Brazil 5x World Cup winners
Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup a record five times, and the 1970 team featuring Pelé is widely regarded as the greatest national side of all time.
Snapshot · The Rest Is History
681. Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5)
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Jun 21, 2026
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Sponsor Reads: Lloyds, Ancestry & London Review of Books
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The episode opens with three sponsor reads delivered in the hosts' signature style. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce Lloyds Business Banking's free accounting tool for Making Tax Digital compliance, weaving in a riff on Anglo-Saxon taxation and King Canute. An Ancestry segment promotes First World War military records in time for the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. A cross-network promo from William on Empire pitches the London Review of Books' three-month free trial as a companion to deep historical thinking. The opening is energetic and characteristic of the show's blend of history and commerce.
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