Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·240 episodes
In 1971, D.B. Cooper became the subject of one of the strangest cases in FBI history.
48 mins,·
In early December 1952, a smog descended upon London, bringing chaos to the city.
27 Oct 2025,·46 mins,·
Did games of chance really drive the transformation of this small, dusty desert town?
24 Oct 2025,·50 mins,·
How did allies who came together to defeat the Nazis become sworn enemies?
20 Oct 2025,·53 mins,·
No single writer has shaped the way we speak and think more than William Shakespeare.
17 Oct 2025,·51 mins,·
The Tube is an emblem of ambition, cutting-edge technology, and genius design.
13 Oct 2025,·49 mins,·
How did Pocahontas spearhead a period of truce between her tribe and the Europeans?
10 Oct 2025,·50 mins,·
The White House has been the stage for various seismic moments in American history.
06 Oct 2025,·49 mins,·
How did one man attract such public adoration and murderous wrath all at the same time?
03 Oct 2025,·59 mins,·
How did this epic, nation-defining era finally come to an end?
29 Sep 2025,·52 mins,·
The Rosetta Stone provided the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs.
26 Sep 2025,·54 mins,·
Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into an imperial power.
22 Sep 2025,·50 mins,·
The Tower of London is a symbol of the authority and power of the British crown.
19 Sep 2025,·48 mins,·
During World War II, a country house in Buckinghamshire hosted some of the UK’s top minds
15 Sep 2025,·52 mins,·
Easter Island is best known for its hundreds of giant stone statues.
12 Sep 2025,·50 mins,·
Perhaps best known for Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell became a chronicler of modern society
08 Sep 2025,·51 mins,·
Van Gogh is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of art.
05 Sep 2025,·48 mins,·
The Domesday Book has survived almost 1,000 years of turmoil, war and politics.
01 Sep 2025,·47 mins,·
From the end of the 15th century, the Conquistadors changed the face of the Americas.
29 Aug 2025,·52 mins,·
Rarely out of the media during their lifetimes, the Mitford sisters have become notorious.
25 Aug 2025,·51 mins
Who was Einstein, and what were his theories that upended established scientific beliefs?
22 Aug 2025,·51 mins
Florence Nightingale has gone down in history as the founder of modern nursing.
18 Aug 2025,·49 mins
In the late Middle Ages, the Mongol Empire became the largest the world had ever seen.
15 Aug 2025,·53 mins,·
Confronted by a prolonged ending, the US sought to bring war in the East to a swift end
11 Aug 2025,·51 mins,·
In 1963, career criminals robbed the multi-million-pound cargo from a Royal Mail train.
08 Aug 2025,·46 mins,·
Initially admired for her charm, Marie Antoinette became a symbol of royal excess.
04 Aug 2025,·49 mins,·
At the turn of the 20th century, Birmingham was in the grip of a gang: the Peaky Blinders.
01 Aug 2025,·38 mins,·
The Stone Age was foundational, accounting for over 99% of humanity’s time on earth
28 Jul 2025,·51 mins,·
When the Wars of the Roses finally ends, how do the rival houses unite once and for all?
25 Jul 2025,·47 mins,·
How did a farmworker’s son rise to become one of the most celebrated explorers in history?
21 Jul 2025,·50 mins,·
