The History Podcast Episodes Episode guide

What do eleven young men tell us about what it means to be English?

Sixty Years of Hurt homepage

How two British men from Nottingham end up on opposite sides of the war in Ukraine.

Two Nottingham Lads homepage

The frantic final days of an international struggle to apprehend a notorious dictator.

The Arrest homepage

A suitcase of cryptic clues reveals a stolen fortune, a double identity and a dark past.

The House at Number 48 homepage

When love, murder and justice collide in an extraordinary family saga.

The Magnificent O'Connors homepage

A mission gone wrong. A daring rescue attempt. Told by the soldiers who were there.

The Fort homepage

Kavita Puri charts key moments in Britain's war against Japan in WWII

The Second Map homepage

Reading his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne discovers a disturbing confession.

Half-Life homepage

The story of the free market revolution — through the invisible hands that shaped it.

Invisible Hands homepage

Of all murders in the 20th century, why does this one still captivate us 50 years on?

The Lucan Obsession Omnibus homepage

Of all murders in the 20th Century, why does this one still captivate us 50 years on?

The Lucan Obsession homepage

How an IRA bomb in Brighton's Grand Hotel almost killed Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet.

The Brighton Bomb Omnibus homepage

Glenn Patterson on the IRA bomb attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher and change history.

The Brighton Bomb homepage

The disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.

Escape from the Maze Omnibus homepage

Carlo Gebler navigates story of the Maze Prison's notorious H-Block 7.

Escape from the Maze homepage

The story of D-Day, using rediscovered testimonies of those who were there, on all sides.

D-Day: The Last Voices homepage

Gordon Corera investigates the rise of China in Shadow War: China and the West.

Shadow War: China and the West homepage

David Dimbleby tells the story of the people who made America into a superpower.

Invisible Hands: The American Century homepage