William Dalrymple charts the rise of the East India Company, from the decline of the Mughals to alliance with powerful Indian bankers, as well as weighing in on some of the most important questions which have dogged the role of the British in India for generations. Producer: Peter Curry
The House of Romanov was the second dynasty, after the Rurik dynasty, to rule over Russia, which reigned from 1613 until the abdication of Czar Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, as a result of the February Revolution. British historian Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore joins Dan to chat about this Rus...
Dan talks to Professor Christopher Gerrard and Julie Biddlecombe-Brown about the skeletons and the exhibition about their story.
Professor Anna Whitelock is an historian, author, broadcaster, royal commentator, Director of Centre for Public History, RHUL. Anna's latest book is entitled 'Elizabeth's Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen's Court'.
