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Why Liverpool 8 exploded - and what happened next

Why Liverpool 8 exploded - and what happened next Creative commons imageCredit: John S Turner under CC-BY-SA licence
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 26 Jul 2011
By Professor Laurie Taylor, Dr Richard Phillips, Dr Diane Frost
Thirty years after the centre of Liverpool was the site of sustained rioting, a new book explores the causes, and finds out what happened next....
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Exorcism in everyday life

Exorcism in everyday life Copyrighted imageCredit: Jupiter Images
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 22 Sep 2009
By Professor Jenny Hockey, Reverend Tom Willis
Jenny Hockey meets Tom Willis, a Church of England exorcist, and explores his role
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The English Civil War: Tremors - Introduction

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The English Civil War: Tremors - Introduction Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By Tristram Hunt, The Civil War team
Tristram Hunt introduces the section that explores the gathering rumblings before the war.
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The Breakdown - Scottish Origins of the Civil War

The Breakdown - Scottish Origins of the Civil War Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Charles' attempts to rule three kingdoms as one explains the Scottish Origins of the Civil War
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Aftershocks - The Restoration

Aftershocks - The Restoration Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
The imperfect development of political consciousness in the mid- seventeenth century is revealed in the Stuart Restoration
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Tremors - Reformation & Counter-reformation Europe

Tremors - Reformation & Counter-reformation Europe Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
The authority of the Catholic Church shattered; Europe reacts: Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
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Endgame - The Second Civil War

Endgame - The Second Civil War Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
It was to be short, but brutal: the Second Civil War
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Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns

Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
James Stuart moved two nations closer together through the Union of the Crowns
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The English Civil War: Aftershocks - 1650 - 1701 - Introduction

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The English Civil War: Aftershocks - 1650 - 1701 - Introduction Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By Tristram Hunt
Tristram Hunt introduces the final chapter - what happened next, as the nation struggled to live with the aftershocks?
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The Breakdown - Early years of Charles I

The Breakdown - Early years of Charles I Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Not having been born to the throne, there were many mistakes in the early reign of Charles I
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