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Journey Through Time

Episodes

79. McCarthyism: Paving The Way For Trump (Ep 6)

78. McCarthyism: The Fall of Joseph McCarthy (Ep 5)

77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)

76. McCarthyism: Spies, Lies, And Smears (Ep 3)

75. McCarthyism: Hollywood on Trial (Ep 2)

74. McCarthyism: How The Red Scare Gripped America (Ep 1)

73. Chernobyl: An Explosion That Brought Down A Superpower (Ep 6)

72. Chernobyl: Soviet Secrets Are Still Coming Out (Ep 5)

71. Chernobyl: Three Men Who Saved Europe (Ep 4)

70. Chernobyl: The Battle Against Nuclear Fallout (Ep 3)

69. Chernobyl: The Countdown To Catastrophe (Ep 2)

68. Chernobyl: The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History (Ep 1)

67. The Spanish Civil War: The Death of Democracy (Ep 6)

66. The Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Picasso and The Nazis (Ep 5)

65. The Spanish Civil War: Orwell V Stalin (Ep 4)

64. The Spanish Civil War: A Nazi Training Ground (Ep 3)

63. The Spanish Civil War: Fighting Fascism With Hemingway And Orwell (Ep 2)

62. The Spanish Civil War: A Nation In Flames (Ep 1)

61. A Christmas Carol: From Alastair Sim To The Muppets (Ep 3)

60. A Christmas Carol: The Radical Message Hidden In A Holiday Classic (Ep 2)

59. A Christmas Carol: The Book That Brought Back Christmas (Ep 1)

58. Black GIs: Brown Babies and Broken Hearts (Ep 5)

57. Black GIs: American Mutiny On British Streets (Ep 4)

56. Black GIs: The Battle of Bamber Bridge (Ep 3)

55. Black GIs: We Ain’t No Slaves, This Is England (Ep 2)

54. Black GIs: When Jim Crow Came To Britain (Ep 1)

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53. Harriet Tubman: The Woman Who Led An Army (Ep 4)

52. Harriet Tubman: How Most Wanted Woman Never Got Caught (Ep 3)

51. Harriet Tubman: The Underground Railroad From Slavery To Freedom (Ep 2)

50. Harriet Tubman: The Freedom Fighter Who Escaped From Slavery (Ep 1)

49. The Paris Commune: France Wages War On Its Own Capital (Ep 4)

48. The Paris Commune: Can The City Of Lights Govern Itself? (Ep 3)

47. The Paris Commune: The City That Ate Its Zoo (Ep 2)

46. The Paris Commune: France’s Bloodiest Revolution (Ep 1)

45. The Gunpowder Plot: Why Do We Remember The Fifth Of November? (Ep 4)

44. The Gunpowder Plot: Conspirators Caught Red-Handed (Ep 3)

43. The Gunpowder Plot: The Recruitment of Guy Fawkes (Ep 2)

42. The Gunpowder Plot: Britain’s Most Famous Traitors (Ep 1)

41. Salem Witch Trials: The Legacy (Ep 3)

40. How The Salem Witch Trials Became Deadly (Ep 2)

39. What Started The Salem Witch Hunt? (Ep 1)

38. The Man Behind Big Brother: Why We’re Hooked on Reality TV (Ep 4)

37. From The Kardashians to Donald Trump: The History of Reality TV (Ep 3)

36. The Art of Manipulation: The History of Reality TV (Ep 2)

35. Why We’re Obsessed With The Traitors: The History of Reality TV (Ep 1)

34. Cotton Will Bring The World To its Knees: The Craziest Gamble in History (Ep 3)

33. Prince Albert’s Dying Wish: Stopping An American-British War (Ep 2)

32. From Lincoln to Obama: A History of the Special Relationship (Ep 1)

31. Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream (Ep 2)

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