The Invention Of...Episodes Episode guide

Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans, powder keg of eastern Europe.

The Balkans homepage

Misha Glenny heads to Budapest to find where Hungary came from.

Hungary homepage

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

China homepage

Misha Glenny on the creation of Turkey from the old Ottoman Empire, 100 years ago in 1923.

Turkey homepage

What is Russia and where did it come from? Misha Glenny presents.

Russia homepage

Misha Glenny on how Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine were cut up and wiped from the map

Poland homepage

Misha Glenny picks up his series on what makes countries what they are in Scandinavia.

Scandinavia homepage

A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples, the stories we tell ourselves.

Britain homepage

Misha Glenny explores a pivot of western history, the Netherlands.

The Netherlands homepage

Misha Glenny explores how one builds the most powerful country in the world.

The USA homepage

Misha Glenny presents a three-part history of France

France homepage

Misha Glenny presents a history of Brazil

Brazil homepage

Misha Glenny presents a history of Italy, from 1494 to the end of the First World War

Italy homepage

Misha Glenny presents a history of Spain

Spain homepage

Misha Glenny presents a three-part history of Germany before the world wars

Germany homepage

Micha Glenny speaks to three guests about the history of Ireland.

Ireland homepage