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Historical film TV and radio
From binge-worthy period dramas to award-winning documentaries, find out why historical movies, TV and radio programs are more popular than ever, with this series of articles, podcasts and video
Growing up in the dark shadow of trauma: Robert Rinder on the legacy of Holocaust
Tudor queens on screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
A brief guide to the British royal family, by The Crown’s historian Robert Lacey
In profile: Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx
Catalina: the real history of The Spanish Princess favourite
Afua Hirsch on tracing the story of the transatlantic slave trade
20th Centurygallery**The Crown S4 news: Netflix releases first images of Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher**
The real history behind The Spanish Princess
The Crown S4 cast: which real historical figures feature in season four of Netflix’s royal drama – and what did they really look like?
Your guide to Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs
The real history behind Victorian thriller ‘The Limehouse Golem’
The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds
The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound
Good drama, bad history: 11 historically inaccurate films you need to watch
Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair
Explore the Industrial Revolution – “the world’s greatest makeover” – with Monkman & Seagull
What did Queen Victoria really look like?
The Last Kingdom S4 E9 review: a tense penultimate episode sees the Saxon heart “ripped out”
The Last Kingdom S4 E10 review: resettled pieces on the board allow drama to “catch up” with history
The Last Kingdom S4 E8 review: a fiery opening paves the way for a new ruler of Mercia
Percy Fawcett and the search for the 'Lost City Of Z'
Who were the gladiators of ancient Rome? Plus Spartacus, Crixus and 8 more fighters you should know
The Last Kingdom S4 E5 review: “This has to rank among the more gruesome episodes of the season, if not the series”
The Last Kingdom S4 E6 review: a mysterious medieval ‘Sickness’ leaves its mark
The Last Kingdom S4 E3 review: moments of introspection remind us of history’s “shared humanity”
The Last Kingdom S4 E4 review: “Royal rage could be a terrible thing in the early Middle Ages”
The Last Kingdom S4 E1 review: will Alfred’s legacy come tumbling down?
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