South African history. When, on 27th March 1960, OR Tambo was driven across the border to begin his ‘mission in exile’, he could not have suspected that he would not step foot on South African soil again for the next 30 years. His triumphant return in 199

South African history. These two very different, identical twins played a dramatic role in some of the crucial events of the early 1990s in South Africa as the negotiations between the ANC and NP stumbled. Leave your comments and questions here. This epis

South African history. For 13 years, Suzman was the only member of South Africa’s parliament who opposed apartheid. She did the work of an opposition party by herself and exposed some of the worst abuses of the apartheid system. Leave your comments and qu

Nazi Germany. The Nazis and the churches: the story of how someone who supported the Nazis in the 1920s and early 1930s became one of their most significant opponents (and wrote a famous poem). Leave your comments and questions here. This episode will hel

The History of Medicine. The inventor of the first powerful microscope and the first person to ever see single-celled organisms, discovering a whole new world that is all around us. Leave your comments and questions here. This episode will help you to rev

The History of Medicine. Does Thomas Sydenham deserve his title as the greatest ever English doctor? Leave your comments and questions here. This episode will help you to revise for GCSE history courses on medicine and health in Britain.

The History of Medicine. Microbes, mice and vaccines: how a German doctor hunted microbes, developed the methods required to produce the first man-made vaccines and revolutionised medical science. Leave your comments and questions here. This episode