Continuing the series that puts a modern slant on history.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo considers the English Civil War and tries to explain how a law-abiding nation can turn to bloodshed and kill its king. He is assisted by, among others, Labour left-winger Ken Livingstone MP.

Radio presenter and former Labour Party spin-doctor Charlie Whelan is at Wembley Stadium to relate the history of the FA Cup final, with fans and players remembering what football's big day was like in a more genteel era. There he hears how Newcastle United goal-scoring hero Jackie Milburn had a quick cigarette and a tot of whisky just before the 1951final. Plus artist Ralph Steadman's re-creation of the day a madman ambushed Queen Victoria with a gun.

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