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.

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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.

Historian and broadcaster Dr Simon Elliott joins me to talk about this deification of Roman Emperors.

In 211 AD, Emperor Septimius Severus dies in Britain. He soon undergoes a strange and supernatural ceremony, one which has been central to imperial culture for decades. The dead Severus will be deified and made into a god to be worshipped in the Roman world.

How did this deification ceremony come to be introduced, how was it carried out and what impact did it have on the Roman Empire?

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