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Dan Snow's History Hit

History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring a... Read more

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Globalisation in 1000 AD

Globalisation in 1000 AD

Globalisation. It's a word we often associate with the politics, society and economics of our own lifetimes. But Valerie... Read more

27 Apr 2020

21mins

Ranked #2

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Assassination, Fascism and The Abdication Crisis

Assassination, Fascism and The Abdication Crisis

Alex Larman has struck gold. He discovered one of the rarest and most precious things in the history world: an unknown s... Read more

5 Jul 2020

28mins

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Mata Hari: The Truth Behind The Legend

Mata Hari: The Truth Behind The Legend

More than 70 years after her death, Mata Hari is still a household name throughout the Western world. So who was this da... Read more

8 Jul 2020

24mins

Ranked #4

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Henry III: The Pacific King

Henry III: The Pacific King

David Carpenter joined me on the podcast to examine one of England's most remarkable monarchs. Just nine years old when ... Read more

12 Jul 2020

40mins

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The Gulf War: 30 Years On

The Gulf War: 30 Years On

On this day thirty years ago a ceasefire was declared bringing ground operations in the first Gulf War to an end. An ove... Read more

28 Feb 2021

38mins

Ranked #6

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The Apollo Program

The Apollo Program

Getting to the moon was no easy feat, no matter how confident Kennedy may have sounded in his famous 1961 speech. NASA b... Read more

17 Jul 2020

27mins

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A History of Assassinations

A History of Assassinations

Kenneth Baker is a British politician and a former Conservative MP who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and J... Read more

15 Jul 2020

30mins

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Interwar Germany’s Secret Ally: The USSR

Interwar Germany’s Secret Ally: The USSR

After the First World War the German Army was in crisis. Limited in the size and its equipment by the Versailles Treaty ... Read more

6 Jan 2020

24mins

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Ink: A History of Tattooing

Ink: A History of Tattooing

Matt Lodder is the world's leading expert on the history of tattoos. He has found evidence of people using ink or charco... Read more

5 Jan 2020

32mins

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How and Why History: William the Conqueror

How and Why History: William the Conqueror

On 14 October 1066, Norman invaders led by Duke William of Normandy won a decisive victory over the Anglo-Saxon King Har... Read more

30 Jun 2020

21mins

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Pandemics: Science and History

Pandemics: Science and History

I was thrilled to be joined by the legendary Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford University and bests... Read more

12 May 2020

27mins

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The Real Thomas Cromwell

The Real Thomas Cromwell

Everyone is Thomas Cromwell obsessed at the moment. The man who rose to be the most powerful member of Henry VIII's cour... Read more

25 Mar 2020

24mins

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Hunting the Bismarck

Hunting the Bismarck

In May 1941, the Royal Navy pursued Nazi Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck, in the greatest chase story in the ... Read more

20 Jan 2020

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