TONY MCMAHON

Politics, religion and sex are fave topics. Day job is communications strategy. Three books published - one shortlisted for best sports biography of 2011. Have run as a Labour candidate twice. Atheist. Metropolian, cosmopolitan liberal minded.

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Fake rage over The Odyssey movie TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the fake rage over The Odyssey and why this movie has become part of our poisonous modern day so-called culture wars.

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How was the Virgin Mary turned into a goddess? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates how the Virgin Mary was transformed into a goddess from a few lines in the bible. Why has the mother of God acquired such a sanctified role for over a billion Roman Catholics?

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The mysterious Temple Builders of Malta TV historian Tony McMahon has gone to Malta to find out what happened to a vanished civilisation that built incredible temples some five thousand years ago.

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Vanished colonies - settlements that disappeared - from Roanoke to Franklin TV historian Tony McMahon investigates those lost colonies that vanished off the face of the Earth with the most famous being Roanoke Island.

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How ancient paganism shaped the bible TV historian Tony McMahon investigates how the pagan religions of the Middle East and Europe, so often reviled in the bible, actually shaped the Abrahamic faiths.

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No Place To Hide - the harrowing story of Errol Christie TV historian Tony McMahon recounts how he came to write the life story of the black British boxer Errol Christie - a brutal tale of racism in the 1980s.

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The Price of Beauty - the History of Dangerous Cosmetics TV historian Tony McMahon looks at the price people have been prepared to pay to be beautiful in history including the use of toxic materials in cosmetics and life threatening surgery.

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Blood, Fire, and the Otherworld: The Irish Myths My Grandmother Told Me TV historian Tony McMahon reveals how his Irish granny introduced him to the world of Irish mythology with its many monsters and terrifying creatures.

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Blood, Sand, and Glory: The True Lives of Roman Gladiators TV historian Tony McMahon has been to Rome, Istanbul, and Pompeii in search of the real gladiators of Ancient Rome

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TV historian Tony McMahon investigates ten creepy facts about Hitler you didn't learn at school

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TV historian Tony McMahon looks at Henry VIII's problems with marriage - and how he got through six wives

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TV historian investigates the scale of corruption within the Roman Catholic church through the centuries

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Some on social media are playing down climate change today by comparing to hot summers in the 1970s - TV historian Tony McMahon investigates

Summer of 1976 and Climate Change

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TV historian Tony McMahon investigates the most astonishing conspiracy theories surrounding the Vatican

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Trump administration's Department of War has just released a batch of UFO and UAP related files though extraterrestrial contact not confirmed

Trump administration releases new UFO files

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Why did Japan launch Kamikaze suicide missions against American ships at the end of World War Two? TV historian Tony McMahon explains.

Kamikaze suicide missions explained

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Shogun has been a runaway success as a book and TV series but what is truth and what is fiction?

Shogun - the truth behind the fiction