The Truth About King Arthur
The legend of King Arthur has been reworked many times, but is there any historical truth behind the tales? Dr Miles Russell believes there is and in this episode, from our sibling podcast The Ancient...
3 Jul 202153min
The Battle of the Somme
105 years ago the battle of the Somme raged on into its second day. 60,000 British casualties we recorded on its first day and by its close in November 1916 over a million men had been killed or wound...
2 Jul 202130min
100 years of the Chinese Communist Party
100 years ago the Chinese Communist Party was founded and across the span of that century has become one of the most powerful organisations on the planet. Today, it is an economic powerhouse and a sup...
1 Jul 202126min
Marginalised in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega
Much of Medieval history focuses on the kings, queens, bishops, and the nobility of the period, but what do we know about those people on the margins of society? Like today the elite made up only a sm...
29 Jun 202129min
Sarajevo 1914: Assassination of the Archduke
Europe in 1914 was a tinderbox of imperial tensions and the spark that would light the conflagration would be the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. But there is much more to this story than s...
28 Jun 202132min
Berlin and the Dawn of the Cold War
In the aftermath of World War II, amongst the shattered ruins of Berlin a new conflict was born, the Cold War. With the common purpose of defeating Nazi Germany gone the allied powers were soon no lon...
27 Jun 202124min
From Airman to Attorney General: RAF Navigator Johnny Smythe
Beginning with his birth in 1915 in Sierra Leone, the life of John Henry Smythe OBE MBE is almost unbelievable. From becoming a navigator in the RAF during the Second World War, to being held captive ...
26 Jun 202136min
Hunting the Viking Great Heathen Army
In 865 AD Britain was invaded by the Great Heathen Army an alliance of Scandanavian warriors determined to conquer the kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, Merica and Wessex. Over the next few years,...
25 Jun 202131min
