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Season 1 Episode 98
In 480 BC, 300 Spartans made a famous stand at Thermopylae, as hordes of Persian soldiers, led by Xerxes, seemed set to succeed in their aim of conqu…
4 years, 6 months ago
Top Ten Mistresses
Season 1 Episode 97
Tom Holland is joined by Ali Ansari to discuss the most influential mistresses in history. The definition of success is to impact history, despite of…
4 years, 6 months ago
The UK’s Best Churches
Season 1 Episode 96
There are estimated to be around 16 thousand churches in England alone. But which are the finest in the UK? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joi…
4 years, 6 months ago
9/11
Season 1 Episode 95
On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners were hijacked above the US by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda…
4 years, 7 months ago
Silicon Valley Part 2
Season 1 Episode 94
The rise of social media is the central subject of our second instalment with tech pioneer Marc Andreessen. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook ask whe…
4 years, 7 months ago
Silicon Valley Part 1
Season 1 Episode 93
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are joined by tech pioneer Marc Andreessen. Has the internet been the most important force in modern history? In pa…
4 years, 7 months ago
Nuclear Weapons
Season 1 Episode 92
The year is 1983, and on November the 8th the world is the closest it’s ever been to nuclear destruction, yet nobody at the time realises. Dominic an…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Beatles
Season 1 Episode 91
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are live at the Chalke Valley History Festival to discuss the cultural impact of the Fab Four. What were the social…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Western Front
Season 1 Episode 90
The slaughter and bloodshed on the Western Front in World War One helped shape the narrative of the 20th century. But was it a case of lions led by d…
4 years, 7 months ago
Climate & Weather
Season 1 Episode 89
From the Ice Age to the Winter of Discontent, climate and weather have hugely impacted historical events. Wars halted by freezing conditions, Prime M…
4 years, 7 months ago