012 The Empire Strikes Back
Frustrated on all fronts, the British mobilize the enormous resources of their Empire in a bid to defeat the Boers once and for all.
6 Des 201539min
011 Moving Like the Wind
The British get the war they want with the Boer republics in South Africa, but the Boers turn out to be more than the British can handle. At first.
22 Nov 201539min
010 Lest We Forget
Britain is still very much a class-bound society at home and a military power abroad. A look at the state of the Empire in the late 19th century, with a special emphasis on Ireland and South Africa.
15 Nov 201539min
009 Dark Clouds
What are cathode rays? X-rays? Radioactivity? How old is the Earth? Inquiring minds want to know. Also, in an age when only men can vote, the greatest scientist of the time is a woman. And Polish. Tak...
8 Nov 201537min
008 J'Accuse...!
France at the turn of the century was rocked by the Dreyfus Affair, where an innocent soldier was convicted of treason, and the Army went to incredible lengths in its refusal to acknowledge what becam...
1 Nov 201548min
007 La Belle Époque
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
25 Okt 201545min
006 White Man's Burden
As relations between the Americans and the Filipinos degenerate into open combat, the war to liberate Cuba becomes a war to subjugate the Philippines.
18 Okt 201526min
005s Documents
...and imbued with firm confidence in Divine Providence, we hereby mutually bind ourselves to support this Declaration with our lives, our fortunes, and with our most sacred possession, our Honor....
15 Okt 20156min
