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The Battles That Won Our Freedoms

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A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.

The stories of the most dramatic, high-stakes battles in our history that helped to win liberties we take for granted.

The Battles That Won Our Freedoms 

The Battles That Won Our Freedoms: 1 Freedom from Absolute Monarchy

1 Freedom from Absolute Monarchy

BBC Radio 4 - The Battles That Won Our Freedoms, 1 Freedom from Absolute Monarchy

Series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.

Phil Tinline asks historian David Carpenter to explain how Magna Carta challenged King John's tyranny in 1215 and asks Saudi human rights activist Ghanem Almasarir for his response

In this first episode, Phil Tinline asks historian Professor David Carpenter to explain how Magna Carta challenged King John's tyranny in 1215 - and asks exiled Saudi human rights activist Ghanem Almasarir what he makes of the story, given his own experience of perhaps the nearest thing the world today has to an absolute monarchy.

Producer: Phil Tinline
The Battles That Won Our Freedoms was first broadcast in 2019.

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