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Season 1 Episode 127
Where did Neanderthals come from? How are they related to homo sapiens? And why are they no longer with us? Tom and Dominic are joined by Professor C…
4 years, 4 months ago
Napoleon in Egypt
Episode 126
“God is too late, you have begun, now I will finish it.” Swash-buckling hero or sacrilegious tyrant? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore Napole…
4 years, 4 months ago
The CIA
Episode 125
The USA's Central Intelligence Agency is a mysterious organisation which has used covert methods to assassinate enemies, influence governments and ti…
4 years, 4 months ago
World Cup of Kings and Queens part 2
Elizabeth II. Henry V. William the Conqueror. All pretenders, according to our twitter poll to find England’s greatest monarch, which has been runnin…
4 years, 4 months ago
World Cup of Kings and Queens part 1
Episode 123
Oliver Cromwell. Queen Victoria. George V. All contenders for the title of England's greatest monarch, a poll for which took place on a twitter over …
4 years, 4 months ago
Athelstan: England's Greatest Monarch
Episode 122
After an intense tournament featuring sixteen of the finest Kings and Queens this island has to offer, the people have decided the greatest king of E…
4 years, 4 months ago
Australia Before Cook
Season 1 Episode 121
"Discovered this territory, 1770". So reads the inscription on a statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park, Sydney. But did he really discover it? Tom and …
4 years, 4 months ago
The Oil Weapon
Episode 120
1973: Major oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia quadruple the price of oil overnight, sending the West (particularly the United Kingdom) into c…
4 years, 4 months ago
World Cup of Kings & Queens preview
Episode 119
Who's England's greatest monarch? Voting starts on Saturday 13th November, go to @TheRestHistory on Twitter to get involved.
*The Rest Is History Live…
4 years, 4 months ago
End of the First World War & Remembrance
Season 1 Episode 118
On the anniversary of the day the guns fell silent on the Western Front, we look at the last moments of the First World War – and how we remember the…
4 years, 4 months ago