Episodes

  • Episode 4: Elizabeth I: Why was Mary Queen of Scots a problem for Elizabeth?

    Episode 4: Elizabeth I: Why was Mary Queen of Scots a problem for Elizabeth?
    Mar 8 2026
    A quick look at Mary Queen of Scots and why she oresented a challnege to Wlizabeth I, eapecially in 1568 ans how and why Elizabeth ealt with her as she did.
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    20 mins
  • Episode 3: Elizabeth I: Challeneges to the Religious Settlement

    Episode 3: Elizabeth I: Challeneges to the Religious Settlement
    Mar 1 2026
    A look at the three key areas where challenges to the religious settlement came from; the Puritans, noble English Catholics and foreign catholics.
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    24 mins
  • Episode 2: Elizabeth I: The Religious Settlement

    Episode 2: Elizabeth I: The Religious Settlement
    Feb 17 2026
    A look at the compromise nature of the religiius settlement and why it was needed, as well as a quick look at the role of the Church.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 1: Elizabeth I The problems at her accession

    Episode 1: Elizabeth I The problems at her accession
    Feb 16 2026

    A quick look at the issues and challenges facing Elizabeth I when she became queen in 1558.
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    35 mins
  • UK Politics: Party Systems

    UK Politics: Party Systems
    Dec 5 2023
    A look at how we catorgorise UK politicsl parties and what a Party system is and how we could approach an essay defining the type of party system that best describes the UK.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 16: The Cold War: The Collapse of the Warsaw Pact

    Episode 16: The Cold War: The Collapse of the Warsaw Pact
    May 1 2023
    In this episode I look at the events in Eastern Europe in 1988-89 that resulted from Gorbachev's New Thinking and how they would lead to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and freedom and political changes that would effectively end the Cold War in Europe.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 15: The Cold War: Gorbachev and the ending of the Cold War

    Episode 15: The Cold War: Gorbachev and the ending of the Cold War
    Apr 28 2023
    A look at Gorbachev and his New Thinking, including rhe impact it had on the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War with America.
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    33 mins
  • Episode 14: The Cold War: Changing leaders 1980-85

    Episode 14: The Cold War: Changing leaders 1980-85
    Apr 26 2023
    A look at the period 1980-85 and the changing leadership in the USSR
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    11 mins