Season 1
Tituba, The Black Witch Of Salem
Tituba was a slave in the highly religious town of Salem, Massachusetts. After being wrongly convicted of witchcraft she ensur…
Abu Tahir Al-Jannabi, The Muslim Who Sacked Mecca
Abu Tahir was the leader of a mystical offshoot of mainstream Islam known as 'The Qarmatians'. He created a kind of 'proto-com…
Eugene Of Savoy, Saviour Of House Habsburg
Eugene was a French aristocrat born in the 17th century. After being snubbed by the French King for his ugly face and frail b…
Blackbeard, Scourge Of The Sea
Blackbeard was a pirate from the 18th century. He delighted in terrorising pirates and civilians alike as his iconic Jolly Roger …
Imadaddin Nasimi, The Poet Martyr
Imadaddin Nasimi wrote heretical poetry in 14th century Azerbaijan. Despite being banned, his altruistic poetry was incredibly po…
St Gregory The Illuminator And The Birth Of The Church
St Gregory was one of the first Christian missionaries in the 3rd century. He bought his faith to Armenia, and received a host…
The First King Of Numidia, Masinissa
Masinissa was the son of a minor Berber Chieftain around the time of the Punic Wars. Through his skills as a cavalry commander …
Wilfred the Hairy And Charlemagne's Last Rump State
The March of Barcelona was created as a buffer zone by Charlemagne in the 8th century. Over the course of years, all counties e…
The Slave Who Became A King, Zumbi Dos Palmares
Zumbi was a descendant of Angolan royalty who was enslaved and sent to Brazil. He led a guerrilla war against the Portuguese, …
Ned Kelly, The Last Bushranger
Ned Kelly was an Australian living in the 1850s. Unhappy with his life he becomes a bushranger and forms a gang who craft their o…
Black Caesar, Australia's First Bushranger
A stranger in a strange land, John "Black" Caesar was a convict sentenced to 7 years of hard labour in the brand new British colo…
Skanderbeg, Sword of Christendom
Who Was Skanderbeg? Gjergj Kastrioti, known as Skanderbeg was an Albanian who lived in the 15th century. As the Ottoman Emp…