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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.
Episodes
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 17, 2021
43 min
Based on his fantastic book, Roger Crowley joins us to talk all about how little Portugal forged the world's first truly global empire.
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Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
59 min
Joshua Green joins us to discuss the sad history of lunatic asylums.
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Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
53 min
Archaeologist Simon Verdegem joins us to talk about a decade spent exhuming newly uncovered First World War remains on the Western Front and attempting to give the fallen back their identity.
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Jun 14, 2021
Jun 14, 2021
50 min
Aaron Edwards joins us to talk about Britain's covert efforts to combat certain Irish Republicans.
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Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021
46 min
Kat Hill joins us to tell us all about this little-known Christian group named after Menno Simons.
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Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021
58 min
In a slice of oral history, Andrew Fox joins us to talk about his military career, from fighting insurgents in Afghanistan to becoming a paratrooper.
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Jun 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021
37 min
Alex Christofi joins us to talk about the life and world of literary giant Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jun 8, 2021
Jun 8, 2021
56 min
Marcos Martinon-Torres joins us to discuss these iconic Chinese artefacts.
Jun 7, 2021
Jun 7, 2021
36 min
London was not the only city bombed in WW2, far from it. Marc Connaughan joins us to talk all about the effect of air raids on Scotland's second city.
Jun 6, 2021
Jun 6, 2021
30 min
The C-47 was the workhorse of the Second World War and a D-Day (and everywhere else) veteran is nearing completion of a lengthy restoration to flight in Coventry. Matt takes Hedge Hopping on the road to meet up with Charlie Walker and find out the last on the exciting restoration of Night Fight. Be warned, there is a lot of riveting nose in this episode. Boney makes no apologies for this, there is an aircraft to finish!
Learn more about Night Fright at https://www.night-fright.com/
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