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Stanislavsky: Founder of Modern Acting

Bridget Kendall presents the ideas discussion show.

• 28 mins

From Straw Poll to Opinion Poll

Exploring the past, present and future of opinion polling

• 28 mins

Cotton: Yarn with a Twist

Bridget Kendall and guests explore the chequered history of the original global fabric.

• 28 mins

Magellan: First Man Round the Globe?

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss Ferdinand Magellan's efforts to sail round the world.

• 28 mins

Boudica - Warrior Queen

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss Boudica's rebellion against the Romans in Britain.

• 28 mins

Material World: Making the Modern Factory

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the development of the factory and its global rise.

• 28 mins

Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion Revolutionary

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the impact of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

• 28 mins

Machu Picchu: The Secrets of a Forgotten City

Bridget Kendall and guests discuss the enigma of the Inca mountain retreat.

• 28 mins

Sankara: Africa's Revolutionary President

The life and legacy of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary first president of Burkina Faso.

• 28 mins

Christina of Sweden: Queen of Surprises

The rebellious monarch who scandalised 17th-century Europe.

• 28 mins

The Tales of Timbuktu

Bridget Kendall and guests explore how a remote desert town in Mali became world famous

• 28 mins

The Little Prince: Lessons from an Aviator’s Life

The life and works of Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• 28 mins

Who Was the Real Cleopatra?

Bridget Kendall and guests unpick fact from fiction in the life of the last Queen of Egypt

• 28 mins

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Revealing the Gulag

The Russian writer who exposed the grim, nightmarish world of Soviet forced labour camps

• 28 mins

Cambodia's ancient Khmer Empire

Builders and sculptors of Southeast Asia's awe-inspiring monuments.

• 28 mins