Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.
Sounds,·169 episodes
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
Babylon: the seedbed for Greek and Roman civilisations that left lasting legacies.
20 Jun 2025,·34 mins
Dan and Sinclair McKay take us through the turbulent history of Saint Petersburg.
18 Jun 2025,·49 mins,·
Around 3,200 years ago, a vast, interconnected civilisation suddenly collapsed.
13 Jun 2025,·41 mins
Following their defeat, Nazi war criminals sought to escape justice by fleeing Europe.
11 Jun 2025,·45 mins
Was he really the greatest Roman ruler of all time?
06 Jun 2025,·56 mins
The dawn of the age of European exploration in the 16th century was absurdly dangerous
04 Jun 2025,·46 mins
A dive into the history behind today's tensions
30 May 2025,·45 mins
How a nomadic Mongol warrior changed the course of human civilisation
28 May 2025,·34 mins
Dan tells the extraordinary tale of Captain James Cook.
23 May 2025,·81 mins,·
How did the Glorious Revolution change British history?
21 May 2025,·46 mins
What's the story of the famed city of Timbuktu?
16 May 2025,·31 mins
Why was the Siege of Vienna a turning point in European history?
14 May 2025,·47 mins
How did Andrew Jackson Change the U.S. Presidency?
09 May 2025,·41 mins
How did Britain respond to the end of the Second World War?
07 May 2025,·34 mins
How did the world come to terms with the horrors of the Third Reich?
02 May 2025,·31 mins,·
How did Adolf Hitler's final days play out?
30 Apr 2025,·37 mins,·
Why did the Nazis wage a vicious vendetta against the Einsteins?
25 Apr 2025,·28 mins,·
