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REDEEM OFFERDan Jones discusses his book 'The Knights Templar' at the Temple in Central London, the physical embodiment of this medieval religious order that also trained ...
Watch Now22 November, 1963, gunfire at Dealey Plaza, Dallas. Told through newsreels and archive, this film provides a snapshot of the grief and shock that gripped the world ...
Watch NowAndrew Roberts shares a selection of items from his Winston Churchill collection, documenting the fascinating life of one of Britain's most iconic figures.
Watch NowDan Snow takes an emotional journey through the key battlefields of the Western Front, from the memorial parks at the Somme to the formidable defences ...
Watch NowDavid Fletcher, historian of armoured warfare, and David Willey, curator of the Tank Museum, Bovington, discuss the First World War development of the tank. Why ...
Watch Now90 Degrees South was filmed by Herbert Ponting, official photographer for Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic Expedition. Ponting originally released the footage in 1924 as The Great ...
Watch NowHelen Carr takes a road trip to York to discover more about the early years of one of British history's most notorious figures - Guy ...
Watch NowHistorian Richard van Emden, explains why we should give more attention to 1918 when studying the First World War. How close did Germany come to winning ...
Listen NowThe first shot fired by British forces in the First World War was fired by an African soldier in Africa. Historian David Olusoga presents three 1418 ...
Watch NowMessines is among World War One's most iconic and dramatic battlefields; now for the first time in almost a century, the secrets long buried under ...
Watch Now9th December, 2018
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of eyes. For more exclusive history documentaries & interviews, subscribe ...
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We know the story of enigma, but what was the German Alan Turing doing in the heart of the Reich? German codebreakers had similar successes ...
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Dan chats to Andrew Blick about referendums in history, and how that plays into our current predicament. Is there a precedent we can turn ...
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Dan has his regular catch-up with Simon Elliott on all things Roman. Why were the legionaries so successful, and how did they maintain that ...
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The second ever History Hit live show saw Dan talking about ghosts with Martha McGill, the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of ...
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The Kindertransport was a rescue effort, where the United Kingdom took in around 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and Eastern Europe, and in many cases they ...
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Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell discuss the making of their live show.For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to&...
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Dan talks to David Cannadine, renowned historian and trustee of the Royal Academy Development Trust among many other accolades. David Cannadine has recently written ...
Listen Now28th November, 2018
Dan talks to Susan Schulten, a historian from the University of Denver, about maps as tools for visualising history. Find out how Columbus's voyage was ...
Listen Now26th November, 2018
Dan heads to Mayfair to discuss a very Victorian murder with Claire Harman, a literary writer and novelist. This podcast talks about the murder of ...
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Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell discuss the unexpected history of Colour.For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to ...
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Victor Gregg is a veteran of World War Two and the Dresden Bombings, and travelled with Dan to visit Dresden last year for a ...
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