As the 1970s dawns, a European Power still possesses colonies in Africa. Since 1961, Portugal has been involved in a brutal irregular war in its three remaining African territories. But things are about to change. Developments amongst the army and the wider world will change not only the wars but Portuguese society itself forever.

Professor Pedro Oliveira joins me to talk about these colonial conflicts. He has written extensively about this area of Portuguese history.

Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses", by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

In April 1975, a deadly plague struck the world- on British television. This was when the first series of Survivors was broadcast, a fictional drama about a pandemic which wipes out most of humanity. The survivors of this disaster now face a lawless world where they must learn the ways of self-reliance.

A classic of British TV, Survivors also highlights many concerns of the British public of the mid-1970s and it strikes a different chord watching it today, with our own society having gone through an eerily similar crisis.

Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses", by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.

As England is racked by noble rebellions during the 1450s, a new faction emerges at court, led by the Duke of York, known as the Yorkists. Out of this group will emerge Prince Edward, the Duke's son, who will go on to claim the throne for himself...

Next episode in the series on England's royal Edwards post-1066, I'm joined by Dr David Grummitt to talk about King Edward IV, the ruler forged in the dynastic struggle of the Wars of the Roses.

Cover artwork: "Comfort of a Bed of Roses", by James Gillray, courtesy of Look and Learn History Picture Archive.

Music by Lexin Music from Pixabay.