This documentary provides a day-by-day account of Operation Dynamo and the miraculous evacuation now embedded within British legend. Featuring contributions from Dunkirk veterans and Joshua ...
Watch NowJust before dawn on 10 May 1940 the largest concentration of motorised vehicles in history roared into action. After months of quiet it was the start of ...
Watch NowPeter Ackroyd explores Venice, following in the footsteps of renowned English writer John Ruskin, and discovering the unique history of Isola di San Michele.
Watch NowBy walking in the footsteps of two great chroniclers, John Stow and John Stripe, Dan Cruickshank discovers how London grew from a small medieval city ...
Watch NowPeter Ackroyd explores the course of the river, meeting people whose lives are interlinked with it and discovering how painters, writers and musicians have responded ...
Watch NowAuthor Peter Ackroyd introduces the River Thames a symbol of eternity, in its unending cycle of movement and change.
Watch NowMatthew Lewis, an author and historian who specialises in the 15th century, provides a fascinating talk about Richard Duke of York as a Marcher Lord. ...
Watch NowFor the 80th anniversary of Britain's darkest hour Dan Snow visits the House of Commons to learn about the speeches that turned the tide of ...
Watch NowI was thrilled to have Mat McLachlan on the pod, one of Australia's foremost history presenters and writers. Using his encyclopaedic knowledge of Australian battlefields, ...
Listen NowThe Kokoda campaign would last four months and strike a deep impression in the hearts and minds of the Australian people. This emotional documentary was ...
Listen Now1st June, 2020
According to John Evelyn, the great diarist, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’. Charles' court is infamous for tales of licentiousness and promiscuity, and I ...
Listen Now31st May, 2020
Neal Bascomb joined me on the podcast to tell a remarkable story of the fight against Hitler - on the Grand Prix racetrack. We delved ...
Listen Now30th May, 2020
I was thrilled to be joined by Andrew Ziminski, a stonemason living and working in Somerset. He's just released his first book documenting the fascinating ...
Listen Now29th May, 2020
Dan meets some of the surviving Dunkirk veterans on the famous Little Ships which helped to rescue them from the beaches. The Little Ships of ...
Listen Now28th May, 2020
80 years ago this week, one of the most extraordinary evacuations in military history was under way: 'The Miracle of Dunkirk'. But how, and why, did ...
Listen Now27th May, 2020
May 28, 1940: Major Akbar Khan of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps marches at the head of 299 soldiers along the beach at Dunkirk - the only ...
Listen Now26th May, 2020
The greatest threats we face are climate breakdown and pandemic disease. This was the assessment of security advisers before the Covid outbreak and the last ...
Listen Now25th May, 2020
80 years ago, ships were gathering in Kent to begin the rescue of the British Expeditionary Force. Britain faced the prospect of the worst defeat in ...
Listen Now24th May, 2020
No man knew Adolf Hitler as intimately as his trusted physician, Theodoor Morell. As part of Hitler's inner social circle, he assisted the leader in ...
Listen Now23rd May, 2020
One of the greatest rulers of the 16th century was Akbar the Great, a man whose power and influence extended over much of the Indian ...
Listen Now21st May, 2020
Henry VI came to the throne in exceptionally difficult circumstances. The untimely death of his warlike father, Henry V, placed the crown upon his head ...
Listen Now20th May, 2020
Greg Jenner has given my children so many hours of happiness as the historical brains behind the Horrible History tv shows and movie, not to ...
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