S8E8: Children Of The Iron Lung | Secret History
For the greater part of the twentieth century, polio spread panic throughout the Western world and caused paralysis in its victims, who were encased in iron lungs and fitted with callipers to support their weakened limbs. The story of these years is explored through the memories of patients, medical staff, and policymakers, and asks whether or not the government was too cautious in its introduction of the polio vaccine. The vaccine had been discovered in 1954 and was enthusiastically welcomed in the United States, but in Britain, the authorities hesitated in establishing a universal immunization program.
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Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin over the 245 days that brought them to power. As the history unfolds, writers and historians debate the meaning of the Russian Revolution.
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
In a radical new approach to televised history, a stellar cast of writers and historians, including Hilary Mantel, David Starkey, Philippa Gregory and others, battle out the story of her last days and give their own unique interpretations of Anne Boleyn's destruction.