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Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Chinese Empire: Imperial China

    • January 1, 2022

    China is one of the oldest civilizations on earth and one of unparalleled continuity. Confucian values still underpin much of society despite the Communist Revolution of the middle of last century which signaled.

  • S02E02 The Chinese Empire: The Century of Humiliation

    • January 8, 2022

    The last imperial dynasty, the Qing expanded the empire to its greatest extent, presided over the Chinese Enlightenment and left behind iconic sites such as the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven

  • S02E03 The Chinese Empire: Modern World, Modern Emperors

    • January 15, 2022

    Explores the period from the birth of the Chinese republic in 1911 to the civil war, bloody Japanese occupation, the coming to power of Mao and the Communist Party, the Cultural Revolution, up to the present day.

  • S02E04 Ancient Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Greek City States

    • January 22, 2022

    We explore the great historic sites of the Minoan civilisation on Crete, Mycenae in the Peloponnese, and the emerging Greek city states such as Corinth.

  • S02E05 Ancient Greece: Classical Greece

    • August 7, 2022

    The Ancient Greeks, we explore the great sites of Athens, Delphi, Olympia, and Epidaurus which together form some of the greatest sites in antiquity.

  • S02E06 Dutch Golden Age - Ep1: The Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years War, Independence

    • October 9, 2022

    In the 16th century the Spanish Empire controlled the Low Countries of what is today Belgium and the Netherlands. Spain's Hapsburg monarchy had inherited the territory through dynastic intermarriage and Spain's Charles

  • S02E07 Dutch Golden Age - Ep2: The Dutch Empire

    • October 16, 2022

    After the Dutch Republic declared its independence from Spain it was cut off from the lucrative spice trades which the Portuguese and Spanish controlled following their successful explorations of the East and West Indies and the Americas.

  • S02E08 Conquistadors, War and Revolution: The Spanish Conquest

    • October 6, 2022

    Throughout its history Mexico has been convulsed by a series of epic, violent and bloody struggles that have defined the culture and identity of this complex nation.

  • S02E09 Conquistadors, War and Revolution: The War of Independence

    • October 13, 2022

    Throughout its history Mexico has been convulsed by a series of epic, violent and bloody struggles that have defined the culture and identity of this complex nation.

  • S02E10 Conquistadors, War and Revolution: Civil War-Church versus State

    • May 14, 2022

    Throughout its history Mexico has been convulsed by a series of epic, violent and bloody struggles that have defined the culture and identity of this complex nation.

  • S02E11 Conquistadors, War and Revolution: The Mexican Revolution

    • October 15, 2022

    Throughout its history Mexico has been convulsed by a series of epic, violent and bloody struggles that have defined the culture and identity of this complex nation.

  • S02E12 The Inca Empire

    • October 22, 2022

    The Inca were one of the world's largest civilisations of the late Middle Ages until their conquest by the Spanish in 1533 in modern day Peru and surrounding countries.

  • S02E13 The Pacific: Ancient Mariners

    • October 29, 2022

    Despite an idyllic tropical setting in the middle of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific Islands have been a battleground for centuries.

  • S02E14 The Pacific: Pacific Conquests

    • December 13, 2022

    Despite an idyllic tropical setting in the middle of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific Islands have been a battleground for centuries.

  • S02E15 Icons of Conquest

    • December 18, 2022

    Victorious Empires have long benefited from the fruits of conquest, through territorial expansion, wealth accumulation, and cultural dominance.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Berlin: Stories from the City - Ep 1: Road to Ruin

    • January 1, 2024

    Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies

  • S03E02 Berlin: Stories from the City - Episode 2: The Cold War

    • January 13, 2024

    Berlin, a city that wears its scars, has always welcomed outsiders. But it has also been a battleground invaded by the French, taken over by the Nazis, occupied by the Russians and then divided down the middle by competing ideologies

  • S03E03 Los Angeles: Stories from the City - Episode 1: Inventing a City

    • January 13, 2025

    Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States' and the world, has a unique story. Home to indigenous tribes, just two hundred years ago it was a small outpost of Mexico, after it took possession of California from Spain

  • S03E04 Los Angeles: Stories from the City - Episode 2: Bright Lights, Big City

    Los Angeles, one of the largest cities in the United States' and the world, has a unique story. Home to indigenous tribes, just two hundred years ago it was a small outpost of Mexico, after it took possession of California from Spain

  • S03E05 Great Forts of the Mediterranean

    Crusaders, Ottomans, Venetians, Moors and European empires all built great fortresses in the Mediterranean which have witnessed epic battles and historic moments over the past thousand years.