365 carefully selected historical events come together to produce a unique history of the world.
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Watch NowThis is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl: ...
Watch NowFrom the daily challenges faced by his army on their journey across the Alps, to his own fierce personal, and ultimately destructive, rivalry with Scipio ...
Watch NowIn this interview David Olusoga sits down with Dan Snow to talk about his new series 'Civilisations', the meaning of the word and why the ...
Watch NowDan 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 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 NowHere's a Christmas treat to get your toes tapping. Sam Willis meets folk singer Jim Causley to discuss and perform a selection of festive tunes.
Watch NowPen Vogler takes us on a tour of the delightful Charles Dickens Museum, home to the author himself between 1837 and 1839.
Watch NowDan Snow is treated to a range of Dickensian Christmas delights courtesy of historian Pen Vogler, from mince pies to Charles Dickens' favourite punch.
Watch Now16th January, 2019
Dan talks Dr Bill Frankland, a 106 year old veteran of World War II who lived through a Japanese prisoner of war camp and who also ...
Listen Now14th January, 2019
Dr Helen Farr is leading a team looking at prehistoric wrecks in the Black Sea. Dan chats to her about how the Black Sea's ...
Listen Now13th January, 2019
Dan chats to Volker Wiedermann, a German writer and literary critic, about the Bavarian Soviet Republic. The Republic, established in the aftermath of the First ...
Listen Now11th January, 2019
John Nichol is a former RAF Tornado Navigator who flew in the Gulf War. He was shot down and became a prisoner of war, and ...
Listen Now9th January, 2019
Dan talks to Hirata San, a survivor of the Hiroshima attacks, and one of the few remaining survivors who speak English, about the Hiroshima ...
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Dan talks to the Head of Heritage for HS2, Helen Wass, as well as Mike Henderson, about the bodies discovered along the route of ...
Listen Now6th January, 2019
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of Secrets. For more exclusive history documentaries & interviews, subscribe ...
Listen Now5th January, 2019
In 1819, a huge crowd gathered in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, to hear radical speakers demand democratic reform. Dozens were killed and many more were injured ...
Listen Now2nd January, 2019
Dan concludes fascinating talk with Sir Cedric Delves and Danny West about the involvement of the SAS in the Falklands War. For more explusive history ...
Listen Now1st January, 2019
Dan hears the incredible story of the SAS's involvement in the Falklands from the men who were actually there: Sir Cedric Delves and Danny West. ...
Listen Now30th December, 2018
Dan visits the site of The Theatre, the 16th-century playhouse where some of Shakespeare's works were first performed, to investigate the archaeology with Heather Knight, ...
Listen Now29th December, 2018
Join Dan & Ali Ansari as they race through another thousand years of Persian and Iranian history. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to ...
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