Top History Podcasts

In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you n....

Ordinary people. Extraordinary stories. Listen to history's unsung heroes who changed the world, ....

Legendary sprinter Michael Johnson embarks upon a personal journey through the history of protest in sport....

Crusading knights, Tudor monarchs, the D-Day landings and more. Travel back in time with some of ....

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined....

We’ve all heard of fake news, but what about fake history? Dominic Sandbrook explores two and a half millennia of human history, traveling from the American Deep South to the air raid shelters of wartime Britain, to discover how the past has constantly been manipulated....

If Joe Biden wins in November, Kamala Harris would become Vice President after one of the most consequential and tumultuous elections in Amer...

Why are humans seemingly hardwired to worship gold? It is unique amongst metals: it is malleable, it doesn’t tarnish, and it shines like nothing else. Over time it has come to symbolise wealth and status. It can represent goodness and fidelity but also greed and lust....

A five part series exploring how the story of Western ideology may have unfolded differently in the 20th Century, based on the undelivered speeches of world leaders. Features academics, writers and historians talking to presenter Professor Suzannah Lipscomb....

Making sense of the British Empire's legacy... through the stories of people who lived through it....