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The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
30 minutes
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Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.
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The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
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Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1
28 minutes
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Back to Italy with guerrilla numero uno
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Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2
28 minutes
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Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
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The Invention of Britain #3
31 minutes
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Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
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The Invention of Britain #2
31 minutes
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Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
The Invention of France #2
The Invention of France #3
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The Alps - an icy row of teeth
28 minutes
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How the Alps divide Europe in two
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Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!
25 minutes
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Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops
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The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
26 minutes
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Natural borders vs mountain borders
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The Invention of Spain #1
29 minutes
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What is Catalonia? What's Castille?
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The Invention of Spain #2
28 minutes
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The heroic last stand
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The Invention of Brazil #2
30 minutes
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Independence or death!
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The Invention of Italy #3
28 minutes
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Big appetite, bad teeth
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Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
27 minutes
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The Invention of France #1
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The Invention of Italy #1
29 minutes
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A less than sturdy boot
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The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age
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How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decades
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1
28 minutes
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How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?
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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2
28 minutes
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King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?