Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.
Sounds,·186 episodes
Dan and leading medieval historians explain everything you need to know about Magna Carta
08 Oct 2025,·42 mins
We uncover how the Punic Wars reshaped the ancient world.
03 Oct 2025,·75 mins,·
The story of the greatest knight who ever lived.
01 Oct 2025,·127 mins,·
How did the the desert war against Rommel impact the course of WW2?
26 Sep 2025,·61 mins
Today we unravel the truth behind the story of Anne Boleyn.
24 Sep 2025,·61 mins,·
How did the Battle of Bannockburn change the course of English-Scottish history?
19 Sep 2025,·49 mins,·
Was Emperor Nero really the worst Roman ruler?
17 Sep 2025,·44 mins,·
We explore how the Acropolis became the ultimate symbol of Ancient Greece.
12 Sep 2025,·29 mins
Dan takes listeners through 1000 years of Britain's history at the Tower of London.
10 Sep 2025,·47 mins,·
Dan unravels the dramatic story of the Colosseum.
03 Sep 2025,·72 mins,·
How did Napoleon Bonaparte shape Paris, and how did the city shape him in turn?
29 Aug 2025,·48 mins,·
What can we learn from Pompeii, the city frozen in time?
27 Aug 2025,·38 mins,·
How has this fabled castle shaped Scottish history?
22 Aug 2025,·41 mins,·
Explore the city of Paris from it's creation to the modern day.
20 Aug 2025,·38 mins
Why was Churchill so decisively defeated in the 1945 general election?
15 Aug 2025,·43 mins
What can Orson Welles' legendary broadcast teach us about fake news and misinformation?
13 Aug 2025,·40 mins,·
As the Golden Age of Piracy drew to a close, the oceans turned into hunting grounds.
08 Aug 2025,·32 mins,·
Barbary Corsairs turned the Mediterranean into a sea of fear and ransom.
06 Aug 2025,·28 mins
Zheng Yi Sao was the world's most powerful pirate; she commanded fleets of ships.
01 Aug 2025,·38 mins
Dan unpicks the fact from the fiction of famous pirates like Blackbeard and Captain Kidd
30 Jul 2025,·37 mins
How did the Thirty Years' War change Europe forever?
25 Jul 2025,·43 mins
Was Richard the Lionheart a crusading hero, battlefield legend or absentee ruler?
23 Jul 2025,·34 mins
The rise and fall of ancient Greece’s most formidable warrior society - Sparta.
18 Jul 2025,·45 mins,·
The story of Easter Island, an archaeological treasure trove in the middle of the Pacific
16 Jul 2025,·40 mins
How did humans get from the savannahs of Africa to building space shuttles?
11 Jul 2025,·38 mins
How a mysterious Mesopotamian script unlocked the secrets of long-lost empires.
09 Jul 2025,·38 mins
Was this the world’s first empire?
04 Jul 2025,·48 mins
Robert the Bruce is best remembered as a rebel king, and for good reason.
02 Jul 2025,·59 mins
This is the story of British fascism seen through the life of its leader, Oswald Mosley.
27 Jun 2025,·55 mins
The Persian and Greek conflicts that reshaped the ancient world.
25 Jun 2025,·64 mins
