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The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) changed Britain and the West Midlands for ever. For some people this was a time of great prosperity while others were driven into poverty. Fortunes of War explores the stories of people from the region during this important time.

Hunting for History: SAXON GOLD tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoard, the amazing collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver treasure dug up in a farmer's field. We go behind the scenes at the museum to meet the team and find out all about the treasure and the Saxons who buried it.

Examines ten speech in Birmingham challenged the rest of the country to embrace change and reform.

For 1400 years Worcester in the English Midlands has played a unique part in the history of our Island and the world beyond.

From 1881 to 1914 Highbury, standing on the edge of Birmingham in the English Midlands, was the home of Joseph Chamberlain, the often controversial politician described by Winston Chruchill as 'the one who made the political weather'.

Spanish Flu' killed more than 50million people and afffected millions more across the globe between 1918 and 1920. Soldiers, POWs and workers in war-industries all fell victim to this pandemic which brought fear and death to villages, towns and cities on the homefront, even after the guns of the First World War battlefields had fallen silent.

The Birmingham Political Machine is the first full study of the electioneering methods by which Joseph Chamberlain and his loyal allies dominated Midlands politics for 30 years, and how their formidable machine successfully exported Birmingham's values in national campaigns for greater democracy, education reform, Imperialism and tariff reform.