Podcasts
All Podcasts
38:37
Alexander the Great & The Persian Thermopylae (Part One)
20 January 2022In January 330 BC, Alexander the Great faced one of his most difficult challenges to date. A small Persian force, entrenched in a formidable...
Listen Now
49:50
Who Was Joan of Arc?
20 January 2022Joan of Arc is a name that’s instantly recognisable to most. A controversial figure in her own day, she has remained so ever since, often being...
Listen Now
43:37
The SAS in the Falklands: Part One
19 January 2022In this episode from the archive, Dan Snow hears the incredible story of the SAS's involvement in the Falklands from the men who were actually there:...
Listen Now
25:37
The Child Soldiers of WWI
19 January 2022After the outbreak of the First World War, boys as young as twelve were caught up in a national wave of patriotism and, in huge numbers,...
Listen Now
34:55
Vikings: What Does Their Hair Tell Us?
18 January 2022If you've watched a film or TV show about vikings recently, you may well have noticed a distinctive hairstyle featuring an undercut and a...
Listen Now
36:07
28 Years on Death Row
18 January 2022Anthony Ray Hinton is an Alabama was held on death row after being wrongly convicted of the murders of two restaurant managers, John Davidson and...
Listen Now
51:45
Cardinal Wolsey
17 January 2022No advisor was more important to King Henry VIII than Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. He captured Henry's attention with his brilliance and became his...
Listen Now
36:48
Tony Blair & the Iraq War
17 January 2022In the 2022 New Year Honours list, alongside the names of Joanna Lumley, Moira Stuart and Emma Raducanu, was that of Tony Blair. Over a million...
Listen Now
1:01:38
Korean War: The Veterans Of Imjin River
17 January 2022Fought between the 22nd-25th of April 1951, the battle of Imjin River was part of a Chinese counter-offensive after United Nations forces had...
Listen Now
50:18
The Birth of the Roman Empire
16 January 202216 January 27 BC is a date sometimes associated with the beginning of the Roman Empire. It was on that day that Octavian received the name...
Listen Now
32:23
Eugenics with Adam Rutherford
16 January 2022Eugenics has been used in attempts throughout history, and across continents, to gain power and assert control.
In this episode, we trace...
Listen Now
47:46
An English Knight's Armour
15 January 2022Knights in their armour is one of the most enduring images of the Middle Ages, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind and a role that many of...
Listen Now