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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
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020
45 min
James Scott returns with a personal story of the harrowing attack on the USS Liberty in 1967.
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020
48 min
Roel Konijnendijk joins us to talk all about perceptions of Sparta and how they differ from the reality.
Dec 28, 2020
Dec 28, 2020
37 min
Becky Brown joins us to talk all about the reality of the Blitz Spirit and how it compares to Covidland, using the Mass Observation Archive.
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020
2hr 10 min
The regulars convene in the Mary Rose and we let you sit in on their Christmas party. There are secret Santa presents to be opened, and a panto to be cast. Find out who takes on which role from history, and why, but be warned: for the most part this is absolute nonsense.
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020
48 min
Merryn Walters joins us to talk all about the oft-forgotten Christmas battle that pitted Canada against the Nazis in Italy.
Dec 25, 2020
Dec 25, 2020
1hr 33 min
Alex and Marcus are joined by the cast of Sharpe's Company to reminisce about the beloved series: with Jason Salkey, Assumpata Serna, Scott Cleverdon, Robbie Morgan, Clive Francis, Lyndon Davies, Hugh Fraser, Nicholas Jones and Marc Warren, who also talks about filming Band of Brothers.
Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
28 min
Owen Staton returns to deliver some Christmassy Folklore including a Welsh Classic and a festive Arthurian tale.
Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
45 min
Louise Creechan joins us for a chat on Charles Dickens and his Christmas Stories, with typically HH rabbit hole diversions on poor Mrs. Dickens, the Nativity, disabilities in Victorian literature and Mickey Mouse.
Dec 23, 2020
Dec 23, 2020
1hr 36 min
In a special edition, Nicolai Eberholst joins us to discuss the impact of the First World War on Denmark, a supposedly neutral country
Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
38 min
Historyland's Josh Provan joins Alina to talk all about the murky period of the 25th dynasty and Piye's conquest of Egypt