How did a fight about Shakespeare descend into America’s bloodiest riot during peace time? Why were tensions so high in New York City in May 1849? Who were Edwin Forrest and William McCready, the actors whose personal rivalry was at the centre of all this? 

Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore the lead up to the Astor Place riots, the deadliest use of military force against civilians since the Civil War.

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What piratical crimes did ‘good girl’ Anne Bonny and ‘bad girl’ Mary Reed commit on the high seas? Who were the bounty hunters chasing Calico Jack’s crew? How did the swash buckling, gender bending pair finally get captured and find themselves languishing in a Jamaican jail? 

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How did ‘good girl’ Anne Bonny and ‘bad girl’ Mary Reed end up sailing with Pirates of the Caribbean?  Who was ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, the infamous Pirate Captain and ladies man? Did our notorious female pirates have a scandalous love affair with each other? 

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Eleanor Rathbone was instrumental to the implementation of child benefit and the welfare state, why have we forgotten her?  Who were the two million “superfluous women” recorded in the 1921 census? How did Eleanor campaign for over three decades for caregiving to be recognised as “real work”? 

Joining David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they explore the fascinating story of the campaigner and politician Eleanor Rathbone. 

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17 murders in, what finally brought serial killers Burke and Hare to justice? How did the notorious partners in crime turn against each other? Which of the pair met a grisly end and who got off totally scot-free? 

Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they retell the capture and gruesome fate of Burke and Hare. 

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How did Burke and Hare get into the lucrative business of murder? Why was there such a demand for fresh corpses in 1820s Edinburgh? What gruesome methods did the pair use to kill their victims? 

Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they delve into the gothic story of Burke and Hare, the mass murderers who scandalised the nation.

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Why did a military training exercise seem like an imminent threat of nuclear attack? Despite being minutes away from launching Nuclear missiles, what made the Soviets back down? Why does no one know how close we came to total annihilation? 

Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they discuss the days where we narrowly escaped full scale nuclear war.  

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Why was the world so close to the brink of nuclear war in November 1983? 

What tactics were the Americans employing to play high stakes mind games with the Soviets? 

And, what made the Soviets so exceptionally paranoid?

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Why did Iva Toguri get branded America’s first female traitor, despite there being no evidence to convict her?

How did her case become important to President Harry Truman’s re-election campaign? 

And, after decades, how did Iva and her supporters finally clear her name? 

Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga on Journey Through Time as they delve into the sad story behind the scandalous myth of Tokyo Rose.

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How did Tokyo Rose, a woman who never existed, become one of WWII’s most well known Japanese figures? 

Who was Iva Toguri, the American citizen caught up in the myth? 

How did sensationalist journalists weaponise the story of Tokyo Rose to create a vicious narrative about post war Japan? 

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