Founding Fathers: An American Dream - Trailer

European superpowers battle for control of North America. A charismatic preacher takes the American colonies by storm. And the rabblerouser Samuel Adams leads protests over unfair taxation, ending in tragedy on the streets of Boston. These are the early stages of the American Rev ...  Show more

Boston is in chaos, culminating in a bloody clash between locals and redcoats. From the turmoil steps John Adams...a young lawyer who volunteers to do the least wanted job in the city: defending British soldiers accused of perpetrating a massacre. Later, Parliament comes down har ...  Show more

Divide and rule, a man described as Brian Blessed but ‘with a bigger, bushier, blacker beard’, and a whole lot of regicide. Join Anita and William as they continue to take us through the rip-roaring history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @Emp ...  Show more

Summoned by telegram to a quiet country inn, Holmes and Watson learn the truth behind Violet Hunter’s strange new position. And as darkness falls, a deadly trap is sprung in which the hunter becomes the hunted… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville Written by S ...  Show more

We return to Jeff Frazier as he prepares for an audacious prison break. In the dead of night, with the guards distracted, he’ll make his move. Can he overcome the many obstacles in his path and escape into the jungle? Or will he be caught… and if so, what punishment awaits? A No ...  Show more

Each week, Short History Of... gives you a front-row seat as history’s most extraordinary moments play out right before you. You’ll be up close with the gladiators and the Mongols, unearthing the Terracotta Army, setting sail in Blackbeard’s pirate ship, watching on as the Cold W ...  Show more