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From Airman to Attorney General: RAF Navigator Johnny Smythe
26 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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White Ship Disaster
26 June 2021During the night of the 25 November in 1120, a routine crossing of the English Channel went catastrophically wrong. The White Ship disaster saw...
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Hunting the Viking Great Heathen Army
25 June 2021In 865 AD Britain was invaded by the Great Heathen Army an alliance of Scandanavian warriors determined to conquer the kingdoms of East Anglia,...
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After WW2: Life in the Third Reich
25 June 2021After 6 years of war, countries around the world were in a state of ruin in 1945, not least the losing side. The people of Germany had been under the...
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Hampton Court: Gold & Glory
24 June 2021On 7 June 1520, Henry VIII of England and François I of France met at the Field of Cloth of Gold. For three weeks on English soil in Northern...
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History of Freemasonry
24 June 2021John Dickie joins Dan from the History Hit Archive to discuss the international story of an organisation that now has 6 million members across the...
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Artemis of Ephesus: The Great Mother Goddess
23 June 2021An incredibly popular goddess, characterised in statues of her by a vest of bee hives, or are they breasts … bull scrotums? In this episode Tristan...
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The World According to Obama Official Ben Rhodes
23 June 2021Ben Rhodes has served at the very pinnacle of politics in his role as deputy national security adviser in Barack Obama's Whitehouse and seen what it...
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Battle of Passchendaele
23 June 2021Lyn Macdonald is revered as the great chronicler of the human experience of the Western Front. She recorded interviews with more veterans of the...
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Operation Barbarossa
22 June 2021On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed Operation Barbarossa the biggest military operation in human history. More than 3 million men of the Axis poured...
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The Berserkers
22 June 2021To go berserk, meaning out of control with anger or excitement: the phrase originates from stories of the Berserkers, but what do we really know...
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Dirty Love: The Ancient Greek Novel
22 June 2021The novel, and in particular the romance genre, is at the heart of a billion dollar industry, but when did they originate? In this episode, Professor...
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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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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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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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