We look at the men and women who've run and, in some cases, won the Oval Office. We meet lawyers, war heroes and crooks, and discover which POTUS shut down a nuclear plant in meltdown and which was almost eaten.
History is littered with criminals, con artists, frauds and fakes. We look at the most interesting from Adam Worth, the 19th century inspiration for Professor Moriarty, to a jewel thief named 'Diamond' Doris.
Empires and lives have been won and lost over secrets kept and secrets revealed. We look at espionage; meeting spies from Delilah to Roald Dahl and along the way revealing the real model for James Bond.
We discover you can start a war over almost anything, from an unprovoked invasion to a lost ear, a pastry or a stolen bucket. We look at wars that lasted for centuries and others that were over in minutes.
Love has always been one of the great drivers of history, a drunk driver, without a license. Yet it hurtles on, costing royalty their heads, generals their victories, and many of us our sanity.
History is full of revolutions, industrial, sexual and the big one, political. Every once in a while, holding hands and singing can be more effective than tanks and barricades.
Our modern world didn't just happen it was invented through inspiration, perseverance and dumb luck. We learn that great inventors often build their ideas on the shoulders of those that went before or just steal them.
