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The Tragedy of HMS Captain
As a crew of over 500 boarded HMS Captain in the autumn of 1870, none of them knew their fate was sealed in the offices of the dockyard. The Captain …
3 years, 1 month ago
Nicholas Said: The Extraordinary Life of a Traveller, Soldier and Translator
This is the remarkable story of Nicholas Said - born into a wealthy Muslim family in the ancient Bornu Empire, his childhood was interrupted when, ag…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Muppets Take Moscow!
Car bombings, assassinations and a military takeover: these are just some of the things American TV producer Natasha Lance Rogoff and her team faced …
3 years, 1 month ago
Pre-historic Women
For years we've understood that in the prehistoric hunter-gather world, the men did the hunting and the women did the gathering. Prehistoric man went…
3 years, 1 month ago
Dan, The Skeletons and The Battle of Waterloo
Dan Snow’s History Hit hits the road to Belgium and the Waterloo Battlefield to see the soldier’s bones found in an attic earlier this month.
The Bat…
3 years, 1 month ago
Medieval Leaders and Queens: Aethelfled, Hildegard & Jadwiga.
Art and cultural historian Dr Janina Ramirez joins Dan on today's episode to tell the stories of three incredible medieval women: Aethelfled, a warri…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Real Casanova
Content Warning This episode contains adult themes and language that may not be suitable for children.
On this special network crossover episode we're…
3 years, 1 month ago
Robert Harris: Writing Oblivion and The Murder of Charles I
It's 1660 and General Edward Whalley and his son-in-law board a ship bound for the New World. They're on the run, wanted for the murder of King Charl…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sex
250 million years ago the armour-plated Placoderm fish invented the act of sex as we know it. Hubba Hubba. Dive into the historical sack as we go in …
3 years, 1 month ago
The End of Stalingrad
Stalingrad is one of the most titanic and totemic battles of the Second World War. Millions were killed, the city itself was utterly shattered by fig…
3 years, 1 month ago