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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 57 days 3 hours 31 minutes
episode 1941: Dinosaurs: a Victorian obsession
Michael Taylor reveals how the discovery of dinosaur bones challenged ideas about natural history and religion in Victorian Britain
episode 1940: Tiger Tamer | 6. battling against Bovril
David Musgrove explores what the life of celebrity pedestrian Bob Carlisle can reveal about a Victorian revolution in athleticism, transport, advertising and consumer goods
episode 1939: How was Elizabeth I shaped by her childhood?
Dr Nicola Tallis looks back at Elizabeth I's youth to explore how the famous monarch's early years shaped her later life
episode 1938: Joan of Arc: life of the week
Anne Curry traces the story of Joan of Arc, the medieval peasant girl who took war-torn France by storm
episode 1937: Leftovers: how our ancestors battled food waste
Eleanor Barnett reveals how people in the past tackled food waste, from the Tudor almoner to the rag-and-bone man
episode 1936: WW1's eastern front: everything you wanted to know
Nick Lloyd answers listener questions on Germany and Austria-Hungary's bloody clash with the Russian empire from 1914–18
episode 1935: Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Britain's most extraordinary pilot
Paul Beaver charts the remarkable life of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown – a death-defying Second World War pilot
episode 1934: Tiger Tamer | 5. crazy about wheelbarrows
David Musgrove revisits the great wheelbarrow craze of 1886-7, alongside some of the strangest other crazes to grip Victorian Britain
episode 1933: Will the real Jesus please stand up?
Catherine Nixey reveals how the Christian story was transformed in its first few centuries
episode 1932: Mary Wollstonecraft: life of the week
Bee Rowlatt explores the life and legacy of 18th-century firebrand, feminist and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft