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The History of Secrecy Episodes

  1.

    A Time of No Secrets

    Transparency is apparently the opposite of secrecy, but is it really a panacea?

  2. Family Secrets

    Is secrecy within the family harmful, or can it offer a necessary form of protection?

  3. State Secrets

    Tracing the development of the 'state secret', with a look at newly disclosed MI5 files.

  4. God's Secrets

    A look at the purpose and power of secret objects and knowledge in different religions.

  5. The Age of Secrecy

    In the Middle Ages it was thought alchemy could unravel the secrets of nature.