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HistoryHusband hunters: American heiresses who married Into the British aristocracyAnne de Courcy, author of the book "The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York" talks with BHT about the real-life Downton Abbey, Lady Coras, and their history-changing legacies.
HistoryWATCH: The Coronation of King George VI and Queen ElizabethHere we take a look back at the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
CultureThe “Queensberry Curse” and how it impacted Oscar WildeWhat is the 'Queensberry Curse', an affliction that has permeated one of Britain's oldest families for generations?
HistoryA day well spent on the Isle of PurbeckOn Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck a breathtaking World Heritage coast, ghost village, castles, and landscapes filled with literary adventures await you.
CultureFoyle’s War – the most missed British TV show of the 21st centuryFoyle's War beat Downton Abbey as the most missed British TV show of the 21st Century, according to a poll from The Radio Times 
HistoryThe Merry Monarch – who was King Charles IIKnown as ‘The Merry Monarch’, King Charles II famously united dissenting factions under his reign, from 1660 to 1685, which came to be known as the Restoration Period.
HistoryThe Luftwaffe dropped 13,000 tons of bombs in ten weeks and morale heldJoan MacKenzie went from fire-watching on a Shell Oil roof to plotting Fighter Command’s aircraft at North Weald, and she was on shift when the first V-1 crossed the coast.
HistoryA visit to Otley Hall – the birthplace of the Virginia CompanyHere in the early 16th-century moated manor house, dreams of a permanent English colony in America took shape, and the Virginia Company was born.
HistoryWhatever Happened to the Staffordshire Hoard?
CultureThe best of British bakingWe've all seen the Great British Bake Off, but how much do you know about these British delights?