518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)

518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)

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630. Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

What are the complex origins of Russia’s most renowned composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? What inner conflicts and private contradictions lay behind his romantic music, and how did these struggles shape it? And, what dark secrets lie hidden beneath Tchaikovsky’s sweeping, lyrica ...  Show more

629. WWI: The Christmas Truce

Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - really occur, or was it a myth? What is the real story behind this legendary event? And, did German and British soldiers really play ...  Show more

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