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The History Playlist
Dive into the best history podcasts from Radio 4.
The History Playlist
Welcome to The History Playlist - updated every Wednesday.
The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Radio Edit)—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg Jenner and his guests to learn about the early history of fandom.
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Who Invented the “Whodunit”?—Here for the History
Uncover the perpetrators behind our love for a murder mystery.
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Elizabeth Chudleigh - Bigamist—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady on Trial
Lucy Worsley meets a woman on trial for bigamy in the House of Lords in 1776.
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The nightclub that changed Manchester—Witness History
In 1962, the Reno became Manchester's first racially inclusive nightclub
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Shaun Keaveny picks Caroline Aherne—Great Lives
Shaun Keaveny chooses the comedian Caroline Aherne.
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The Cockleshell Heroes—History's Heroes, History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
A marine’s madcap plan to attack German ships, using canoes.
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Thomas More's Utopia—In Our Time
How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.
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Jade dragon cup—A History of the World in 100 Objects, The Threshold of the Modern World (1375-1550 AD)
Neil MacGregor with a jade cup that belonged a great leader of the Timurid Empire.
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5. New Heroes—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Heroism
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
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The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
