Michael Portillo discovers how romantic memories of the French Resistance created a military legend which overshadowed its more important political role in post-war France. Show more
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Michael Portillo looks at the Indian struggle for independence in the early twentieth century and finds that there was violent as well as peaceful protest. Show more
Michael Portillo examines Neville Chamberlain's declaration of 'peace for our time' to jubilant crowds on 30th September 1938. Show more
Michael Portillo revisits the police strikes of 1918-19 and discovers a moment more revolutionary than the general strike of 1926. Show more
We remember the defeat of the Spanish Armada as a triumph for the English underdog. But we forget that England sent a fleet of similar strengh back to Spain the very next year. Show more
Michael Portillo reconsiders the uncomfortable facts of invasion and occupation which lie behind the popular celebration of The Glorious Revolution of 1688. Show more
Michael Portillo explores the Hanseatic League, a precursor to more modern attempts at European free trade, which happened over 500 years ago. Show more
Georgian England is remembered for its elegant architecture and regency refinement, but behind the facade Michael Portillo finds an age full of riots and political strife. 3/4. Show more
Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting great moments of history which often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance. 1/4: On Suffragettes.
Michael Portillo explores how the barons responsible for Magna Carta, considered 'noble defenders of English liberty', also aided a little-known French invasion of England in 1216. Show more
Michael Portillo remembers the Morgenthau Plan which aimed to strip post-war Germany of its industry and turn it into an agricultural country. It was replaced by the Marshall Plan. Show more
Michael Portillo examines the real events of the Boston Tea Party and sees how a murky and ambiguous act of vandalism has been recast as a founding moment in American liberty. Show more
Michael Portillo asks whether our popular memory of the past conceals forgotten truths, comparing the myths and reality of the Great Depression in 1930s America. Show more
Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting great moments of history which often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance. The Bengal Famine. Show more
Through the story of a German night fighter captured in Suffolk, Michael Portillo remembers the crucial electronic war waged between the Axis and the Allies. Show more
Michael Portillo re-examines the reputation of the League of Nations. Born at the end of World War One it has been damned for failing to avoid a second conflict. But is that fair? Show more
Michael Portillo revisits great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal, but forgotten, importance. This week, the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Show more
Michael Portillo looks again at Harold, the last of the Saxon Kings, his limited claims to the throne and the fragility of the nation state he strove to defend. Show more
Michael Portillo explores the myth and reality of Joan of Arc, seen as the saviour of France in 1429. But have we forgotten another Frenchwoman who did more to save the nation? Show more
Michael tells the story of battles fought in the last 100 days of the war and explores how British forces progressed from the slaughter of the Somme to the victories of 1918.