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We are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, with Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team.
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TV Tie ins
#27 Sharpe's Reunion (Sean Bean, Jason Salkey, Zack White)
#47 The Second Chance (Hornblower) Ioan Gruffudd, Jamie Bamber, Kate Jamieson
#57 Sharpes Reunion Pt. II (Jason Salkey, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, John Tams, Paul Trussell)
#67 Band of Brothers: The Historians (John Orloff, Paul Woodadge, James Holland)
#68 Band of Brothers: The Easy Kids (The families of Doc Roe, Smokey Gordon, Wild Bill Guarnere, Robert Burr Smith, Mike Ranney, George Luz and Don Malarkey)
#69 Band of Brothers: Cast Reunion Pt.I (Nick Aaron, Philip Barantini, George Calil, Ben Caplan, Michael Cudlitz, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Leitch, Ross McCall, James Madio, Tim Matthews, Rene Moreno, Jason O'Mara, Peter O'Meara, Bart Ruspoli, Matt Settle, Richard Speight Jr, Rick Warden and Peter Youngblood-Hills, Paul Woodadge)
#70 Band of Brothers: Cast Reunion Pt.II (Nick Aaron, Philip Barantini, George Calil, Ben Caplan, Michael Cudlitz, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Leitch, Ross McCall, James Madio, Tim Matthews, Rene Moreno, Jason O'Mara, Peter O'Meara, Bart Ruspoli, Matt Settle, Richard Speight Jr, Rick Warden and Peter Youngblood-Hills, Paul Woodadge)
#71 Band of Brothers: Cast Reunion Pt.III (Nick Aaron, Philip Barantini, George Calil, Ben Caplan, Michael Cudlitz, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Leitch, Ross McCall, James Madio, Tim Matthews, Rene Moreno, Jason O'Mara, Peter O'Meara, Bart Ruspoli, Matt Settle, Richard Speight Jr, Rick Warden and Peter Youngblood-Hills, Paul Woodadge)
#72 Band of Brothers: Cast Reunion Pt.IV (Nick Aaron, Philip Barantini, George Calil, Ben Caplan, Michael Cudlitz, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Mark Lawrence, Matthew Leitch, Ross McCall, James Madio, Tim Matthews, Rene Moreno, Jason O'Mara, Peter O'Meara, Bart Ruspoli, Matt Settle, Richard Speight Jr, Rick Warden and Peter Youngblood-Hills, Paul Woodadge)
#109 Knightfall (Tom Cullen, Ed Stoppard, Julian Ovendon, Simon Merrells & Eleanor Janega)
#129 Sharpe: Behind the Scenes (Jason Salkey, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, Paul Trussell & Crew)
WW1:
#11 Belgium in WW1 (Gregory Verfaille, Martial Masschelein)
#33 WW1 Oral History Workshop (Peter Hart, Gary Bain)
#37 Missing, the Need for Closure after the First World War (Richard Van Emden, ~Victoria Wallace_
#45 Anzac Day & Australian Identity (Mat McLachlan)
#86 Douglas Haig Was Not a Butcher (Gary Sheffield)
#91 Aces High (Peter Hart, Joshua Levine, Alex Churchill & Gary Bain)
#108 The Somme: A Necessary Tragedy (Alex Churchill)
#134 The Great War Group (Alex Churchill & Beth Moore)
#135 A History of Women in the RAF (Lucianna Harrison & Sally McGlone)
#142 Somme Success on 1st July (Alex Churchill, Beth Moore, Andrew Holmes & Andy Lock)
#145 India and the First World War (George Morton-Jack)
#165 Russians on the Western Front (Sergey Plykin)
WW2:
#1 Nazi Conspiracies (Guy Walters, Luke Daly-Groves)
#6 Blitz Spirit (Joshua Levine)
#10 Okinawa: Crucible of Hell (Saul David)
#23 The Warsaw Uprising (Włodzimierz Borodziej)
#19 Poland: First to Fight (Roger Moorhouse)
#30 The Spy Who Loved (Clare Mulley)
#38 Toxic Nazis (Dan Kaszeta)
#48 Rampage: Manilla, 1945 (James Scott)
#59 Nazi Titanic (Robert Watson)
#63 VE Day 75: To War With the Walkers (Annabel Venning)
#64 VE Day 75 (Annabel Venning, Luke Daly-Groves, Roger Moorhouse, Peter Caddick-Adams)
#80 Merg: WW2 Through the Eyes of One GI (Peter Lion)
#82 WWII in Russian Memory (Ian Garner)
#92 The Channel Islands in WW2 (Duncan Barrett)
#95 In Memory of Witold Pilecki (Jack Fairweather)
#101 Lancaster (John Nicol)
#104 Dunkirk80 (Joshua Levine)
110 The Doolittle Raid (James Scott)
119 Auschwitz 80: In Memoriam
121 Operation Barbarossa (David Stahel)
124 Winston Churchill 101 (Peter Cadick-Adams, Roger Moorhouse)
130 WW2 in the Mediterranean (Richard Hammond)
135 A History of Women in the RAF (Lucianna Harrison & Sally McGlone)
140 Fake Spitfires in Burma (Andy Brockman & Tracy Speight)
149 Dutch Collaboration with the Nazis (Alex Tijhuis)
158 Ireland and World War Two (Joseph Quinn)
161 The Manhattan Project (Kit Chapman)
166 The Battle of Taranto (Matt Willis)
169 Pole Position: The Katyn Massacre (Olivia Alford)
Pre 20th Century Military:
#27 Sharpe's Reunion (Sean Bean, Jason Salkey, Zack White)
#40 Vikings: Rebooted (Tom Horne, Cat Jarman)
#47 The Second Chance (Hornblower) (Ioan Gruffudd, Jamie Bamber, Kate Jamieson)
#57 Sharpes Reunion Pt. II (Jason Salkey, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, John Tams, Paul Trussell)
#61 The Mary Rose (Chris Dobbs)
#87 Charles II's Navy (J.D. Davies)
#106 Conflict Archaeology: An Introduction (Terence Christian)
111 War in Ancient Greece (Owen Rees)
115 Archaeology of the US Civil War (Ryan McNutt)
125 Waterloo 205 (Marcus Cribb & Zack White)
129 Sharpe: Behind the Scenes (Jason Salkey, Michael Mears, Lyndon Davies, Paul Trussell & Crew)
160 Charles Stewart, An American Naval Hero (Claude Berube)
168 Why Braveheart is Stupid (Ryan McNutt)
Post WW2 Military:
#35 Oral History: Op Granby (Cameron Macnish)
#58 Shaping the Cold War (Ian Sanders)
#97 The Story of Gary Powers (Gary Powers Jr.)
112 The US Marines Toughest Fight in Vietnam (Gregg Jones)
135 A History of Women in the RAF (Lucianna Harrison & Sally McGlone)
154 The Sino-Soviet Split (Sergey Radchenko)
Ancient History:
#8 Hail Mary! Q&A (Mary Beard)
#29 Agrippina & Messalina (Catharine Edwards)
#46 Venus & Aphrodite (Bettany Hughes)
#49 Pompeii (Sophie Hay)
#60 Syrian Matriarchs (Emma Southon)
#93 The Valley of the Kings (Nigel Hetherington)
111 War in Ancient Greece (Owen Rees)
131 Cleopatra (Islam Issa)
141 Mummies (Lawrence Owens)
150 Children in the Ancient World (April Pudsey)
159 Delphi (Michael Scott)
167 Prositution in Ancient Rome (Virginia Campbell)
Archaeology/Prehistory:
#15 Biblical Archaeology (Gilad Jaffe)
#21 Atlantis is Fake (Peter Campbell)
#40 Vikings: Rebooted (Tom Horne, Cat Jarman)
#49 Pompeii (Sophie Hay)
#96 Jerusalem (Gilad Jaffe)
#106 Conflict Archaeology: An Introduction (Terence Christian)
115 Archaeology of the US Civil War (Ryan McNutt)
118 A History of Sex (Eleanor Janega, Kate Lister, Terence Christian & Amanda Charland)
122 Caesarea (Amanda Charland)
138 The Neanderthals (Matt Pope)
141 Mummies (Lawrence Owens)
143 Barrow Clump and the Saxons (Richard Osgood)
Medieval:
#9 Mastering the Middle Ages Q&A (Dan Jones)
#43 Richard III (Chris Skidmore)
#56 Going Medieval (Women in the Medieval World( (Eleanor Janega)
#102 The Great Medieval Relic Con (Emma Wells)
#109 Knightfall: Tom Cullen, Ed Stoppard, Julian Ovendon, Simon Merrells & Eleanor Janega
114 John of Gaunt (Helen Carr)
126 Disabilities in History (Wendy Turner & Chris Mounsey)
144 The Black Death (Clare Kennan)
156 The Golden Age of Arabic Science (Jim Al-Khalili)
168 Why Braveheart is Stupid (Ryan McNutt)
Tudors:
#18 1536 (Suzannah Lipscomb)
#36 Thomas Cromwell & Wolf Hall (Tracy Borman)
#53 Elizabeth I & Image (Estelle Paranque)
#61 The Mary Rose (Chris Dobbs)
#83 The Life of Anne Boleyn (Leanda de Lisle)
#84 Thomas & George Boleyn (Lauren MacKay)
#85 The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Tracy Borman)
#99 Black Tudors (Miranda Kaufmann)
147 Mary Queen of Scots (Kate Williams)
Stuarts:
#4 Providence Lost (The English Republic) (Paul Lay)
#87 Charles II's Navy (J.D. Davies)
170 Early Modern Female Artists (Breeze Barrington)
18th Century:
#22 Dying to Look Good (Carolyn Day)
#94 The Duchess's Lost Museum (Maddy Pelling)
128 Empire, Image & Culture (Apurba Chatterjee)
132 Pirates AAAARGH! (Jamie Goodall)
151 Runaway Slaves (Leighan Renaud)
157 Medical Mysteries (Thomas Morris)
170 Early Modern Female Artists (Breeze Barrington)
19th Century:
#13 Victorian Freak Shows (John Woolf)
#20 Reimagining Old Japan (Leslie Downer)
#50 Inspiring the Brontes (Emma Butcher)
#105 Queen Victoria's Wicked Uncles (Charlotte Ward)
126 Disabilities in History (Wendy Turner & Chris Mounsey)
128 Empire, Image & Culture (Apurba Chatterjee)
132 Pirates AAAARGH! (Jamie Goodall)
157 Medical Mysteries (Thomas Morris)
162 Wild East (Josh Provan)
164 The Victorians ARE Amused (Bob Nicholson)
Royalty:
#3 George V & Edward VIII (Alex Churchill)
#18 1536 (Suzannah Lipscomb)
#43 Richard III (Chris Skidmore)
#53 Elizabeth I & Image (Estelle Paranque)
#83 The Life of Anne Boleyn (Leanda de Lisle)
#85 The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Tracy Borman)
#105 Queen Victoria's Wicked Uncles (Charlotte Ward)
114 John of Gaunt (Helen Carr)
133 Pole Position: 16th Century Polish Queens
147 Mary Queen of Scots (Kate Williams)
153 Edward VIII & the Abdication (Alexander Larman)
20th Century History:
#28 Checkpoint Charlie (Iain MacGregor)
#39 Titanic Conspiracy Theories (Inger Sheil, Alex Churchill)
#58 Shaping the Cold War (Ian Sanders)
#79 The First Women of the NYPD (Lizzie Evens)
#88 Peaky Blinders in Skirts (Emily Burgess)
136 Madrid Under Fire (Colin Fisher)
152 Pole Position: Solidarity (Mark Kramer)
153 Edward VIII & the Abdication (Alexander Larman)
154 The Sino-Soviet Split (Sergey Radchenko)
161 The Manhattan Project (Kit Chapman)
171 The Nazis & Motor Racing (Mark Gallagher)
BY REGION
Europe:
#11 Belgium in WW1 (Gregory Verfaille, Martial Masschelein)
#24 The Beauty & the Terror (Italian Renaissance) (Catherine Fletcher)
#40 Vikings: Rebooted (Tom Horne, Cat Jarman)
#49 Pompeii (Sophie Hay)
#101 Carl XII of Sweden (Flatpack History of Sweden Podcast)
#111 War in Ancient Greece (Owen Rees)
#113 Sport and Smuggling in Communist Poland (Christopher Lash)
#136 Madrid Under Fire (Spanish Civil War) (Colin Fisher)
#149 Dutch Collaboration with the Nazis (Alex Tijhuis)
#154 The Sino-Soviet Split (Sergey Radchenko)
#158 Ireland and World War Two (Joseph Quinn)
#159 Delphi (Michael Scott)
US History:
#41 Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White (William Sturkey)
#76 The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn (Robert Watson)
#77 10 Things to Love About Abraham Lincoln (Railsplitters Podcast)
#78 The Texas Navy (Jonathan Jordan)
#79 The First Women of the NYPD (Lizzie Evens)
#80 Merg: WW2 Through the Eyes of One GI (Peter Lion)
#81 Men in Black, An Introduction to the CIA (Tim Weiner)
#110 The Doolittle Raid (James Scott)
#112 The US Marines Toughest Fight in Vietnam (Gregg Jones)
#115 Archaeology of the US Civil War (Ryan McNutt)
#132 Pirates AAAARGH! (Jamie Goodall)
#151 Runaway Slaves (Leighan Renaud)
#160 Charles Stewart, An American Naval Hero (Claude Berube)
#161 The Manhattan Project (Kit Chapman)
Asia:
#10 Okinawa: Crucible of Hell (Saul David)
#20 Reimagining Old Japan (Leslie Downer)
#31 Superpower, Interrupted (China) (Michael Schuman)
#48 Rampage: Manilla, 1945 (James Scott)
#51 The Rise of the Taliban (Kamal Hyder)
#128 Empire, Image & Culture (Apurba Chatterjee)
#139 A History of Islam in 21 Women (Hossain Kamaly)
#140 Fake Spitfires in Burma (Andy Brockman & Tracy Speight)
#145 India and the First World War (George Morton-Jack)
#162 Wild East (Josh Provan)
Middle East:
#15 Biblical Archaeology (Gilad Jaffe)
#96 Jerusalem (Gilad Jaffe)
#60 Syrian Matriarchs (Emma Southon)
#122 Caesarea (Amanda Charland)
#139 A History of Islam in 21 Women (Hossain Kamaly)
#156 The Golden Age of Arabic Science (Jim Al-Khalili)
Africa:
#93 The Valley of the Kings (Nigel Hetherington)
#131 Cleopatra (Islam Issa)
#139 A History of Islam in 21 Women (Hossain Kamaly)
Caribbean/Latin America:
#103 A History of Cuba Pt.I (Nick Ramos)
#151 Runaway Slaves/Marronage (Leighan Renaud)
Australasia:
#45 Anzac Day & Australian Identity (Mat McLachlan)
General:
#2 War Queens (Jonathan and Emily Jordan)
#12 Football's 50 Most Important Moments (The Football History Boys)
#17 The Brothers Holland Q&A (Tom Holland, James Holland)
#26 Dan Snow Q&A
#62 The World's Most Important Weapons (James Rogers)
#73 The Truth is Out There (Penny Griffiths-Morgan)
#74 House Histories (Melanie Backe-Hansen)
#90 A History of Beer (Pete Brown with Andrew Holmes & Jonny Dyer)
#118 A History of Sex (Eleanor janega, Kate Lister, Terence Christian & Amanda Charland)
#123 #HistoryMatters (Marcus Cribb, Owen Rees, Alex Churchill, Zack White & James Smith)
#126 Disabilities in History (Wendy Turner & Chris Mounsey)
#139 A History of Islam in 21 Women (Hossain Kamaly)
#157 Medical Mysteries (Thomas Morris)
Women's History:
#2 War Queens (Jonathan and Emily Jordan)
#29 Agrippina & Messalina (Catharine Edwards)
#30 The Spy Who Loved (Clare Mulley)
#46 Venus & Aphrodite (Bettany Hughes)
#49 Pompeii (Sophie Hay)
#53 Elizabeth I & Image (Estelle Paranque)
#55 A Woman At War (Susan Luz)
#56 Going Medieval (Women in the Medieval World) (Eleanor Janega)
#60 Syrian Matriarchs (Emma Southon)
#79 The First Women of the NYPD (Lizzie Evens)
#83 The Life of Anne Boleyn (Leanda de Lisle)
#85 The Fall of Anne Boleyn (Tracy Borman)
#88 Peaky Blinders in Skirts (Emily Burgess)
#94 The Duchess's Lost Museum (Maddy Pelling)
#99 Black Tudors (Miranda Kaufmann)
#131 Cleopatra (Islam Issa)
#135 A History of Women in the RAF (Lucianna Harrison & Sally McGlone)
#147 Mary Queen of Scots (Kate Williams)
#167 Prositution in Ancient Rome (Virginia Campbell)
#170 Early Modern Female Artists (Breeze Barrington)
BAME History:
#41 Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White (William Sturkey)
#99 Black Tudors (Miranda Kaufmann)
#128 Empire, Image & Culture (Apurba Chatterjee)
#145 India and the First World War (George Morton-Jack)
#151 Runaway Slaves (Leighan Renaud)
Down the Pub:
#7 Greatest Ship Ever Built
#16 History's Nastiest Villain
#25 The Ancient World's Greatest Warlord
#34 Historical Fantasy Football
#44 Most Iconic British Battle
#54 The Most Baddass Woman in History
#65 Man(and Woman) Kind's Greatest Achievement
#75 History's Most Hilarious Moment
#89 Most Incompetent Leader in History
#98 History's Greatest Moment
#107 History's Silliest Assassination
#116 History’s Greatest Journey
#127 History’s Most Epic Death Scene
#137 History’s Stupidest Crime
#146 The Greatest Briton Top 10
#155 The Greatest Briton Revealed
Backchat:
163 Backchat: If I Had a Time Machine
172 Backchat: History Party
Oral History:
#35 Oral History: Op Granby (Cameron Macnish)
#55 A Woman At War (Susan Luz)
#66 The Early Space Race & The History of GPS (Richard Easton)
#97 The Story of Gary Powers (Gary Powers Jr.)
Pole Position:
#5 German/Ukranian Collaboration in the General Get in WW2 (Pawel Markiewicz)
#16 The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (Sławomir Debski)
#23 The Warsaw Uprising (Włodzimierz Borodziej)
#42 Music & Dance in Inter-War Poland (Juliette Bretan)
#52 Poland & The Napoleonic Wars (William Fletcher)
#95 In Memory of Witold Pilecki (Jack Fairweather)
#113 Sport and Smuggling in Communist Poland (Christopher Lash)
#119 Auschwitz 80: In Memoriam
#133 16th Century Polish Queens
#152 Solidarity (Mark Kramer)
#169 The Katyn Massacre (Olivia Alford)