BBC History Revealed - 2020-12-29

• WELCOME JANUARY 2021
• THIS MONTH'S BIG NUMBERS
• Spotlight on... Richard the Lionheart
• Everything you wanted to know about the Civil Wars
• 10 entreprene­urs who changed the world
• War of words
• The New Model Army
• Oliver Cromwell
• Killing the King
• Charles Sobhraj’s deadly trail
• Road to war
• What came next?
• Ready for battle
• Warrior women
• What if... the Soviets had won the Space Race?
• Snapshots
• What We’ve Learned This Month
• This Month In... 1890
• Historical Fiction
• Books & Podcasts
• In A Nutshell
• TV, Film & Radio
• Prize Crossword
• Photo Finish
• 1988 BARGAIN HUNTERS
• 1928 CUT AND DRY
• Maritime Archaeolog­ist
• 20 January 1265
• 5 January 1757
• 8 January 1806
• THE CIVIL WARS
• Though the wars took place in Britain, some of the fighters came from further afield
• THE SHORT PARLIAMENT
• THE LONG PARLIAMENT
• THE FAILED ARREST OF THE 'FIVE MEMBERS'
• IRISH REBELLION
• 3 KEY ROYALISTS
• 3 KEY PARLIAMENT­ARIANS
• NEWBURN FORD AUGUST 1640
• POWICK BRIDGE SEPTEMBER 1642
• EDGEHILL OCTOBER 1642
• NEWBURY SEPTEMBER 1643
• ADWALTON MOOR JUNE 1643
• MARSTON MOOR JULY 1644
• LOSTWITHIE­L AUGUST 1644
• NASEBY JUNE 1645
• KILSYTH AUGUST 1645
• PRESTON AUGUST 1648
• THE LEVELLERS
• SWAPPING DRESSES FOR BREECHES
• GET HOOKED
• ONLINE AND AUDIO
• The Biscuit
• Metropolis: A History of Humankind’s Greatest Invention
• Murder on Mustique
• John Poyer: the Civil Wars in Pembrokesh­ire and the British Revolution­s
• The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51
• The NHS: Britain’s National Health Service, 1948–2020
• In Spite of All Terror
• SAS Band of Brothers
• Where Death and Danger Go
• Stalingrad
• If Necessary, Alone
• The Battle of Mount Badon, Ambrosius, Arthur and the defence of Britain
• JAMES WATT
• MADAM CJ WALKER
• HENRY FORD 1863–1947
• MELITTA BENTZ 1873–1950
• COCO CHANEL
• KONOSUKE MATSHUSITA
• BRIDGET ‘BIDDY’ MASON
• BEULAH LOUISE HENRY
• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
• IN CONTEXT
• Has anyone tried to fly from the Eiffel Tower?
• What happened to the Ark of the Covenant?
• Who was given the first Hollywood star?
• Why wasn’t Rommel at D-Day?
• Why was Black Beauty banned?
• What medical remedies were in Bald’s Leechbook?
• DID YOU KNOW?
• What were the Rebecca Riots?
• Why would a man get in a ‘bundling bag’?
• When did we stop using canaries in mines?
• Did Caligula really wage war on the sea?
• Who was the last person to be hanged in Britain?
• Who invented Play-Doh?
• DID THE VIKINGS REALLY CARVE GROOVES INTO THEIR TEETH?
• DOES THE EVIDENCE REALLY SUGGEST THAT VIKINGS SLEPT SITTING UP?
• DID THE VIKINGS ACTUALLY HAVE TATTOOS?
• Sporting pioneers
• A knight’s tale
• Linked stories
• Working holidays
• A decade of change
• Glasgow Museums collection­s
• BURIED AMONG KINGS: THE STORY OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR
• BODMIN JAIL
• Lynn Museum
• The Light Ages: A Medieval Journey of Discovery
• Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
• The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler
• Assassins’ Deeds: A History of Assassinat­ion from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day
• The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War and Everest
• Paul Cartledge interview
• Neil Oliver interview
• A trip to ancient Greece
• •••• Excerpt ••••
• The Smallest Man
• MEMORIES OF WAR
• CROSSWORD WINNERS
• Editor says:
• CROSSWORD COMPETITIO­N TERMS & CONDITIONS
• Thank you, Sylvia

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