Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution. Across the continent, from Paris to Palermo, liberals rose against conservative governments. The first stirrings of rebellion came in January, in Sicily; in February the French monarchy fel ...Show more
David and Helen talk to historian Chris Clark about the 1848 revolutions and what they teach us about political change. What explains the contagiousness of the revolutionary moment? Is it possible to combine parliamentary reform with street politics? Where does counter-revolution ...Show more
En febrero de 1917, la guerra y el hambre abrieron las puertas a la caída del régimen zarista. ocho meses después le siguió la conquista del poder por los bolcheviques. Repasamos qué provocó y cómo finalizó la revolución que cambió la historia de Europa de la mano de Rusia.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution. In 1791 an uprising began in the French colonial territory of St Domingue. Partly a consequence of the French Revolution and partly a backlash against the brutality of slave owners, it turned into a complex struggle invo ...Show more