The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian empire. Kershaw tells the story of the three epic battles - Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis - that saved democracy, without which the history of Europe and the West would have been radically different.

UKRAINE The Forging of a Nation explores Ukraine's dramatic past and its place as a nation in our world today, including in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion.