History Hit Podcasts
History Hit has a wide variety of podcasts including Dan Snow’s History Hit, The Ancients, Gone Medieval, Not Just The Tudors, Betwixt The Sheets, American History Hit, After Dark, and Echoes of History.
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Charles V: Holy Roman Emperor
21 June 2021Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Geoffrey Parker to explore the extraordinary life and career of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V...
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Tragedy at the Scottish Crannog Centre
21 June 2021From the Neolithic period to the early 18th century Crannogs were a feature of Scottish, Welsh and Irish lakes and estuaries enabling a unique way...
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From Airman to Attorney General: RAF Navigator Johnny Smythe
21 June 2021Beginning with his birth in 1915 in Sierra Leone, the life of John Henry Smythe OBE MBE is almost unbelievable. From becoming a navigator in the...
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Black American Struggle: Riot or Revolution?
20 June 2021The 1960s and early 1970s saw civil unrest and violence in the United States on a scale not seen since the civil war between black residents and the...
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Ancient Brittany with Sir Barry Cunliffe
20 June 2021Stretching out from the north west of France, Brittany has long been as identifiable with the Atlantic Ocean as with its continental neighbours in...
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Mary, Queen of Scots
19 June 2021Mary, Queen of Scots, returned to the news headlines when the rosary she carried to her execution in 1587, was recently stolen from Arundel...
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44:01
John of Gaunt
19 June 2021Born in 1340 as the younger brother of the Black Prince, John of Gaunt's life is captivating. John was a brave leader, first setting foot on the...
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42:49
Voices of Waterloo
18 June 2021206 years ago today, 60,000 men were slaughtered in the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon Bonaparte's French army was finally defeated by an almighty...
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Battle of Waterloo
18 June 2021After 12 years of battles against the French Republic’s various neighbours, this was Napoleon’s final stand. Although many associate its name...
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51:07
Louis XIV and his Mistresses
17 June 2021Louis XIV ruled France for more than 72 years, the longest recorded reign of any monarch of any sovereign country in history. Despite the...
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Churchill's Daughters: The Privilege and the Pain
17 June 2021Winston Churchill's daughters Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary are often overshadowed by their father's extraordinary fame but they also lived...
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Scotland's Earliest Animal Carvings: An Incredible New Discovery
17 June 2021Prehistoric animal carvings, thought to be up to 5,000 years old, have been discovered in Scotland for the very first time. The images, which include...
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20:46
The Curious History of Postcards
16 June 2021For many people sending a postcard is an enjoyable part of any seaside trip but rather than just being a novelty they were once a vital form of...
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Band of Brothers with Damian Lewis
16 June 2021Twenty years after it first aired, Band of Brothers continues to be remembered as a remarkably accurate portrayal of a US parachute infantry...
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36:08
Everything You Need to Know about the Anglo-Saxons
15 June 2021The Anglo-Saxon period is vital for the formation of England and the UK as we know it but is a difficult era to fully understand. The departure of...
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31:36
Sex in the Middle Ages
15 June 2021Despite being a key part of society and everyday life, medieval sexuality was probably left out of your history lessons at school. But how much do...
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Mary, Queen of Scots
14 June 2021Mary, Queen of Scots, returned to the news headlines when the rosary she carried to her execution in 1587, was recently stolen from Arundel...
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30:39
The Heiress, the Kidnap, and the Making of London
14 June 2021After the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666 London was on its knees with its population decimated and the heart of the city...
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The Nazis & Rommel in the Middle East
14 June 2021Erwin Rommel, the ‘Desert Fox’, known as such because from 1940 until the end of 1942, he led his troops across the deserts of North Africa and...
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Gordon Brown on How To Save the World
13 June 2021Gordon Brown stood at the pinnacle of UK politics for 13 years first as Chancellor of the Exchequer and the as Prime Minister but it is as a private...
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Berenike and the Red Sea Spice Route
13 June 2021Situated on the western coast of the Red Sea in antiquity were a series of thriving seaports, bringing in trade from as far as way as Sir Lanka....
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