History Hit Podcasts
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Rapa Nui: The Truth About Easter Island
5 April 20221,900 miles west of South America and 1,250 miles from any other population centre, Easter Island - or Rapa Nui - is world famous for its...
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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures
4 April 2022In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world’s first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and...
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The Taj Mahal & the Emperor Who Built It
4 April 2022The Taj Mahal was commissioned 390 years ago by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. But what can...
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War In Space
4 April 2022On November 15 2021 Russia tested an anti-satellite weapon, shattering one of their own satellites into over a thousand pieces. This space debris...
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The Foundations of Modern India
3 April 2022The greatest anti-imperial rebellion of the nineteenth century, The Indian Rebellion of 1857, witnessed mass violence against the British. Ninety...
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Spacesuits
3 April 2022Creating a successful spacesuit was one of the biggest challenges in man's quest to land on the moon. And, it required borrowing skills from some...
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The Symposium: How To Party Like An Ancient Greek
3 April 2022In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine,...
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Falklands40: What Started the Falklands War?
2 April 2022On April 2nd 1982 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war against Argentina over the Falkland Islands in the Southern Atlantic. To...
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Henry III: England's Longest Reigning King
2 April 2022In 1216, at the adolescent age of nine, Henry became King Henry III of England. With his father, King John passing, right amid the First Barons’...
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The Falklands War: Why Was There A Conflict?
1 April 2022April 2022 marks 40 years since the beginning of the Falklands War - but how and why did these small islands in the South Atlantic become the...
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29:53
The Enclosures
31 March 2022The enclosure of the commons was a centuries-long process. Gradually, through a combination of legal degrees and private acts, the land across...
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François I, King of France
31 March 2022François I of France not only introduced the Renaissance to France, he became the perfect Renaissance king - an inspiring military leader, a...
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Starting a Farm with Lynbreck Croft's Lynn & Sandra
31 March 2022Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer left their friends, family and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland to find a small piece of land they could...
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Dogs in Ancient Greece
31 March 2022Man's best friend has been at our side for thousands of years. Ancient Greece was no exception, and although some of the types of dog that were...
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The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
30 March 2022One of the world's much loved stage and screen characters has just returned to the cinema in a new film version starring Peter Dinklage. But...
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Breakfast Cereal
30 March 2022Kellogg's Cornflakes are arguably the most iconic breakfast cereal, and for good reason. It was this product that launched breakfast cereal as we...
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Winston Churchill: From Failures to Finest Hour
30 March 2022Whilst Churchill is best remembered for his achievements during the dark days of the Second World War, much of the rest of his career had much...
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Benjamin Franklin with Ken Burns
29 March 2022Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a scientist, inventor, writer and diplomat. As one of the leading figures of early American history, Franklin...
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Raiding & Trading in Viking Britain
29 March 2022Several large kingdoms were formed in the Viking-Age period, the best known settlements being in Ireland and York. Dublin became a thriving hub...
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The Demerara Uprising and Britain’s Legacy of Slavery
28 March 2022The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising of over ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana)...
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Anne Boleyn's Early Life
28 March 2022March 2022 marks the 500th anniversary of Anne Boleyn's first recorded appearance at the English court. To celebrate, Hever Castle - Anne's...
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