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REDEEM OFFERHong Kong local historian Jason Wordie talks Dan through the Battle of Hong Kong during the Second World War and how it sounded the death-knell ...
Listen NowIn the Spring of 1815 the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most accomplished generals, escaped his jailers and returned to Paris in what is known ...
Watch NowAuthor and journalist Dorian Lynskey answers key questions about one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, George Orwell's 1984, which was published 70 years ago.
Watch NowJoin Dan Snow on an exclusive tour of the house and grounds, as well as the little known but all-important cottages that surround Bletchley Park.
Watch NowAllied leaders and generals delivered remarkable speeches to encourage and thank the service of Allied troops on D-Day.
Watch NowDan Snow talks to historian, academic, and Star Wars fan, Janice Liedl, about the movie franchise's historical influences. Janice's book 'Star Wars and History' was ...
Listen NowDocumentary covering events of June 6 1944 from the airborne drops of the early morning through to the German fightback of the late afternoon.
Watch NowBabita Sharma is esteemed British broadcaster, and a presenter on BBC News and the BBC World News. In this episode, she takes us through a ...
Listen NowDan and Professor Marie Coleman get into the details of the border between Ireland and North Ireland. How did it come to be, how has ...
Listen NowDan talks to Bee Rowlatt about the life and death of the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Listen Now23rd June, 2019
Dan and bestselling author Madeleine Miller chat Greek myths and the Odyssey. They talk about Virgil, the Aenead, Patroclus and Agamemnon, and whether Dan should ...
Listen Now20th June, 2019
Katie Hickman takes us on a tour of British India before 1900, looking at women and the lives they led. Highlights include a discussion of whether ...
Listen Now19th June, 2019
James and Sam launch their first Green Room podcast! Unexpected historical thoughts as they travel around the country's theatres and arts centres with their Histories ...
Listen Now18th June, 2019
We revisit Dan's interview with Peter Snow to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and learn more about this conflict which changed the ...
Listen Now16th June, 2019
We celebrate our 500th podcast with a new look at fatherhood and a selection of the best moments from our podcast. We hear the testimony ...
Listen Now14th June, 2019
Sam Willis and James Daybell explore the unexpected history of the Tudors! Is it all about Henry VIII? Anne Boleyn? Hampton Court and the Mary ...
Listen Now12th June, 2019
Just off the British coast is a sunken world that was once the hub of mesolithic Europe. Simon Fitch, a specialist in Archaeological Sciences from ...
Listen Now10th June, 2019
1984 is one of the greatest books ever written, and continues to both haunt and inform public perceptions of totalitarianism. Dan talks to Dorian Lynskey, who ...
Listen Now9th June, 2019
David Edgerton attacks outdated views of the British nation and the British Empire during the 20th century with his new book. He revitalises discussion about ...
Listen Now6th June, 2019
James Holland lectures about D-Day, covering the planning and the myths; from Montgomery's planning to the casualty rate on Omaha beach. This tour de force ...
Listen Now6th June, 2019
James and Sam tackle the unexpected history of D-Day in tribute to the 75th anniversary the Normandy landings. It's all to do with the Cold ...
Listen Now5th June, 2019
This episode focuses on tales of individual bravery at D-Day as we approach the 75th anniversary. Dan talks to two veterans, Bill Fitzgerald and George ...
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