Spain

Episode 1

Misha Glenny begins a history of Spain with the momentous year of 1492.

• 30 mins

Spain

Episode 2

Misha on flashpoints and fragmentation in the Spanish monarchy's territorial possessions.

• 30 mins

Spain

Episode 3

Misha Glenny presents a history of Spain.

• 30 mins

Italy

Episode 1

Misha Glenny begins his history with the French invasion of 1494.

• 28 mins

Italy

Episode 2

Misha explores Italian unification, beginning with Napoleon's call to the peoples of Italy

• 28 mins

Italy

Episode 3

Misha Glenny explores the ambitious targets of Italian warmongers in the First World War.

• 28 mins

Brazil

Episode 1: The Portuguese

Misha Glenny presents a history of Brazil from 1500 to the end of the Second World War.

• 28 mins

Brazil

Episode 2: The British

Misha Glenny on how, in 1808, the entire Portuguese court moved across the Atlantic.

• 28 mins

Brazil

Getulio Vargas and the USA

Misha Glenny explores the life of Getulio Vargas, the man who changed Brazil.

• 28 mins

France

Joan of Arc

Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in France's history.

• 28 mins

France

Maximilien Robespierre

Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

• 28 mins

France

Le Petit Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War

Misha Glenny explores the crucial events of 1870 and the Franco-Prussian war.

• 28 mins

The USA

'It'll never work!'

The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

• 30 mins

The USA

Borderlands

The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

• 30 mins

The USA

The Melting Pot

The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?

• 30 mins

The Netherlands

Orange Fever

Misha Glenny explores a pivot of western history, the Netherlands.

• 28 mins

The Netherlands

The Golden Age

Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands.

• 28 mins

The Netherlands

Why Belgium?

Misha Glenny ends his travels in the Netherlands in Brussels, home of the EU.

• 28 mins

Britain

Like Quicksand for the Uninitiated

A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples, the stories we tell ourselves.

• 28 mins

Britain

Anglocentrism... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves

Misha Glenny on the role of England in the Invention of Britain

• 28 mins

Britain

Insecurity... from Dover to Dublin and beyond

A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples and the stories we tell ourselves.

• 28 mins

Britain

So Many Different Little Corners

Who are the Scots, the Irish, the English and the Welsh? What do these words even mean?

• 28 mins

Scandinavia

The Bridge

Misha Glenny looks at the people, the borders and the histories of Scandinavia.

• 28 mins

Scandinavia

The Viking Inheritance

Why Sweden has not always been the peace-loving nation it is today, with Misha Glenny.

• 28 mins

Scandinavia

The Narcissism of Small Differences

Misha Glenny looks at how Norway emerged as the richest Scandinavian nation of all.

• 28 mins

Poland

Obliterated from the map

Misha Glenny on how Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine were wiped from the map.

• 28 mins

Poland

A nation without a state

For 123 years Poland was divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria - how did it survive?

• 28 mins

Poland

Stalin on one side, Hitler from the left

In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up.

• 28 mins

Russia

A Tale of Two Ivans

What is Russia and where did it come from? Misha Glenny presents.

• 28 mins

Russia

The Empire Strikes Back

How little Moscow expanded into the biggest country in the world.

• 28 mins