Season 2 (1983)

Episode 1
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January 26, 1983 • 50m

HOW DO YOU DEMOCRATISE A NAZI? On the 50th anniversary of Hitler's elevation to the chancellorship of the Third Reich Simon Winche...Read more

Episode 2
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February 23, 1983 • 55m

In a new edition of THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, editor Robert Latham has uncovered previously unknown details of Pepys's life. THE...Read more

Episode 3
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March 30, 1983 • 1h

THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN THE 1930s AND TODAY: Fifty years ago, British politics was dominated by campaigns for peace. What are the pa...Read more

Episode 4
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April 27, 1983 • 1h

THE LOVED AND HATED KING: Richard III - hunchback murderer of the princes in the Tower, or victim of Tudor propaganda? On the 500t...Read more

Episode 5
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June 1, 1983 • 1h

FRANCE AND THE NAZIS: Following the arrest of Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon, memories of Nazi collaboration have again returned to...Read more

Episode 6
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June 29, 1983 • 1h

BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE: During the Falklands war, the Argentinians made great capital of the last time they'd fought the Britis...Read more

Episode 7
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July 27, 1983 • 1h

SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS: After Parliament's vote on hanging, an investigation into the history of Tyburn and the mass public executi...Read more

Special: Albert, Prince Consort
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September 7, 1983 • 1h

A special programme devoted to the life and historical reputation of Prince Albert, husband to Queen Victoria. From Osborne House ...Read more

Episode 9
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October 12, 1983 • 50m

THE BATTLE FOR MARTIN LUTHER: Martin Luther, the German priest who split the Catholic church and began the Reformation, was born 5...Read more

Episode 10
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November 1, 1983 • 50m

BEFORE THE NATIONAL HEALTH: A remarkable newly discovered archive of silent film reveals hospital life in the 1920s and 30s. How d...Read more