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William Gladstone, four-time PM
Trevor Lyttleton picks William Gladstone, Victorian prime minister and tory turned liberal
20 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is one of the most important recording artists on the planet.
20 Apr 2026,·49 mins
M.C. Escher
The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art.
16 Apr 2026,·55 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: Carthage at the Gates (Part 1)
Did Hannibal march on Rome after his legendary victory at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC?
21 Apr 2026,·58 mins
Nancy Reagan
Is the former First Lady Evil, or Genius?
15 Apr 2026,·37 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
Philippe, Duc d’Orléans (Radio Edit)
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, brother of Louis XIV.
17 Apr 2026,·28 mins
1415: War, Pestilence and Sweet Sounds
The year is 1415. The Battle of Agincourt heralds a profound change in the sound of music.
18 Apr 2026,·56 mins
Felix Gallardo Part 1: The Mexican Godfather
Felix Gallardo is a deadly spider at the centre of a web of corruption.
15 Apr 2026,·36 mins
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
Churchill's Secret Army
Dan investigates a network of secret resistance cells set up during Britain's darkest hour
21 Apr 2026,·50 mins
The Lovestruck Explorer's Deadly Guessing Game
Robert O'Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the mysterious blank in Australia.
10 Apr 2026,·37 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
Haunted Pubs
Nat explores haunted pubs from Biggleswade.
13 Apr 2026,·68 mins
The Dark Truth about the Haitian Revolution
Find out how this bloody Revolution began.
16 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Episode 3
Ali Ansari concludes his grand tour of Iranian history travelling from the 1700s to today.
09 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Episode 2
Matthew Sweet explores Chaplin's vast archive of unfinished scripts, letters and cuttings.
28 Feb 2011,·30 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
Mymba Kuera: The race to save wildlife at the Itaipu dam
In 1982, waters rose behind the Itaipu Dam, flooding the homes of thousands of animals
20 Apr 2026,·10 mins
The 74 year story of a country that fell in a terrible war by the reporter who was there
17 Apr 2026,·45 mins
The Fabiola Rule
Brazilian skater Fabiola Da Silva on how she started competing against men in 2000
18 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
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
April 20th to April 26th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
24 Apr 2026,·5 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
Winning the Booker Prize and discovering a lost fairytale
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
18 Apr 2026,·60 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
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
12 Apr 2026,·28 mins
