizarre When the love of his life died, Henry III of France went on a binge of free spending,[…]

Warmongers Richard the Lionheart of England went down in legend as a kind king and a great warrior. In fact,[…]

Sorcery The reign of Louis XIV, France’s Sun King, was clouded by black magic. The Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II[…]

Richard II Tyranny: Last in the part-dramatised history series with Dan Jones. Richard II was the boy king who stopped[…]