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Episode 129
How did a game played by peasants in the English countryside as early as the 17th century evolve into one of the most popular sports in the world? Jo…
4 years, 8 months ago
History's greatest clubs (preview)
A chance to peek behind the curtain into the new weekly bonus episode for subscribers to the Rest Is History Club. As well as the extra episode, subs…
4 years, 8 months ago
Rasputin
Episode 128
The peasant who became one of the most influential figures in the final days of the Russian Empire is an unbelievable story. But how much of the goss…
4 years, 8 months ago
Neanderthals
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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago