What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be... more

Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth... more

This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like... more

The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy... more

When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm?... more

Can suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against... more

Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will... more

Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins... more

Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading... more

The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the... more