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Otto Frank

Anne Frank's father: The life of Otto Frank 
Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines
Jolly Roger flag printed on rusty metal

The 5 most ruthless pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy
Photographs of the Duke of Windsor and George VI

Blood feud: 4 conflicts between royal siblings
Stone marking the site of the Tyburn Tree

The Tyburn Tree: London's historic execution spot
Vikings ships on the foggy water. Misty morning by the sunrise.

5 of the most fierce Viking raids
A 1686 engraving of Mother Shipton

Yorkshire's Nostradamus: The life and prophecies of Mother Shipton
Eerie nighttime image of ancient ruins

6 famous ghosts from the ancient world
Edward Adrian Wilson, Robert Falcon Scott, Lawrence Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers and Edgar Evans at the South Pole

7 reasons Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition failed
Egyptian mummy close up detail with hieroglyphs in background

5 strangest things found inside pyramids  
Close up image on the face of a Terracotta Warrior statue

6 greatest ancient archaeological finds in history
Statue of Socrates in a thinking pose

'The unexamined life is not worth living': The trial of Socrates
Angel statue holding the Holy Lance

The Holy Lance: 8 facts about the spear that killed Jesus
Anne Frank writing at a desk

The true story of Anne Frank and her diary
Rick Lagina

'It takes more than a shovel': Interview with 'The Curse of Oak Island's' Rick Lagina
Colourised image of Phineas Gage holding the iron rod

How did Phineas Gage survive an iron rod shooting through his brain?
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth

The 8 weirdest British monarch deaths in history
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in January 2023
A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia

The Borgias: 8 facts about the tyrant family of popes and aristocrats
Elizabeth I (L): Robert Dudley (R)

4 biggest British royal scandals
A hangman's noose

8 people executed for high treason in the UK
Stone Spheres of the Diquís

5 strangest things found in rainforests and jungles
Venus of Willendorf from multiple angles

6 strangest ancient artefacts in history
Ancient eternal cathedral calendar and clock in Messina. Sicily

Six surprising facts about the Gregorian calendar
Court sketches of Burke and Hare and a Victorian shopfront in the backgroun

Burke and Hare: The Edinburgh killers who sold their victim's bodies for dissection
Painting of Tsar Nicholas II wearing a crown and holding a sceptre

The last Tsar of Russia: A life of Nicholas II
A plate depicting some of the strange carvings in Royston Cave

The mystery of Royston cave: Knights Templar in Hertfordshire?
Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2017

Little known facts about Ronnie O’Sullivan 
Photograph of the Roman Forum

Ancient Rome's greatest buildings
A mosaic of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II: The last German Emperor and King of Prussia
A wall painting of Anubis the jackal heading god leaning over a sarcophagus

5 most famous lost tombs of Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

Did the Knights Templars reach Nova Scotia? 
A pirate looks through a telescope on a ship

The real Captain Jack: The life of infamous pirate Calcio Jack Rackham
Sky HISTORY: A Year In Review

2022: A year in review
The Colosseum

6 little known facts about the Colosseum
Pharaoh sarcophagus

The hidden tomb of Cleopatra