UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy has described recent repercussions from the Epstein files as needing to be "a moment of reckoning". And the scope and severity of the scandal has certainly been sizeable. But what are the other moments of reckoning that have altered the course of recent political history?

In this episode of HistoryExtra's series History Behind the Headlines: Briefing, Sam Edwards from Loughborough University looks back at previous crises that have a similarly significant impact.

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