History Extra podcast
The History Extra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts.
Produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine, History Extra is a free history podcast, with episodes released six times a week. Subscribe now for the real stories behind your favourite films, TV shows and period dramas, as well as compelling insights into lesser-known aspects of the past.
We delve into global history stories spanning the ancient world right up to the modern day. You’ll hear deep dives into the lives of famous historical figures like Cleopatra, Anne Boleyn and Winston Churchill, and explorations of intriguing events from the past, such as the Salem witch trials, the battle of Waterloo and D-Day.
Expect fresh takes on history, helping you get to grips with the latest research, as we explore everything from ancient Roman archaeology and Viking mythology to Renaissance royals and Tudor kings and queens.
Our episodes touch on a wide range of historical eras – from the Normans and Saxons to the Stuarts, Victorians and the Regency period. We cover the most popular historical subjects, from the medieval world to the Second World War, but you’ll also hear conversations on lesser-known parts of our past, including black history and women’s history.
Looking at the history behind today’s headlines, we consider the forces that have shaped today’s world, from the imposing empires that dominated continents, to the revolutions that brought them crashing down. We also examine the impact of conflict across the centuries, from the crusades of the Middle Ages and the battles of the ancient Egyptians to World War One, World War Two and the Cold War.
Plus, we uncover the real history behind myths, legends and conspiracy theories, from the medieval murder mystery of the Princes in the Tower, to the assassination of JFK.
Featuring interviews with notable historians including Mary Beard, Tracy Borman, James Holland and Dan Jones, we cover a range of social, political and military history, with the aim to start conversations about some of the most fascinating areas of the past.
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The Easter Rising and a Victorian heyday
Muslims and Jews in the 16th century
The Holy Roman Empire and Capability Brown
Middle East history special
Verdun and the Renaissance
Benjamin Franklin in London
The battle over Henry VIII’s will
The Romanovs and King Arthur
A global view of history
Postwar Germany and medieval CSI
The amazing history of Egypt
Victorian bakers and the Leningrad symphony
2015 Christmas history quiz
Britain’s railways and the Titanic
A history of red hair and amazing animals
The Battle of the Atlantic and the history of Spain
Shakespeare in 1606 and Olympic swimmers
The Peasants’ Revolt and a Cold War spy
Ancient Rome special
The end of the Cold War and British culture
World War Two spies and an extraordinary naturalist
The Last Kingdom and Agincourt
A year in medieval England
The Brontës and a revolutionary artist
New views on the Holocaust and 1980s Britain
Celts special
The Somme and the Jacobites
Roman emperors and women through the ages
North Sea oil and the Blitz
Killing Mussolini
Ancient cities and the Norman conquest
Crusade logistics and the battle over the slave trade
The Pacific War and First World War black soldiers
Ancient thinkers and the history of madness
Witch trials and feuding queens
Anglo-Saxon saints and British slave-owners
Regency scandal and the history of canals
India at war and mining accidents
Terror in Elizabethan England
Waterloo 200 special
The real King John and the BBC in World War Two
Queen Victoria at home and a new Civil War museum
The Battle of the Bulge and children of the Holocaust
The history of India and a terrible explosion
Wolfson History Prize 2015 special
VE Day special
Magna Carta and the Holocaust
Medieval universities and an unlikely friendship
Gallipoli and famine