Episodes about

History

Episodes on the moments, movements, and decisions that shaped the world. Wars, revolutions, disasters, and the quietly strange events you never learned about in school.

Episodes about

History

The Irish Revolution: How Ireland Won Its Independence

The Great Famine: How Ireland and Britain Broke Apart

The Conquest of Ireland: How England Never Left

Raoul Wallenberg | The Angel of Budapest

A Short History of Blasphemy in Britain

Margaret Thatcher vs the Miners: The Strike That Divided Britain

Flight 571: Survival in the Andes

The Cat: History's Most Mysterious Companion

Man's Best Friend: The Remarkable History of Dogs

The Rise and Fall of the Eunuchs

Operation Valkyrie & The Plot To Kill Hitler

A Short History Of Universities

The Darién Scheme

The Curious Origins of The Nobel Prize

The Salem Witch Trials

From Temples to Duty-Free | The Ancient History of Modern Perfume

How Two French Scientists Created The Metric System

A Brief History of Mercenaries

Legendary Lost Cities and Civilisations

The Art of Espionage: Spying Throughout History

The Chernobyl Disaster

Atoms For Peace | The Early Years of Nuclear Power

Journey to the Deep: A Short History of Underwater Exploration

From Dungeons to Reform: The Evolution of Prisons

Capital Punishment: The Evolution of the Ultimate Sentence

A Short History of Crime and Punishment in Britain

The Troubles | Northern Ireland’s Struggle for Peace

The Haitian Revolution

The Meiji Restoration

The Wars Of The Roses

Scotland vs. England: A 1,000-year Rivalry

The Affair Of The Diamond Necklace

Blood In The Highlands | The Story Of The Glencoe Massacre

The Legend of King Arthur

The 1978 World Cup in Argentina

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Slavery In The Ancient World

The Origin of Monopoly

A Brief History of Salt

The Race To The South Pole

The Race to The North Pole

The British Phone Box

The Story Of The Panama Canal

Upstairs, Downstairs: The Lives of British Servants

The French Foreign Legion

The Discovery of Tutankhamen

The Creation of The Modern Office

How Dark Were The Dark Ages?

Operation Underworld | The American Mafia & World War II

A Short History of The London Underground

The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Hate

“The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK

Bloody Celebrities | Gladiators in Ancient Rome

A Job From Hell | Slaves in Ancient Rome

Republic to Empire | The Politics of Ancient Rome

A History of Witches | Misogyny, Magic and Murder

The Titanic

Cheers! A Short History of Beer

The Bloody History of Bullfighting

Chess & The Cold War

Humans For Lunch | A Short History of Cannibalism

The Atomic Bomb Part 3: The Aftermath

The Atomic Bomb Part 2: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The Atomic Bomb Part 1: The Manhattan Project

The Tower of London

The East India Company: The Company That Conquered A Country

Apollo 13

The Prohibition Era

The War Of The Currents

En Garde! A History Of Duelling

Five Surprising Food Origins

A History of Smoking

Cornish Smugglers

The True Story of Robin Hood

The Rise and Fall of Concorde

Operation Pied Piper: The Evacuation of British Cities in World War II

The Mystery Of Thule

A Short History Of Tea