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The appeal of witchcraft is rising among young people and TV historian Tony McMahon investigates why it's becoming more popular

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The year 1300 CE saw heretics all over Europe rebel against the Roman Catholic church as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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The Summerland fire disaster of 1973 is a largely forgotten tragedy so TV historian Tony McMahon investigates this appalling incident

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TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979 that has led up to today's nuclear crisis

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In the medieval period it was believed the the Roman poet Virgil practised witchcraft at the Colosseum as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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Attitudes to sex changed in the 1980s with the HIV and AIDS pandemic as well as a new conservatism as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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There was an American invasion of Canada in 1812 by US President James Madison as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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TV historian Tony McMahon looks at how British witches allegedly stopped the Nazis invading in 1941 by using their magical powers

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Essex born TV historian Tony McMahon goes in search of the witches and devils of Essex and finds there's quite a few!

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The disturbing story of a witch who wanted to be pope. TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the notorious female heretic Guglielma.

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Social media has moved in the 21st century from Friends Reunited through Bebo and MySpace to TikTok as Tony McMahon discovers

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Before social media people were invisible in the 1980s and 1990s argues TV historian Tony McMahon who grew up in those decades

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You all know that on Good Friday, Jesus Christ was crucified. And on Easter Sunday, he rose from the dead. But what happened on Saturday?

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The Inquisition has a poor understanding of sexuality but as Tony McMahon discovers, it persecuted many LGBT people regardless

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The female African rebel Kimpa Vita has been described as the African Joan of Arc - TV historian Tony McMahon finds out why

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The Basque Witch Trials were ten times bigger than the later Salem witch hunt as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers to his horror

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At three convents in the 17th century, nuns claimed to be possessed by the Devil - and were investigated by the inquisition. Was it all mass hysteria? Tony McMahon investigates.