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.

Final episode of mini-series on late 1950s British military history.

We explore the legacies of the operations Brian and Gerry were involved in and answer the ultimate question of why these veterans should be remembered more in public memory.

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

Part 2 of the mini-series on 1950s British military.

As Brian Carlile fights to retain the empire on Cyprus in 1957, RAF Leading Aircraftman Gerry Bowler is sent to Christmas Island in the Pacific to take part in a very different sort of operation. An operation fraught with danger.

Through Gerry's story, told by his granddaughter, historian Dr Fiona Bowler, we discover that Britain, in order to remain a Great Power post-WW2, is determined to get the Hydrogen Bomb, the most destructive weapon Mankind has ever built. The site they have chosen to test the H-bomb: Christmas Island.

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