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Explore the people & events from history
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are interrogating the past to de-tangle the present.
Helena Bonham Carter and Nicola Coughlan shine a light on extraordinary people in history.
Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.
Join Don Wildman as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today
Step back in time with podcasts that unearth stories from momentous events in history.
Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood.
The extraordinary stories of the victims of wartime London's Blackout Ripper
The story of our times, told by the people who were there
From a slave to an emperor, Mary Beard reveals the real people of the Roman Empire.
"Essential listening..." Why the US and UK went to war in Iraq and its legacy.
The story of Jackson Pollock & Lee Krasner: love, power, alcoholism & an ill-timed death.
The Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War II.
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident.
Real Dictators explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Narrated by Paul McGann.
The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Hosted by Greg Jenner.
Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood
Lucy Worsley investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary perspective.
Stories about the impact of Stanlow oil refinery on a community and landscape.
Reading his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne discovers a disturbing confession.
The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you鈥檝e never heard of
A story of the flooding of a village in Wales to provide drinking water for Liverpool.
The story of an extraordinary secret archive recording daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Glenn Patterson on the IRA bomb attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher and change history.