In December 1915, some 135,000 allied troops, nearly 400 guns and 15,000 horses were collectively...
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History and Beliefs audios
The Road to 1914: Myths of Nationalism
This week in 1914 saw the outbreak of the First World War. In this special episode from the...
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How Dogs Became Man's Best Friend
Mike Loades joined me on the podcast to talk about the history of dogs, and they are intertwined...
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This episode is the third of our History Legends podcasts, featuring Mary Beard. Subscribe...
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Jessica Dalton joined me on the podcast to talk about the history of the Inquisition. We...
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When the Brits Burnt the Capitol, with Peter Snow
In 1814 a British expeditionary force landed in Maryland, marched on Washington, brushed aside an...
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We're very pleased to bring you this special 'Lockdown Learning' episode of the podcast,...
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Toxis: A History of Nerve Agents
In 2018, the British city of Salisbury crashed into newspaper headlines worldwide when former...
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On 18 January 1871 as the Siege of Paris raged a couple of miles away King Wilhelm I of Prussia...
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Eric Thompson has had his finger literally on the nuclear button. He joined the Royal Navy...
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In Conversation with David Baddiel
In this episode taken from our archive, David Baddiel talks to Dan about the Second World War,...
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John of Gaunt: THE Royal Ancestor
Helen Carr joins me today to discuss John of Gaunt: son of Edward III, younger brother to the...
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Remembering the Alamo with W. F. Strong
In this episode taken from our archive, I headed out to Texas in 2016 to discuss the Battle of...
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Today, we're talking about one of the great stories of American military history; The Doolittle...
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On this day thirty years ago a ceasefire was declared bringing ground operations in the first...
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In today's episode of the podcast, I am joined by Katherine Pangonis a historian specialising in...
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French Resistance Heroine Heading to the Oscars
Joining me on the podcast today are Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino to discuss their film...
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Catherine the Great came from minor German nobility to rule become Empress of Russia and one of...
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Yuri Gagarin: The First Human to Leave Our Planet
On April 12th 1961 the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching the first man into space; Yuri...
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The Apollo Program with Kevin Fong
Getting to the moon was no easy feat, no matter how confident Kennedy may have sounded in his...
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