History Hit Podcasts

Judith, England’s First Crowned Queen

When HM The Queen was crowned in 1953, her Coronation ceremony contained some subtle nods to another Queen who made history 1100 years earlier....

Sarah Baartman: A Life On Show

Who was Sarah Baartman? Why was she paraded across Europe as part of a 'freak' show? And why did it take until 2001 for her remains to be...

D-Day Heroes: The Green Howards

There was only one Victoria Cross awarded on the 6th June 1944, D-Day. It went to Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the 6th Battalion of...

D-Day Heroes: The Green Howards

There was only one Victoria Cross awarded on the 6th June 1944, D-Day. It went to Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the 6th Battalion of...

Tudor England's Foreign Queens

Not Just the Tudors’ special month-long look at Queenship continues with an exploration of the popular perception of those foreign Queens who...

The Veteran Searching for his D-Day Shipwreck

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Patrick Thomas, a young Royal Navy telegraphist, boarded the craft in Portsmouth. The boat was part of the first wave on...

Roman Treasures of Iron Age Scotland

In 1919, excavators working near Edinburgh in Scotland unearthed the largest hoard of Roman hacksilver ever found. The trove, containing mostly...

Coronation Chicken

Chicken, mayonnaise, curry powder - and wait, sultanas? What exactly is Coronation Chicken and what does it have to do with Her Majesty Queen...

Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Matt Lewis revisits the fascinating story of Empress Matilda who came within a hair’s breadth of...

The Royal Family & WW1

Happy Platinum Jubilee! As Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to mark 70 years on the throne - as well as commander-in-chief of...

Feminine Power: Divine to Demonic

From goddesses to demons, witches to saints, women have held power of many shapes and sizes throughout history and around the world. Whether they...

Elvis Presley: A Turbulent Life

A hotly anticipated biopic about the king of Rock'n'Roll will be released in June directed by Baz Luhmann. We've delved back into our archives to...

Queen Consorts in the Renaissance

Throughout this month, every episode of Not Just the Tudors is honouring Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee by focussing on some aspect of...

Boudica

Boudica has become a hero of British folklore. An ancient queen, her leadership of the Iceni in an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire...

Farming with Tom Pemberton

What happens when a traditional family farm gets passed down to a born YouTuber? Tom Pemberton.

For six generations, the...

Vasectomy

What do you think of when you think of birth control? Is it condoms, IUDs, the pill? What about vasectomies?

From monkey testicles to...

Coffee

A cup of coffee was once a luxury. Now it is quick, cheap and widely available — a daily essential for many. How did this happen?

Today on...

The Unlikely Fate of the Wright Brothers

On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Wright Brothers changed history when they took the world's first engine-powered...

Platinum Jubilee: Britain’s Greatest Queens

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and one of the longest-reigning in the world. To mark the Queen's Platinum...

Burials with Alice Roberts

What do human remains - and the objects buried with them - tell us about people’s lives in Britain in the first millennium, what they thought...

Corsets

Have you ever been told you’re bringing women’s rights back one-hundred years because of what you’re wearing?

The guest on Betwixt the...