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Season 1 Episode 61
No state in America captures the imagination quite like California. With its glitz and glamour and also its enormous economic disparities the state i…
5 years, 2 months ago
Muhammad
Season 1 Episode 60
Who was Muhammad, where did he come from and what was the historical context for his life? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss one of the most …
5 years, 2 months ago
The World Cup of Gods - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 59
Competition for top deity hots up as we look back on the knock out stages of the Rest is History World Cup of Gods. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland…
5 years, 2 months ago
The World Cup of Gods - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 58
In one of the most anticipated contests of the year, sixteen gods battled for the crown of ultimate deity. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook offer an…
5 years, 2 months ago
Paris
Season 1 Episode 57
It may just be the most popular city on earth. Throughout history Paris has maintained a grip on the public imagination, thanks to its culture, archi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Nero
Season 1 Episode 56
He remains one of the great characters in all history. But was he depraved, corrupt and evil? Or an artist much maligned by elitist historians? Domin…
5 years, 3 months ago
The World Cup of Gods - Preview
Season 1 Episode 55
It promises to be the biggest event of the summer - The Rest is History World Cup of Gods.
Sixteen competitors, but there can be only one winner. Tom …
5 years, 3 months ago
Cromwell and the Protectorate
Season 1 Episode 54
Did Oliver Cromwell save Britain from tyranny or was he a killjoy and military dictator? Paul Lay, author of Providence Lost: the Rise and Fall of Cr…
5 years, 3 months ago
Game of Thrones
Season 1 Episode 53
What, if anything, can we learn about medieval history from Game of Thrones? Or is George R R Martin’s hugely popular series of books, and the blockb…
5 years, 3 months ago
Aztecs
Season 1 Episode 51
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook talk to award-winning writer Camilla Townsend, author of the revelatory Fifth Sun.
Professor Townsend used Nahuatl l…
5 years, 3 months ago