Podcast Episodes

England v Denmark

Season 1 Episode 71

Ahead of the two countries’ encounter at Wembley, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Anglo-Danish history through the ages. Vikings, the destr…

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Children’s History

Season 1 Episode 70

Tom and Dominic discuss how to write history books for kids. What topics are they interested in? What will they find boring? How much detail is accep…

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England v Ukraine

Season 1 Episode 69

On the eve of a huge sporting encounter in Rome between the English and Ukrainian football teams, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the histo…

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The British Empire

Season 1 Episode 68

The British Empire: good, bad or neither? And how does its legacy shape us today? Journalist Sathnam Sanghera, author of “Empireland”, joins Tom Holl…

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Anglo-German Relations

Season 1 Episode 67

With England and Germany set to do sporting battle once again, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the historical events which have shaped the …

5 years, 2 months ago

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Ghosts

Season 1 Episode 66

Settle down by the fire and prepare to be haunted. Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts, joins Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to wo…

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A Very British Scandal

Season 1 Episode 65

Jeremy Thorpe was the most flamboyant politician of his day. Leader of the Liberal Party for nine years he was tried at the Old Bailey for conspiracy…

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Hitler, with Ian Kershaw - part 2

Season 1 Episode 64

In the second part of our examination of Adolf Hitler, Sir Ian Kershaw joins Dominic Sandbrook to discuss the Nazi leader’s years leading up to and d…

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Hitler, with Ian Kershaw - part 1

Season 1 Episode 63

He was “the embodiment of modern political evil” according to historian Sir Ian Kershaw. In this first episode of a two-part investigation of the Naz…

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Magna Carta

Season 1 Episode 62

Does the Magna Carta enshrine the liberties of every free-born Englishman? Or is it now irrelevant? Ted Vallance, Professor of History at Roehampton …

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