History Hit Podcasts

Mermaids

The central Mediterranean is home to a bounty of creatures - fish, dolphins, and... mermaids? In today's episode Dr Amelia Brown returns to the...

The Siege of Loyalty House

The Civil War was the most traumatic conflict in British history, pitting friends and family members against each other, tearing down the old...

Lunar Rover

The success of the Apollo Missions relied on hugely imaginative engineering. There is perhaps no better example of this than the first off-planet...

Treasures of The Royal Mint

A history of British monarchs in coins. With a history stretching over 1,100 years, The Royal Mint has forged a fascinating story through the...

Urban Life in Medieval Cities

Between 1000 and 1500, European towns and cities started to take shape, impacting the lives of millions of people as different cultural, social...

The Femme Fatale & The French President

This is the story of Marguerite Steinheil, the woman who shook Paris at the turn of the 20th century with one scandal after the next…one of...

Falklands40: Identifying the Unmarked Graves

Argentina surrendered to British forces in Port Stanley on the 14th of June 1982. The Falklands conflict was over. In the months after the...

How to Become Queen in Early Modern Europe

In Early Modern Europe, Queens did not come fully formed. Rather, a series of rites, rituals and ceremonies transformed a hesitant bride into a...

Food as a Weapon of War

Russia has been accused of using food as a weapon of war in Ukraine, pushing up to 49 million people into famine.

Further afield, Putin's...

Falklands40: Return to Mount Tumbledown

The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an attack by the British Army and the Royal Marines on the heights overlooking Stanley, the Falkland Islands'...

The Death of Alexander the Great: Explained

Alexander the Great’s untimely death at Babylon in 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis across his continent-spanning empire.

Within a...

Plastic Surgery

As a result of all the military and medical advancements of World War One there were more seriously injured and disfigured soldiers surviving the...

The Wars of the Roses: The Uncrowned Queen

Matt Lewis concludes his series on the Wars of the Roses with a look at a figure who is often divisive and misunderstood, despised or loved, but...

Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger

The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards...

Discovered! A Royal Navy Shipwreck

The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century - which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King of England James Stuart -...

The Queen Who Was Crowned King

Not Just the Tudors’ month-long season on Queenship continues with a look at the fascinating Christina Varsa, who was crowned King of Sweden on...

The Origins of Clothing

Clothing has been essential for human evolution. From protection against changing climate, through to the driving force behind technological...

Moving to the Country with Danny Wallace

Many of us have reevaluated the importance of green spaces after pandemic lockdowns.

Author and and broadcaster Danny Wallace moved from...

Falklands40: Memories of an Argentine Veteran

Please note that this episode contains descriptions of conflict and torture that some may find distressing.

When the British arrived on the...

Daylight Saving Time

Introduced just over 100 years ago, Daylight Savings have always been divisive.

So, why are people for and why are people against — and...

The Battle of Midway

On the 4th of June 1942, the US Navy took on the might of Japan's Imperial Navy in the battle of Midway. It was America's Trafalgar! At the end of...