
Fast-paced episodes using animation, archive and recon to reveal the funny, disturbing, weird, but always interesting bits of history.

A look at the men and women who've run and, in some cases, won the Oval Office.

A look at some of history's criminals, con artists, frauds and fakes, from Adam Worth, the 19th-century inspiration for Professor Moriarty, to a jewel thief named Diamond Doris and a count who sold the Eiffel Tower to gullible buyers twice.

A look at espionage; meeting spies from Delilah to Roald Dahl and along the way revealing the real model for James Bond.

A look at wars that lasted for centuries and others that were over in minutes, as well as the difficulty of ending a war; the possibility of starting a war over almost anything, from an unprovoked invasion to a lost ear, a pastry or a stolen bucket.