History Hit Podcasts

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...

Tulsa: The Attack on Black Wall Street

From May 31 to June 1, 1921, a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black ‘Greenwood District’ of Tulsa,...

Isabella & Ferdinand's Granada

From the early Middle Ages to the present day, travellers have been bewitched by the peerless beauty of Granada. From 1230 until 1492, it was...

USA at War: Who Funds it?

The US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan marked the beginning of the longest wars in US history - but how were they funded for upwards of two...

Falklands40: Battle of Goose Green

Please note that this episode contains descriptions of combat and some explicit language.

At the Battle of Goose Green the Second Battalion...

Saint Brigid: Turning Bathwater into Beer

Saint Patrick is a household name, celebrated around the globe every March. But what do we know about another of Ireland’s patron saints,...

Tattoos

“As ancient as time, as modern as tomorrow.’

Why have tattoos been reinvented in so many cultures - and with so many different meanings...

The Wars of the Roses: Rise of the Beauforts

As part of our Wars of the Roses special month, there’s one family that demands more attention than they usually get: The...

The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

He was nicknamed ‘the man with the iron heart’ by Hitler, and was tipped to be his successor. But on the 27th May 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was...