Historian Dan Snow investigates the 'how' and 'why' of history's defining moments.
Sounds,·169 episodes
250 years ago, the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War were fired.
23 Apr 2025,·77 mins,·
The liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
18 Apr 2025,·27 mins,·
How could the unsinkable ship… sink?
16 Apr 2025,·82 mins
How did the Soviets bring the German Army to the brink of defeat at the gates of Berlin?
11 Apr 2025,·32 mins,·
The story of the legendary Samurai, from provincial bodyguards to revered warriors.
09 Apr 2025,·33 mins,·
Dan narrates the dramatic story of the Spanish Armada.
04 Apr 2025,·79 mins,·
Dan narrates swashbuckling tales of Francis Drake on the Spanish Main.
02 Apr 2025,·80 mins,·
Discover the dramatic history of al-Andalus, from its rapid rise to its eventual fall.
28 Mar 2025,·42 mins,·
What toll did greatness take on Brunel's health and personal life?
26 Mar 2025,·30 mins
How instrumental was Roosevelt in the Allied victory?
21 Mar 2025,·66 mins
Was Hirohito really as passive as history has painted him?
19 Mar 2025,·53 mins,·
Was WWII actually Stalin's War?
14 Mar 2025,·60 mins,·
A deep dive into the the founder of Italian Fascism.
12 Mar 2025,·62 mins,·
Does Churchill deserve the legacy he has?
07 Mar 2025,·63 mins
Could Germany have won the war if not for Hitler's hubris?
05 Mar 2025,·52 mins
Why do we wage wars?
28 Feb 2025,·33 mins,·
The incredible rise and fall of Mary, Queen of Scots.
26 Feb 2025,·42 mins,·
The Nazi doctor was harboured by a network of Nazi supporters in Argentina after the war.
21 Feb 2025,·43 mins,·
Dan explains the many times Canada has resisted joining the USA since 1775.
19 Feb 2025,·44 mins
The savage siege that pitted the Ottoman Empire against the Knights Hospitaller.
14 Feb 2025,·44 mins,·
80 years ago, American Marines won a costly victory on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.
12 Feb 2025,·41 mins,·
Roundheads and Cavaliers meet on the battlefield, and eventually arrive at a shaky truce.
07 Feb 2025,·48 mins
Why did subtle religious and political differences plunge England into civil war?
05 Feb 2025,·50 mins,·
The history of the man who pioneered Zyklon B and the industrialisation of the Holocaust
31 Jan 2025,·64 mins,·
A history of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camp system.
29 Jan 2025,·58 mins,·
How did the First World War shape Middle-earth?
24 Jan 2025,·32 mins
The story of Charlemagne, the Frankish king who changed Europe forever.
22 Jan 2025,·65 mins
Stephen tells us all about this fascinating man who died as mysteriously as he had lived.
17 Jan 2025,·48 mins
Dan tells the story of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who changed the world in 1499.
15 Jan 2025,·80 mins,·
What would it have been like to go on a medieval crusade?
10 Jan 2025,·34 mins
