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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
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Lindsey Davis talks all about her lengthy career bringing Ancient Rome back to life for her readers, and discusses the latest book in her smash hit Flavia Albia series: A Comedy of Terrors.
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Colin Fisher returns to talk all about one of the last wars of the 19th century.
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
We hear plenty from the actors, but what about the crew that happened to put up with them? This time they get their say.
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
The regulars assemble in the Mary Rose to try and decide who deserves the title of the greatest revolution in history.
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Sarah Murden joins us to talk about using fragmentary evidence to try and recreate the lives of exceptional women of all classes in the Georgian period.
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Spencer Jones joins us for a riveting spy tale of the OSS during the Second World War.
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Headlines for the Korean air war would be grabbed by Sabres and MiGs, but the reality would be much closer to WW2. Michael Napier joins us to discuss his new book and the similarities with what had gone before.
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Helen O'Hara joins us to talk all about her new book. It's a power clash of film nerdery with Charley in which Matt can only watch agape. Lols.
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Based on his new book, Simon Elliott joins us to tell the tale of Hispana IX and to try and get to the bottom of what happened to an entire formation which vanished from the historical record.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
On what would have been the historian's 75th birthday, friends including Cameron Macnish and Peter Caddick-Adams recollect their time working with him and celebrate his work with Matt and Marcus.