In the absence of certainty, the press drives the narrative

In this episode, we discover that this was more than a war of weapons; it was one of words. From royalist broadsheets to radical parliamentarian pamphlets, historian Rebecca Rideal explores how the press fuelled the fire, shaped loyalties, and blurred the line between truth and propaganda. With circulation booming and literacy rising, this is the story of how print helped tear a country apart.

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