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Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí created some of history’s best-loved architecture.
24 Apr 2026,·38 mins
Indian Indentured Labour
How slavery's abolition led to Indian workers being recruited to work in British colonies.
23 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Finding Grace in a Burger Bun: An Incrediburgible Quest
This is the story of two very different approaches to making hamburgers... and money.
24 Apr 2026,·39 mins
William Shakespeare
Was the Bard a bit of a Bastard?
22 Apr 2026,·40 mins
Real Vikings
5. Land of Fire and Ice
Pioneering Norsemen establish a brand-new homeland - a Viking utopia in Iceland.
21 Apr 2026,·52 mins
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Hannibal’s Nemesis (Part 2)
Join Tom and Dominic, as they discuss this next phase of the Carthaginian Wars.
24 Apr 2026,·53 mins
The Crusades: A Complete Guide
A complete guide to almost two centuries of holy war.
23 Apr 2026,·50 mins
Lena Horne (Radio Edit)
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about singer and Hollywood actress Lena Horne.
24 Apr 2026,·28 mins
1492: The Fall of Granada
It's 1492. Granada has fallen. In the Alhambra, a Moorish musician awaits his fate.
02 May 2026,·56 mins
Origins of Victorian Murder Detectives
Who were the real Victorian Murder Detectives?
23 Apr 2026,·44 mins
April 20th to April 26th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
24 Apr 2026,·5 mins
Felix Gallardo Part 2: A Kidnapping Like No Other
In Guadalajara, DEA agents search for their missing colleague, Kiki Camarena.
22 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Regime Change: From Stuart to Hanover
How did a distant German Protestant dynasty take the British throne from the Stuarts?
20 Apr 2026,·48 mins
The Tabasco floods
In 2007, the Mexican state of Tabasco experienced its worst flooding in 50 years
24 Apr 2026,·10 mins
Series 4
60. True Crime on Trial
Lucy Worsley puts true crime on trial and asks are we so obsessed with true crime?
17 Feb 2026,·28 mins
Haunted Pubs
Nat explores haunted pubs from Biggleswade.
13 Apr 2026,·68 mins
How Reading Made Us
3. How Reading Made Our Politics
Did reading create democracy? And what does it mean for our politics if reading dies out?
23 Mar 2026,·42 mins
Who Makes a Doll of their Ex? | History's Worst Break Ups
Who were Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler, and how did their break up go so wrong?
21 Apr 2026,·40 mins
Rose Heilbron QC and The Cameo Murder
Can the first woman to lead a murder case in England prove herself in court?
31 Mar 2026,·28 mins
The birth and death of Yugoslavia
The 74 year story of a country that fell in a terrible war by the reporter who was there
17 Apr 2026,·45 mins
6. Moral Courage
Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
10 Feb 2026,·31 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Cleaning up Chernobyl and Canada’s war in the woods
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes
25 Apr 2026,·60 mins
Dictators' Kids
What must it be like to be the child of a brutal tyrant?
14 Jan 2026,·27 mins
Making Escape to Victory
How an Ipswich Town player shared the screen with Pele and Sylvester Stallone
25 Apr 2026,·10 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Two Nottingham Lads
4. Last Days in the Donbas
The final cost of the Donetsk interview becomes clear for Aiden and Graham.
14 Jan 2026,·28 mins
Series 2
William Wallace
William Wallace takes on the English invaders led by King Edward I!
26 Jul 2023,·16 mins
Useless Men Jokes
Ian Hislop returns to unearth the oldest examples of five varieties of British joke.
05 Sep 2025,·14 mins
