Escaping the Blitz and recording the First World Wa
Juliet Gardiner pays a visit to an unusual Second World War shelter, while Julia Cave recalls her...
38:03
Escaping the Blitz and recording the First World Wa
Juliet Gardiner pays a visit to an unusual Second World War shelter, while Julia Cave recalls her...
38:03
Dominic Sandbrook charts the highs and lows of 1970s Britain in a lecture delivered at our...
39:25
Cold War smuggling and First World War veterans
Peter Finn and Petra Couvee discuss how banned literature was smuggled into the USSR during the...
41:12
The World War Two French resistance and British holidays
Paddy Ashdown describes French attempts to battle the Nazis, while Kathryn Ferry explains how...
57:54
Victorian burials and the history of psychology
Ruth Levitt explains how Britain struggled to bury its dead during the 19th century, while Martin...
45:57
George III and the art of anatomy
Janice Hadlow describes the private lives of George III and his family, while Adam Rutherford...
55:22
Anglo-Saxon treasures, and did Britain invent freedom?
Charlotte Hodgman explores the Staffordshire Hoard, while Daniel Hannan argues that...
48:36
Hunting the regicides and the Chartist movement
Charles Spencer describes the trials of those who executed Charles I, while Charlotte Hodgman...
46:08
04. Crónicas de una Arqueóloga
¿Qué clase de gente se asomana las excavaciones arqueológicas?, ¿Es Indiana Jones el prototipo de...
42:25
American History - Lincoln's election and the origins of Halloween
Karen Allen reveals the Yorkshire origins of trick or treat and Richard Carwardine explains the...
38:51
Georgian gardens and historical fiction
We visit Hampton Courts new kitchen garden, while Wilbur Smith discusses his latest historical...
42:06
The Battle of Marathon plus Dunkirk and WWII refugees
Laurence Rees explains why Hitler didn't press his advantage at Dunkirk in 1940. Plus Michael...
35:56
Andrew Lambert discusses the War of 1812 between Britain and the USA, and we talk to Kishore Rao,...
55:32
The worst years in history and a trip to Ancient Rome
Historical writer Derek Wilson explains his choices for the most awful years in British history,...
59:16
La Tercera Cruzada tuvo lugar entre los años 1187 y 1192, y su objetivo era la conquista de la...
48:10
Richard Carwardine explores religion in the USA and David Lees considers Vichy France's role in...
53:40
A new history of England and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Peter Ackroyd talks to us about his new history of England and Philip Carter explains how a group...
34:06
The winners of the latest Wolfson History Prizes discuss their books and the secrets of writing...
57:02
English gardens and Latin American football
Timothy Mowl guides us around a historic English garden, while Andreas Campomar explains Latin...
01:05:52
Suzannah Lipscomb explains the impact that Henry VIII, Elizabeth I et al had on English and...
44:47