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Coming Soon! D-day by Land, Sea and Air
June 6th marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day and Dan Snow's History Hit is it by bringing you its biggest series yet. From now until May next year, w…
1 year, 7 months ago
Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s Third Queen
Episode 1443
Jane Seymour is a paradox. Of Henry VIII’s six wives, she is the one about whom we know perhaps the least. She was the most lowly of the queens, but …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Opium Wars
Episode 1442
2/2. The British Empire aggressively pursued the opium trade well into the 19th century, fueling an addiction epidemic within China. The Qing governm…
1 year, 7 months ago
The British Empire, China and Opium
Episode 1441
1/2. Victorian readers were captivated by descriptions of smoke-filled opium dens among backstreet brothels and pubs in London's East End in Oscar Wi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period
Episode 1440
Dating from 1467-1603, the Sengoku or ‘Warring States’ period is known as the bloodiest in Japan’s history; an era of continuous social upheaval and …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Royal Navy's Darkest Night & The Origins of Longitude
Episode 1439
A mix of treacherous seas, navigation errors, and historical intrigue led to one of the Royal Navy's darkest nights. Dan travels to the Scilly Isles …
1 year, 7 months ago
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt: The Impossible Alliance that Won WWII
Episode 1438
In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. As the Germans drove towards Moscow, a catastrophic Soviet defeat seemed imminent - a defeat …
1 year, 7 months ago
Twelve Caesars with Mary Beard
Episode 1437
The title of Caesar has echoed down the ages as the pinnacle of absolute power and perhaps even tyranny. A single man at the head of a nation or empi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Marshal Pétain: Hero or Traitor?
Episode 1436
Marshal Pétain emerged from the First World War as a French national hero. His defence of Verdun had set him on course to become one of France's most…
1 year, 7 months ago
Merlin, The Occult and British Politics
Episode 1434
Who was the real Merlin? Dr Francis Young says the closest is John Dee, Elizabeth I's occultist advisor who gave her the idea for a British Empire. D…
1 year, 8 months ago