History Hit Podcasts

Iron Age Wales: Before the Romans

The residents of Britain during the Iron Age are often collectively called 'Celts'. However, both before and during the Roman occupation, this...

UFOs

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? A UFO maybe? Or is it some reflective Lichen? Where does the idea of an Unidentified Flying Object come from and are...

The Wars of the Roses: Endings

All things must end. This final special episode on the Wars of the Roses deals with a series of endings and considers what finding a date for the...

Benediction: Recreating Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon is one of the most famous poets of the 20th century. But he is also famous as a soldier, decorated for his bravery on the...

Medicine & Misogyny

Using leeches to suck the blood from patients, mercury pills, and removing limbs with NO anaesthetic - healthcare throughout history hasn’t...

Medieval Myths and Legends

Various legends, characters and myths are associated with the medieval period. The British Isles is filled with prehistoric monuments - from...

Homer

The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of the world’s most famous poems. But who was their author, Homer, and how have his name and poems survived so...

Nature's Lessons in Happiness with Charlie Corbett

How can nature help us deal with grief? In today's day and age, it can feel like we're detached from the natural world around us - but how do we...

Anne Boleyn: Dispelling the Myths

There are so many myths about Anne Boleyn - among them that she had six fingers, that she was a murderess, even that she was Henry VIII's own...

Falklands40: The Loss of HMS Ardent

Please note that this episode contains frank discussions of conflict, mental health and suicide.

Admiral Lord West is the former First Sea...

The Jeep and World War II

We’re shaking things up today and sharing a preview from Car Show!, a new podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Longtime Car...

The Aeroplane

On 17 December 1903 the Wright Brothers successful completed the first manned, controlled and sustained flight in human history.

They made...

Food in the Ancient World

When we think of the modern Mediterranean, delicious and vibrant food is one of the first things that come to mind. But how much has the regional...

Royal Sex

Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Was sex always just for the love of their country and the want of an heir, or...

What Did the Anglo-Saxons Eat?

Early medieval royals ate mostly meat, right? Wrong! A new study that’s made headlines around the world has shown that medieval kings were...

HMS Black Joke

Please note that this episode contains mentions of racial trauma, slavery and violence.

The most feared ship in Britain’s West Africa...

The Aluminium Trail: WW2 Pilots in the Himalayas

Robert ‘Bob’ Binzer wanted to be a pilot from a young age, and during the Second World War he got his wish. Bob was an aviator with the United...

The English Civil War: 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...

The Secret Plot to Kill the Government

On the night of February 23 1820, twenty-five impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato Street, London, with a plan to...

The Origins of Homo Sapiens

What do we know about the earliest hominins to exist? With a story spanning one million years and counting, we're discovering more about how we...

The Bicycle with Tim Harford

Invented in the mid-1800s, bicycles have had enduring popularity. Across cultures, they have been embraced, promising freedom and mobility at a...