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The English Civil Wars, Part 2 of 2
How did Parliament’s victory give rise to deeper division and more radical politics?
05 Oct 2026,·48 mins
Archive: Citizen Kane, the film that changed cinema
Misha Glenny selects a classic episode from the archive on Citizen Kane.
05 Oct 2026,·54 mins
History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
Madeleine Riffaud’s Defiant Resistance
A spirited young woman, intent on revenge, becomes a key player in the French Resistance.
06 Oct 2026,·28 mins
A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1)
Join Dominic and Tom as they unravel the mysterious tale that is the Mayerling Incident.
06 Oct 2026,·67 mins
America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
04 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Series 13
Founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard
Was the sire of Scientology evil or a genius?
30 Sep 2026,·37 mins
"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"
Hughes had an amazing life story... but he wasn't sharing his memories with anyone.
02 Oct 2026,·34 mins
Robespierre & Revolutionary Terror
How did the French Revolution, built on liberty, become ruled by fear?
05 Oct 2026,·67 mins
Why Don’t We Wear Hats Anymore?
Alice and Ben put on their thinking caps to unravel the demise of the hat.
01 Oct 2026,·31 mins
The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained
Dan breaks down the edge-of-your-seat crisis that almost triggered Doomsday.
06 Oct 2026,·58 mins
The Hitler Diaries Scandal
10. Downfall
Andrew Hunter Murray tracks down Hitler’s faked diaries to the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz.
25 Sep 2026,·15 mins
The Iliad and Odyssey (Radio Edit)
Join Greg and his guests in ancient Greece to learn all about the Iliad and Odyssey.
25 Sep 2026,·28 mins
1846: A Birmingham Oratorio
1846, Birmingham. The premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah puts the city on the musical map.
10 Oct 2026,·56 mins
Sex Lives of the Samurai
Sex or war? What did the samurai do more of?
06 Oct 2026,·45 mins
Egypt’s President Sadat is assassinated
In October 1981, President Anwar Sadat was assassinated at a military parade
06 Oct 2026,·10 mins
Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen
7. Vittorio Angelone's in his 20s
Can comedian Vittorio Angelone learn to like himself, after his tumultuous 20s?
02 Oct 2026,·15 mins
The Most Disastrous Voyage in Navy History
Would you have survived life at sea in the 18th century?
01 Oct 2026,·49 mins
5. A Reckoning
In Ben Macintyre's new book his Cold War story of espionage in 1980s Iran concludes.
18 Sep 2026,·13 mins
Sulawesi's historic cave art and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History episodes
03 Oct 2026,·60 mins
October 5th - October 11th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
07 Oct 2026,·5 mins
Tito Part 5: The Sun King
Tito becomes an international celebrity with a jet-set lifestyle.
15 Jul 2026,·56 mins
Bonus: ‘I had to run’- A Mother’s Story
After 50 years, we share the mother and son reunion that seemed impossible.
11 Mar 2026,·36 mins
Introducing... The Haunted Library
The Haunted Library is open. Come in. Stay a while.
22 Sep 2026,·38 mins
Lady on Trial
Ladies in Court
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases.
18 Aug 2026,·28 mins
The Balkans
The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Real Vikings
10. 1066 and the Last Vikings
1066 ushers in the ultimate Norse showdown, bringing down the curtain on the Viking Age…
26 May 2026,·58 mins
6. By the Time You Get This Letter
Were their deaths, and these letters, their final creative collaboration?
08 Sep 2026,·42 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
No World Order
6: A Multipolar World
Where next for the rules-based order?
31 Aug 2026,·35 mins
Being Greek
BONUS: Mary Beard on Homer's Odyssey
Mary Beard talks to film director Uberto Pasolini about the power of Homer's Odyssey.
21 Jul 2026,·13 mins
