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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

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79 Splitting the Atom, Rutherford building, Manchester

36 mins; November 22, 2021

78 Great Victorian Endeavour, White Cliffs of Dover, Kent

24 mins; November 15, 2021

77 Disaster at sea! Eyemouth, Berwickshire

28 mins; November 08, 2021

76 Ireland’s Teardrop, Fastnet Rock

28 mins; November 01, 2021

75 The Great Hunger - An Gorta Mór, County Cork

25 mins; October 25, 2021

74 The Tolpuddle Martyrs, Dorset

28 mins; October 18, 2021

73 Discovering Dinosaurs, The Jurassic Coast, Dorset

22 mins; October 11, 2021

72 The Bronte Sisters, Haworth, Yorkshire

30 mins; October 04, 2021

71. Saving Lives at Sea, Smalls Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire

27 mins; September 27, 2021

70 Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory, Portsmouth

32 mins; September 20, 2021

69 Admiral Nelson, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.

28 mins; September 13, 2021

68. The Highland Clearances, Bettyhill, Sutherland

34 mins; September 06, 2021

67. Abolition of Slavery, Kingston upon Hull

30 mins; August 30, 2021

66. The Last invasion of Britain, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire

28 mins; August 23, 2021

65. The Tobacco Lords & the Slave Trade, Merchant City, Glasgow

28 mins; August 16, 2021

64. The United States of America attacks Britain, Whitehaven, Cumbria

27 mins; August 09, 2021

63. Auld Lang Syne & Robert Burns, Dumfries

36 mins; August 02, 2021

62. The Birth of the Industrial Revolution, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire

21 mins; July 26, 2021

61. Isaac Newton & Weighing the World - Schiehallion, Perthshire

30 mins; July 19, 2021

60. General James Wolfe and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

27 mins; July 12, 2021

59. Sat on a Volcano! Edinburgh

34 mins; July 05, 2021

58. Captain Cook Sets Sail, Whitby, North Yorkshire.

30 mins; June 28, 2021

57. Captain Cook - Where Dreams Are Made, Yorkshire

23 mins; June 21, 2021

56. The Jacobites Last Stand, Culloden

33 mins; June 14, 2021

55. England & Scotland United! St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

33 mins; June 07, 2021

54. The Pitchfork Rebellion, Somerset.

32 mins; May 31, 2021

53. Civil War! Lansdown Hill, Bath.

31 mins; May 24, 2021

52. Civil War Coming! Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

28 mins; May 17, 2021

51. White Slavery, Dunashad Castle

25 mins; May 10, 2021

50. Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre, London

28 mins; May 03, 2021

49. Hampton Court Palace

30 mins; April 26, 2021

48. The Spanish Armada, the Giant’s Causeway

32 mins; April 19, 2021

47. Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada

28 mins; April 12, 2021

46. Francis Drake and the Golden Hind, Aldeburgh

30 mins; April 05, 2021

45. The Battle of Flodden, Northumberland

36 mins; March 29, 2021

44. Scotland’s Silver Brooch, Stirling

33 mins; March 22, 2021

43. The League of Legends, Kings Lynn

28 mins; March 15, 2021

42. Lost in the Mire, Morecambe Bay Sands, Lancashire

24 mins; March 08, 2021

41. Last Stands of the Brave, Harlech Castle

32 mins; March 01, 2021

40. The Wars of the Roses, Westminister Abbey

32 mins; February 22, 2021

39. Making A King, Robert the Bruce

39 mins; February 15, 2021

38. Europe’s Oldest Living Thing, Perthshire

29 mins; February 08, 2021

37. Glastonbury, Somerset

33 mins; February 01, 2021

36. Robert the Bruce and the Declaration of Arbroath

31 mins; January 25, 2021

35. St Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall

31 mins; January 18, 2021

34. The heart of the British Isles, Snaefell, Isle of Man

27 mins; January 11, 2021

33. Magna Carta

29 mins; January 04, 2021

32. Durham Cathedral

32 mins; December 28, 2020

31. The Great War

34 mins; December 21, 2020

30. A Great King, Hyde Abbey, Winchester

34 mins; December 14, 2020

29. King Alfred the Great versus the Viking, The Alfred Jewel

26 mins; December 07, 2020

28. The Vikings Great Heathen Army, Repton, Derbyshire

38 mins; November 30, 2020

27. The Vikings Are Here! Brough of Birsay, Orkney.

37 mins; November 23, 2020

26. The Vikings, Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

35 mins; November 16, 2020

25. King Arthur, Northumberland

35 mins; November 09, 2020

24. Iona, Inner Hebrides

41 mins; November 02, 2020

23. Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent

37 mins; October 26, 2020

22. Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland

45 mins; October 19, 2020

21. The Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset

48 mins; October 12, 2020

20. At the End of the Earth, Inishmore

39 mins; October 05, 2020

19. Reflections of another World, Llyn Fawr, Mid-Glamorgan

36 mins; September 28, 2020

18. The Dover Boat, Kent

39 mins; September 21, 2020

17. The Power Marriage, Great Orme, Llandudno,

37 mins; September 14, 2020

16. Dawn Of A New Age, Pendeen, Cornwall

37 mins; September 07, 2020

15. The Welsh Atlantis, Cantre’r Gwaelod. Borth, Ceredigion

34 mins; August 31, 2020

14. The Time Traveller, The Amesbury Archer, Salisbury Museum

38 mins; August 24, 2020

13. Grand Designs Writ Large - Silbury Hill, Wiltshire

36 mins; August 17, 2020

12. The World’s Largest Stone Circle – Avebury, Wiltshire

42 mins; August 10, 2020

11. A Wonder Of The World – Stonehenge, Wiltshire

37 mins; August 03, 2020

10. Tomb Detectives – West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire

35 mins; July 27, 2020

9. Inventing Heaven – Great Langdale, lake district

39 mins; July 20, 2020

8. Chasing The Future - Grime’s Graves, Norfolk

39 mins; July 13, 2020

7. Walking With The Dead - Newgrange and Knowth, County Meath

43 mins; July 06, 2020

6. Hidden Power – The Ness of Brodgar, Orkney

38 mins; June 29, 2020

5. The Daily Grind – Ceide Fields, County Mayo

37 mins; June 22, 2020

4. The British Isles Are Born - Montrose Basin, Angus

32 mins; June 15, 2020

3. The Horse Head of Robin Hood’s Cave - Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire Border

37 mins; June 08, 2020

2. Mistaken Identity - West Glamorgan

33 mins; June 01, 2020

1. In Our Ancestors' Footsteps - Happisburgh, Norfolk

31 mins; May 25, 2020

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