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Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini's incredible tricks, illusions and escapes have become the stuff of legend.
01 May 2026,·44 mins
Cybernetics
The origins and lasting influences of the study of communication in animals and machines.
30 Apr 2026,·52 mins
Beware Tech Tycoons with Piranha Tanks - with Katie Prescott
Mike Lynch was often lauded as Britain's answer to Bill Gates...
01 May 2026,·39 mins
Helen of Troy
Was the Hellenic hottie evil or genius?
29 Apr 2026,·37 mins
Geoffrey Chaucer (Radio Edit)
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the life of medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer.
01 May 2026,·28 mins
Real Vikings
6. Greek Fire: Across the Mediterranean
Mounting ships on wheels, Vikings launch an audacious land-borne attack on Constantinople.
28 Apr 2026,·53 mins
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Carthage Destroyed (Part 4)
Join Tom and Dominic as they reach the climactic, final phase of the Punic Wars.
01 May 2026,·57 mins
The Medieval Murder of Thomas Becket
When Henry II had Archbishop Thomas Becket murdered.
30 Apr 2026,·56 mins
The Crusades: The Siege of Acre
The desperate last stand that ended two centuries of crusading in the Holy Land.
30 Apr 2026,·37 mins
Felix Gallardo Part 3: The Fall of El Padrino
The noose tightens around Félix Gallardo as agents raid properties across Latin America.
29 Apr 2026,·34 mins
1492: The Fall of Granada
It's 1492. Granada has fallen. In the Alhambra, a Moorish musician awaits his fate.
02 May 2026,·56 mins
My Paranormal Sleepover
Nat spends the night in the most haunted pub in Biggleswade
27 Apr 2026,·71 mins
April 27th to May 3rd
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
29 Apr 2026,·5 mins
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Plots Against Elizabeth I
How did Elizabeth I thwart the many plots to replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots?
27 Apr 2026,·42 mins
The origins of World Press Freedom Day
In 1991, journalists created the Windhoek declaration leading to World Press Freedom Day
01 May 2026,·10 mins
A Very Borgia Break Up | History's Worst Breakups
It doesn't get much more dramatic than accusations of impotence, incest and affairs.
28 Apr 2026,·39 mins
Series 4
60. True Crime on Trial
Lucy Worsley puts true crime on trial and asks are we so obsessed with true crime?
17 Feb 2026,·28 mins
How Reading Made Us
3. How Reading Made Our Politics
Did reading create democracy? And what does it mean for our politics if reading dies out?
23 Mar 2026,·42 mins
Rose Heilbron QC and The Cameo Murder
Can the first woman to lead a murder case in England prove herself in court?
31 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
The world’s first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
02 May 2026,·60 mins
6. Moral Courage
Diane Foley must decide whether to face a man linked to her son’s murder - or not.
10 Feb 2026,·31 mins
The Juventus match-fixing scandal
In 2006, Juventus were relegated to the Italian second division
02 May 2026,·10 mins
About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
12 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The birth and death of Yugoslavia
The 74 year story of a country that fell in a terrible war by the reporter who was there
17 Apr 2026,·45 mins
Dictators' Kids
What must it be like to be the child of a brutal tyrant?
14 Jan 2026,·27 mins
Series 2
William Wallace
William Wallace takes on the English invaders led by King Edward I!
26 Jul 2023,·16 mins
Bonus: ‘I had to run’- A Mother’s Story
After 50 years, we share the mother and son reunion that seemed impossible.
11 Mar 2026,·36 mins
Two Nottingham Lads
4. Last Days in the Donbas
The final cost of the Donetsk interview becomes clear for Aiden and Graham.
14 Jan 2026,·28 mins
