History

Titanic: Ship of Dreams

10. Safe at Last...

As survivors approach Manhattan, the press are already figuring where to pin the blame...

10 Jun 2025,·55 mins

Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2

45. Bold Conversations

Lucy Worsley in bold conversation with Deborah s-White and Rosalind Crone.

10 Jun 2025,·29 mins

Postwar

10. India and Empire

The question of self-government for India would have to be confronted when war was over.

20 Jun 2025,·14 mins

Hungary

Hungary and Mohacs 500

Misha Glenny heads to Budapest to find where Hungary came from.

09 Jun 2025,·42 mins

Florence Nightingale

Richard Herring, Ola Labib and Pierre Novellie shine a lamp on Florence Nightingale.

11 Jun 2025,·31 mins

Episode 5 - Homecoming

In the award-winning journalist's new book, twin girls, forcibly separated, are re-united.

13 Jun 2025,·14 mins

1. Psychological Fortitude

A CIA agent hears a strange sound in Havana - and his life begins to fall apart.

17 Jun 2025,·39 mins

First Emperor of China

How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?

09 Jun 2025,·53 mins

The Vienna Secession

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Vienna Secession.

05 Jun 2025,·54 mins

The Rolling Stones: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Part 1)

The rise of the Rolling Stones in 1960's Britain

10 Jun 2025,·65 mins

Fidel Castro Part 7: Che Guevara in the Jungle

Our golden age detective fiction recommendation line is at your service.

11 Jun 2025,·52 mins

Half-Life

8. A Fracture

Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.

14 May 2025,·29 mins

History of Coffee (Radio Edit)

Greg and his guests to learn all about the history of coffee.

06 Jun 2025,·28 mins

The Nazis, the Bomb, and the Woman that Science Forgot

Lise Meitner has a critical decision to make.

06 Jun 2025,·38 mins

How the Nazis Escaped

Following their defeat, Nazi war criminals sought to escape justice by fleeing Europe.

11 Jun 2025,·45 mins

June 9 - June 15

Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.

11 Jun 2025,·5 mins

Mystery of the Cheapside Hoard

Where did the greatest cache of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever found come from?

09 Jun 2025,·48 mins

What Did Jane Austen Know About Sex?

Was any of Pride and Prejudice written from personal experience?

10 Jun 2025,·49 mins

3. A Time of Struggle

Ruth Padel assesses the impact of loss on her great-great-grandfather.

10 Feb 2009,·15 mins

Final Days of Sir Walter Raleigh

How Sir Walter Raleigh met his end.

09 Jun 2025,·30 mins

Lonesome George: The celebrity tortoise

In 2012, Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species died

11 Jun 2025,·10 mins

Excluded

Why are school exclusions rising, and what happens to children who are excluded?

08 Jun 2025,·28 mins

Trailer

Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on remarkable people from across history.

10 Jun 2025,·3 mins

Episode 5 - Achavanich

The journey along the Great North Road concludes with an archaeological discovery.

25 Apr 2025,·14 mins

The Secrets of Royston Cave

Was the cave a Knights Templar hideout, a masonic lodge, or the home of a hermit?

26 May 2025,·80 mins

Peak Danger

8. Only The Mountain Knows

In the long, dark shadow of K2, the surviving climbers try to rebuild their lives.

20 Jan 2025,·30 mins

Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana

Notable guests pick a great life they ire.

02 Jun 2025,·28 mins

Discovery of the first exoplanets and the goalie who killed a seagull

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

07 Jun 2025,·51 mins

Episode 5: Planting Fruit Trees

As the strike grinds to its conclusion, the women ready themselves for battles to come.

30 May 2025,·14 mins

Goalie v Gull

How Eddy Treijtel killing a seagull by mistake with a goal kick became football folklore

07 Jun 2025,·10 mins