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    HISTORY ON THE BOX

    May 13, 2021 2 minutes

    Historian and broadcaster DAVID OLUSOGA tells us about his new four-part series on the breakthroughs that have helped humanity conquer some of the world’s deadliest diseases – and double our life expectancies

    What story do you tell in Extra Life?

    It’s traditional in television history to say tells one of the most important stories in history by talking about some of our great successes.

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