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What caused London to go up in flames on 2nd September, 1666? How did a fire that started in a bakery grow to engulf so much of the city? Who was Samuel Pepys, the great diarist who documented the fire?
Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell as they relive the first day of The Great Fire of London.
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