The Rest Is History

What caused the outbreak of the Crimean War in spring 1854? Who were the glamorous cavalry commanders responsible for ordering and leading the Charge of the Light Brigade? And, why was this great calamity so gloriously enshrined in the minds of the Victorian public?

Join Tom and Dominic as they launch into the Crimean War; one of the most extraordinary conflicts in all world history. An innovatively modern war, still fought by sabre-waving men on horseback clad in sumptuous uniforms. A story rife with colourful characters and shocking mishaps, climaxing in the Charge of the Light Brigade.

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Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton

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Senior Producer: Callum Hill

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Three days into the Hungarian Uprising against the Soviet Union, had the revolution escalated nationwide? How did the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev respond? And, with the threat of a Red Army invasion, would Hungary abandon the Soviet Pact?

Join Dominic and Tom as they reach the violent denouement of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and explain its bloody outcome.

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What triggered the Hungarian Revolution in 1956? Was Stalinism still the major political force in Hungary, even after the paranoid dictator’s death? And, how did the revolution almost bring down the Soviet Empire during the peak of the Cold War?

Join Dominic and Tom as they delve into the tragic, dramatic story of the Hungarian Revolution, which brought the seemingly indomitable USSR to the brink of disaster…

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Senior Producer: Callum Hill

Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
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What role did France, Russia, America and Israel play in the Suez Crisis of 1956? Did the Egyptian leader, President Gamal Abdel Nasser, respond to the foreign invasion with military force? And, how did the debacle unfold?

Join Dominic and Tom as they embark upon the final, dramatic leg of the Suez Crisis, and explain the outcome of the scandal.

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Why did the Suez Crisis break out in 1956? Who were Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister at the heart of the scandal, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian President? And, would the crisis be the death knell to the British Empire?

Join Dominic and Tom as they begin their journey into one of the greatest international scandals of all time, in the dying days of the British Empire.

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Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude

Senior Producer: Callum Hill

Executive Producer: Dom Johnson
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