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The Other Half: The History of Women Through the Ages

Women make up half of the world’s population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women have been the driving force behind history for millennia, from female Pharoahs, warrior princesses and pirates, to the revolutionaries who sought to topple the male-dominated political systems of their day. From host of the popular ‘Queens of England Podcast’, The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.

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6.30 The Grudge, the Ghost and the George Cross Oct 18, 2026

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We complete our anthology of World War 2 spies with two Russian émigrés recruited by the Abwehr to spy on Britain, but with very different motivations, in Lily Sergueiew and Vera Schalburg, and the shop girl from Stockwell, Violette Szabo, who held off the 2nd SS Panzer Division single-handedly.

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6.29 The Spymaster, the Commander and the Cat Sep 06, 2026

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We kick off a two-part anthology following legendary women who operated at the absolute extremes of the Second World War, from Baker Street’s chain-smoking chief of staff, Vera Atkins and cosmetics-toting guerrilla commander, Pearl Witherington, to the traitor Mathilde Carré, who traded eighty comrades for a fur coat.

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6.28 Virginia Hall (5) The Madonna of the Mountains Aug 09, 2026

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Virginia heads south into the Haute Loire, where she will deal with some titanic egos, drive trains into gorges and liberate an entire department without any Allied back-up - before facing the far scarier prospect of peacetime.

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6.27 Virginia Hall (4) Chin up, and tail over the dashboard Jul 19, 2026

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After escaping Spain and returning to Occupied France as an OSS operative, Virginia orchestrates a high-stakes campaign of sabotage and guerrilla warfare to pave the way for D-Day.

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6.26 Virginia Hall (3) The Devil in the Dog Collar Jun 14, 2026

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Fresh from her greatest success, the honeymoon phase is officially over for Virginia Hall. Under attack from all sides and with her network penetrated, she is forced to risk everything on a treacherous winter escape.

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6.25 Virginia Hall (2) The Limping Lady of Lyon May 31, 2026

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Virginia arrives in Occupied Europe and sets Vichy France alight, using a unique network made up of brothel madams, spinster antiquarians and corset-merchants. And when the suits in Baker Street try to pull her out, she plans one of the most audacious prison breaks of the war.

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6.24 Virginia Hall (1) A companion called Cuthbert May 10, 2026

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Dismissed by her own government as a one-legged clerk who "talked too much," Virginia Hall traded the stifling confines of the Maryland elite for 1920s Paris and then the sound of the guns in France in 1940.

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6.23 Noor Inayat Khan (2) Night and fog Mar 22, 2026

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In the heart of occupied Paris, a pacifist with a radio suitcase becomes the last operator standing—and the Gestapo’s most elusive target.

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6.22 Noor Inayat Khan (1) The Pacifist Princess Feb 22, 2026

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Deemed "not overburdened with brains" and morally opposed to lying, Noor Inayat Khan was the last person you'd send into Nazi-occupied France.

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6.21 Christine Granville (4) The Countess Below Decks Feb 01, 2026

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She survived blizzards, the Gestapo and firing squads, but can Britain's first female World War II spy survive the peace?

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