The rise and fall of empires and the events that shaped world history.
William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the intricate stories of revolutions, imperial wars, and the people who built and lost empires.
From the British Empire to the Ottomans to Ancient India, history is shaped by power struggles and territorial conquests. How does it continue to affect the world today?
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331. The Iranian Revolution: Will The Shah Return To Iran? (Ep 2) (00:37:32)
In 1979, the people of Iran took to the streets to topple the Shah. This year they are back in the streets shouting “Long Live The Shah”. How did this happen? How did a country which so volcanically t...
330. The Iranian Revolution: 1979 vs. 2026 (Ep 1) (00:33:11)
In recent weeks, protestors have swarmed the streets in Iran in defiance of the regime, and it feels as if the country is on the precipice of a transformative change. Yet these scenes feel familiar. I...
329. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Raj is Born (Part 8) (00:41:43)
How did Lucknow become the final battleground of the 1857 Uprising? Who was Begum Hazrat Mahal, and how did she hold together a rebellion against overwhelming odds? How did the 1857 Uprising lead to t...
328. Indian Uprising 1857: The Reign of Terror (Part 7) (00:48:17)
How did the British finally break into Delhi during the 1857 Uprising? Why did a sudden solar eclipse change the fate of the siege overnight? Why is the British victory considered one of Delhi’s great...
327. Indian Uprising 1857: The British Strike Back (Part 6) (00:48:28)
How did the tide turn towards the end of 1857 as British reinforcements gathered to strike the hearts of the rebellion: Delhi and Lucknow? Who was the British Commander, John Nicholson, and why was he...
326. Indian Uprising 1857: India’s Joan of Arc – Rani of Jhansi (Part 5) (01:03:30)
The warrior queen who fought the British on the battlefield, Rani of Jhansi –or Rani Lakshmibai– is still a hero in India, with comic books and Bollywood movies about her. But what’s the true history ...
325. Indian Uprising 1857: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4) (00:54:25)
An entire city turns on the British and revolts in unison. 3000 East India Company soldiers and civilians in Lucknow are under siege in one compound, hiding in tunnels and surrounded by snipers. But w...
324. Indian Uprising 1857: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3) (00:52:58)
In one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 uprising, brutal massacres are met with revenge brutal massacres as the rebellion reaches the East India Company garrison town of Kanpur or “Cawnpore”. Who w...
323. Indian Uprising 1857: The Rebels March On Delhi (Part 2) (00:53:11)
How did the mutiny amongst sepoys –Indian soldiers– turn into a national crisis? What ultimatum did the rebels give the Mughal emperor when they reached the Red Fort in Delhi? Why did the British fail...
322. Indian Uprising 1857: The Mutiny (Part 1) (00:50:58)
Secret messages are being passed from city to city inside chapattis, rebellion is in the air. When Indian soldiers in the East India Company army hear that bullet cartridges are greased with pig and c...
321. Exploding Rum-filled Coffins, Anglo-Indian Sisterhood, & Julia Margaret Cameron (00:50:02)
How did Julia Margaret Cameron - Virginia Woolf's great aunt - become one of the most influential photography artists of her time? Who were the Anglo-Indian Pattle Sisters who charmed Victorian societ...
320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo (00:46:05)
How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her name? How did she smuggle her photographs of the horro...
319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2) (00:32:23)
Who were the Italian sailors who stole the bones of St Nicolas from his church in Turkey in 1087? How was the mythology of St Nicolas combined with Germanic pagan stories of Odin riding a white horse ...
318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1) (00:32:21)
The original Santa Claus, Saint Nicolas, was a real bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose tomb there was popular with pilgrims, but 700 years after his death, a group of sailors decided to stea...
317. Churchill's Photographer: From Escaping Genocide to MLK (00:48:25)
Who was Karsh and how did he become one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century? How did Karsh escape from the Armenian Genocide as a child? What was the story behind some of the...
316. Hitler's Photographer: Nazi Secrets, Eva Braun, & Escaping Justice (00:47:14)
Who was Heinrich Hoffman and how did he use his photography to promote Adolf Hitler and Nazism? When did Hoffman introduce Hitler to Eva Braun? What lies did he tell a Jewish journalist who interviewe...
Who was V.S. Naipaul and why was he so controversial? How did Naipaul alter the way in which writers and readers saw the world, and in particular how they saw Trinidad? Why did he make an enemy of Sal...
314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3) (00:47:36)
Should we still read Kipling today? What family tragedy did Kipling face in the later half of his life? How did he fan the flames of jingoism during and after the First World War?
William is reunited...
313. Rudyard Kipling: Escaping India & Writing The Jungle Book (Part 2) (00:33:38)
What inspired Kipling to write his two most famous works: The Jungle Book and Kim? Why did Kipling hate London and swiftly move to the US? How did Kipling develop such astute observational writing abo...
312. Rudyard Kipling: Son of Empire (Part 1) (00:25:37)
Rudyard Kipling was one of the most evocative writers of India, yet he was a jingoist and an imperialist until his dying day. So how do we grapple with this conundrum, why was Kipling such a man of c...
311. Cricket In India: Beating The Brits At Their Own Game (Part 2) (00:41:14)
How did Britain’s imperial game become so popular in India? Why were India’s princes the ‘nepo babies’ of cricket? How does the legacy of Partition continue to affect matches in India and Pakistan tod...
310. The Origin of The Ashes & The Killer Cricket Scandal (Part 1) (00:49:22)
How is the history of cricket completely intertwined with the history of the British Empire? What was the Bodyline Controversy of the 1930s and how did it nearly kill a player? Who was Don Bradman and...
309. Tintin, Nazis, & Soviets (00:45:37)
What was the origin story of Hergé, the Belgian illustrator who created The Adventures of Tintin? How did an unlikely friendship transform Hergé’s life and lead him to draw Tintin crying in a comic st...
308. Asterix and Obelix, Babar The Elephant, & Colonial Cartoons (00:47:27)
How did a story made up by a mother for her sick children turn into Babar The Elephant? Why did two immigrants to France create such a patriotically French cartoon in Asterix and Obelix? How should we...
307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses (00:41:51)
What is the true history behind the “madwoman in the attic” in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre? How was Jane Austen’s aunt deeply connected to slavery in Barbados? Who were the British heiresses who marr...
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