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    Two World Wars and One Failed RevolutionHungary

    3/3Misha Glenny on Hungary's dramatic and tragic history in two world wars.

    The Butcher and the PoetHungary

    2/3Misha Glenny heads to Hungary in a series about history and power.

    Hungary and Mohacs 500Hungary

    1/3Misha Glenny heads to Budapest to find where Hungary came from.

    Taiwan

    When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on what is happening in Taiwan now.

    The Life and Times of Chairman MaoChina

    4/4Misha Glenny completes our travels round China with the story of Chairman Mao

    Imperial CollapseChina

    3/4Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing, and what happened next.

    To Kowtow or Not KowtowChina

    2/4Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde head to Hong Kong.

    The First EmperorChina

    1/4Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.

    A Balancing ActTurkey

    3/3Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923.

    The MilitaryTurkey

    2/3East versus west, secular versus religious, how the empire came to the point of collapse.

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