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Quick, fact-checked history
The Old Fox's Library
Pull up a chair: quick, fact-checked history from the Old Fox's bookshelf, from the pyramids to the Great Fire of London.
7 stories · new Shorts every evening at 6pm UK time
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Episode 1
Premieres 21 Oct at 6pm
The Great Pyramid wasn't built by slaves
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Episode 2
Premieres 24 Oct at 6pm
Stonehenge was once sold at auction
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Episode 3
Premieres 27 Oct at 6pm
Titanic had more lifeboats than the law required
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Episode 4
Premieres 30 Oct at 6pm
Were the Tower ravens a Victorian invention?
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Episode 5
Premieres 2 Nov at 6pm
Why are Roman roads so straight?
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Episode 6
Premieres 5 Nov at 6pm
What did you win at the first Olympics?
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Episode 7
Premieres 7 Nov at 6pm
The Great Fire of London and Pepys's buried cheese
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