Witness history's most incredible moments and remarkable people.
Sounds,·250 episodes
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,·
Edward’s determination to snatch the crown from Henry VI is stronger than ever.
18 Jul 2025,·49 mins,·
In 1600, the East India Company sailed the world in search of spices, skills, and profit.
14 Jul 2025,·51 mins,·
Almost 600 years ago, two branches of the House of Plantagenet dragged England into war.
11 Jul 2025,·49 mins,·
The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth.
07 Jul 2025,·50 mins,·
Why did the 16th-century confrontation between England and Spain take place?
04 Jul 2025,·47 mins,·
How did a young medical student from Edinburgh transform crime fiction forever?
30 Jun 2025,·53 mins
As one of the great pioneers, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
27 Jun 2025,·51 mins
The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 killed at least 50 million people.
23 Jun 2025,·51 mins
Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?
20 Jun 2025,·54 mins,·
The US Government race against Nazi Germany to harness the power of nuclear fission.
16 Jun 2025,·56 mins
How will the era-spanning reign of Queen Elizabeth II be remembered?
13 Jun 2025,·50 mins
How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?
09 Jun 2025,·53 mins,·
Queen Elizabeth II modernised her role while managing a family often thrown by scandal.
06 Jun 2025,·53 mins,·
Anne Frank’s diary captured life in hiding during WWII, through which her story lives on.
02 Jun 2025,·48 mins,·
Discovered in 1974, the Terracotta Army became the unofficial eighth wonder of the world.
30 May 2025,·37 mins,·
How did an introverted working-class boy become Hollywood's ‘Master of Suspense’?
26 May 2025,·53 mins,·
1986. The Chernobyl power plant becomes the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
23 May 2025,·54 mins
The Romanovs turned Russia from a fractured land into one of history's largest empires
19 May 2025,·56 mins,·
In 1509, at just seventeen years old, Henry VIII was crowned King of England.
16 May 2025,·53 mins,·
How did the Anglo-Saxon period shape England as we know it today?
12 May 2025,·58 mins,·
