365 carefully selected historical events come together to produce a unique history of the world.
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Watch NowA short, animated video of John F Kennedy's famous speech, made to Congress on 25 May 1961, where he outlined the United States' intentions to put a ...
Watch NowIn the summer of 1940, Britain battled for survival against Hitler’s war machine; the result would define the course of the Second World War. It ...
Watch NowOn the eve of the Battle of the Somme, cameraman Geoffrey Malins visited the front lines near Beaumont-Hamel to film footage of the troops as ...
Watch NowThe first day of the Battle of the Somme holds an infamous record for the British army, being the bloodiest day in its history. But ...
Watch NowReligious belief looks more precarious in the modern world than ever before. But is that the truth? Dan Snow explores the role of unbelievers throughout ...
Watch NowDan talks to Dr Naomi Paxton, historian of Actresses' Franchise League and Associate Fellow at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, ...
Listen Now"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter" We all know the story of Shakespeare's Macbeth but how accurate is it based on what we ...
Watch NowDan talks to Paul Reed about the significance of the Italian invasion in World War Two.
Listen NowShields have taken many shapes and sizes over the thousands of years of their use. Their design isn't just random or aesthetic. What can the ...
Watch Now17th July, 2019
Sam and James discuss the unexpected history of cricket! It's all about empire, sexism, national perceptions of history, slavery, violence and hurricanes... For information regarding ...
Listen Now16th July, 2019
Dan and Roel Sterckx, Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilisation at Cambridge University, talk about the life of Confucius, his influence on ...
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Dan and Dr Prashant Kidambi talk about the dominance of Indian cricket team over recent years, as well as its humble origins. They discuss the ...
Listen Now12th July, 2019
Dan talks to Daisy Dunn, a historian and classicist, about the lives of the two Plinys in the shadow of Vesuvius. The younger Pliny witnessed ...
Listen Now10th July, 2019
Dan talks to military historian Andy Saunders about the Battle of Britain. What parts of the narrative have we got wrong? What parts have we ...
Listen Now8th July, 2019
James and Sam explain why the Reformation - that schism in the Christian church in the sixteenth century that transformed the landscape of Europe - ...
Listen Now7th July, 2019
Tim Bouverie has a look at the old questions about appeasement. Was it right to appease Hitler in order to buy time to re-arm? Why ...
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Dr Chris Smith has written a fascinating new book about John Cairncross, one of the famous five Cambridge spies who infiltrated high positions in the ...
Listen Now2nd July, 2019
Wolfe Frank, who was the Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials, translating over a third of the six million words spoken, was one of the ...
Listen Now2nd July, 2019
James and I chat before our show at the Cambridge History Festival at the beautiful Wimpole Hall just outside of Cambridge. It's a beautiful country ...
Listen Now30th June, 2019
A. C. Grayling discusses the complete history of philosophy, whether it is still possible to ask questions about our existence, and how we should frame ...
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In this episode Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell talk about the unexpected history pirates, which is all about authors, cross-dressing, ferocious women, childhood ...
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