1509 Epizód

  1. MH370: The plane that vanished

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 08.

  2. Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 07.

  3. The Carnation Revolution in Portugal

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 06.

  4. French child evacuees of World War Two

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 05.

  5. Uruguay v the tobacco giant

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 04.

  6. The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada

    Közzétéve: 2024. 03. 01.

  7. The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 29.

  8. The lost Czech scrolls

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 28.

  9. Crimea's Soviet holiday camp

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 27.

  10. Russia annexes Crimea

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 26.

  11. Whistler: Creating one of the world’s biggest ski resorts

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 23.

  12. Columbus Lighthouse

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 22.

  13. Trans murder in Honduras

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 21.

  14. Icelandic women's strike

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 20.

  15. The Soviet scientist who made two-headed dogs

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 19.

  16. Supermalt: The malt drink created after the Nigerian civil war

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 16.

  17. The small Irish town known as ‘Little Brazil’

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 15.

  18. The Juliet letters

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 14.

  19. Patty Hearst: Rebel heiress

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 13.

  20. The WW2 escape line that fooled the Nazis

    Közzétéve: 2024. 02. 12.

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