Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT

Britain's Worst Prime Minister

Could Liz Truss be Britain's worst Prime Minister? As the political scene in the UK hurtles into...

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

In October 1962 the world came very close to annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. During...

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The Long History of African and Caribbean People in Britain

There remains a tendency to reduce the history of African and Caribbean people in Britain to a...

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Russia Falters in Ukraine: Parallels with WW1

Russia's current conflict in Ukraine was supposed to be a showcase of military prowess, a quick...

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The US and The Holocaust

After Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, thousands of German Jews facing systematic...

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Karnak: Egypt's Greatest Temple

Located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, the Karnak Temple complex is one of the...

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The Romanovs

The Romanov family were the first imperial dynasty to rule Russia, reigning from the early...

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Outlaws, Cattle Rustling and Bootlegging: The Life of Josie Bassett

Josie Bassett Morris' life epitomised the Wild West. She grew up on a homestead in the late 18th...

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Charles Ignatius Sancho: From Slavery to High Society

Please note that this episode contains discussion of racist language. Charles Ignatius Sancho...

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The Troubles Begin

This episode will establish the century-long roots of sectarian tensions, paint a picture of the...

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Remembering Hilary Mantel

Dame Hilary Mantel died on 22 September 2022 at the age of 70. Her acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy -...

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The Energy Crisis: 2022 vs 1973

A long dark, cold winter looms with soaring energy prices. Some of the advice we've heard...

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The Evolution of Warfare with Sir Lawrence Freedman

From the stone age to current day, from sticks and rocks to drones and artillery - the nature of...

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The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City

In 1939 Franklin D Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein, warning him that the Nazis...

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What Could Labour Learn From Harold Wilson?

In the week of the Labour Party when polls indicate that the party is likely to form the next...

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A Short History of the Bank of England

As the UK's bond market has suffered its biggest fall in decades and the pound has reached its...

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Agatha Christie with Lucy Worsley

Agatha Christie is the best-selling fiction writer of all time and her many detective novels,...

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

From an age in which women’s lives were obscured and poorly recorded, one shines brightly from...

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Suleyman the Magnificent

The Lion House is a riveting new book from journalist and historian Christopher De Bellaigue,...

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The Man Wrongfully Hanged at Cardiff Prison

In September 1952 Mahmood Hussein Mattan became the last to be executed at Cardiff Prison, but...

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