History Hit Podcasts

Rogue Heroes: Veteran of the SAS

Mike Sadler is the last surviving original member of the SAS and is featured in the new television series SAS Rogue Heroes as a dashing young man...

Frozen Food

The Frozen Food industry was invented by the Birdseye company. And that company was started by a living breathing Birdseye; Clarence...

Rise of the Etruscans

Situated in the North of Italy, the Etruscan's were once a powerful civilisation, dominating the Italian peninsular. Predecessors to Ancient Rome,...

The Rise of Christianity

In the fourth century AD, the Christian faith exploded out of Palestine, overwhelming the paganism of Rome, converting the Emperor Constantine in...

Conscientious Objection in WW2

Accounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of exceptional bravery in battle, as the allied nations stood together against fascism. But...

Tattoos

George V, Otzi the Iceman, possibly Winston Churchill and … Kate Lister. What do all these people have in common?

They have tattoos. As do...

Medieval Pubs

For centuries, the pub has played a central role in our lives and communities. Throughout Britain, there are many pubs saying that they are the...

Who Really Invented the Light Bulb?

While Thomas Edison is widely credited as the inventor of the electric lightbulb in 1879, it had existed in one form or another since the the...

Valley of the Kings

On the west bank of the Nile, across from the ancient city of Thebes, lies the Valley of the Kings - the final resting place of several Pharaohs...

Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur

During the early part of the sixteenth century England should have been ruled by King Arthur Tudor with his wife Catherine of Aragon as Queen. Had...

The Budget: Britain's Financial Crisis Explained

Rising interest, cost of living crisis, energy prices at an all-time high- is Britain's precarious financial situation the fault of policymakers...

Warhammer

***Real life inventor alert*** We speak to Rick Priestley the co-creator of the weird world of Warhammer where valiant humans, noble elves, savage...

Band of Brothers: A New Discovery

In part 2 of this series on Easy Company and the American 101st Airborne Division, we are back in the village of Aldbourne, following in the steps...

878 AD: A Key Anglo-Saxon Year

878 AD witnessed a pivotal moment in the history of England as an emerging, unified nation, with the defeat of the Vikings by Alfred the Great at...

Heartthrobs

What makes a heartthrob? Is he brooding, flamboyant or a bad boy? And what qualities translate to sex symbol status in society?

Which men...

Band of Brothers: Yanks in Britain

In the first of this 2-part series dedicated to the legacy of Easy Company and the American 101st Airborne Division, Dan visits the idyllic...

The Whiskey Rebellion

The Whiskey Tax, imposed in 1791, was the first federal tax on a domestic product by a United States government. It was introduced by Alexander...

Oliver Cromwell’s Republic

On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was executed for treason. Within weeks the monarchy had been abolished and the House of Lords discarded. The...

Mussolini's Rise & Fall

Exactly a century after the 1922 March on Rome which brought fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power, the far-right party Brothers of Italy...

Sunken Swedish Warship Discovered!

In December 2021, marine archaeologists working alongside the Swedish Navy came across the wreck of a 17th-century warship in the Stockholm...

Batteries

Hold onto your fishing rods guys. We’re tracking down the origins of batteries and it turns out it has a lot to do with a fish with a nasty...