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    Ian Fleming

    Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. What is his real story?

  2. Hurricane Katrina

    In August 2005, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded hit the United States.

  3. Highwaymen

    What's the real story of the highwaymen? The rogues who are imortalised in art and myth

  4. Henry VIII

    In 1509, at just seventeen years old, Henry VIII was crowned King of England.

  5. Harry Houdini

    Harry Houdini's incredible tricks, illusions and escapes have become the stuff of legend.

  6. Hadrian’s Wall

    Hadrian’s Wall was built to mark the extent of the Roman Empire in Britain.

  7. George Orwell

    Perhaps best known for Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell became a chronicler of modern society

  8. Gaudí

    Antoni Gaudí created some of history’s best-loved architecture.

  9. Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo is as much a modern icon for her personal flair as she is for her paintings.

  10. Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale has gone down in history as the founder of modern nursing.

  11. First Emperor of China

    How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?

  12. Female Spies of World War Two

    During World War 2, dozens of British-trained women were deployed as spies and saboteurs.

  13. Ernest Shackleton

    Shackleton’s 1915 expedition is one of history’s greatest tales of human endurance.

  14. Ernest Hemingway

    Sixty years after his death, Hemingway remains a symbol of modernism and masculinity.

  15. Emperor Nero

    Nero is one of the most infamous leaders of Rome, but was he as bad as history suggests?

  16. Elvis Presley

    One of the best-selling solo music artists of all time: Elvis Presley

  17. Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt redefined the role of the First Lady of the United States.

  18. Easter Island

    Easter Island is best known for its hundreds of giant stone statues.

  19. Dr David Livingstone

    Dr Livingstone was an adventurer, doctor, and Christian missionary. What's his story?

  20. Domesday Book

    The Domesday Book has survived almost 1,000 years of turmoil, war and politics.

  21. David Bowie

    How did David Bowie transform himself into a superstar and change pop music forever?

  22. D.B. Cooper

    In 1971, D.B. Cooper became the subject of one of the strangest cases in FBI history.

  23. Constantinople

    Constantinople, the bridge between East and West, where ideas, trade, & people converged.

  24. Cleopatra

    Cleopatra’s legend has endured the ages. Manipulative femme fatale? The true story.

  25. Christopher Columbus

    Columbus is famous for reaching the Americas and opening a new world to European pioneers

  26. Chichén Itza

    Explore the rise, influence, and mysterious abandonment of Chichén Itza, a Maya marvel.

  27. Chernobyl

    1986. The Chernobyl power plant becomes the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.

  28. Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin's wistful slapstick lit up the silver screen like no one else.

  29. Charles Dickens

    One of the world's most celebrated novelists. What is the real Charles Dickens story?

  30. Charlemagne

    Charlemagne remains one of the towering figures of European history.

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