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Dan Snow's History Hit

Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world.New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every other Friday.You can get in touch with us at [email protected] podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients...

Hunting Stolen Nazi Art

42 mins; December 28, 2022

Richard III vs Henry VII

35 mins; December 27, 2022

Christmas Carols: A Musical History

24 mins; December 26, 2022

Christmas Feasts Through The Ages!

31 mins; December 22, 2022

The Real 'Good King' Wenceslas

23 mins; December 21, 2022

The Battle of the Bulge

29 mins; December 20, 2022

Toilets, Underpants & Pillows: Everyday Things with Greg Jenner

24 mins; December 19, 2022

Who Was Jesus, The Man?

27 mins; December 18, 2022

Germany's Extreme Monarchists

23 mins; December 15, 2022

'My Grandfather, the Wehrmacht General in Russia'

28 mins; December 14, 2022

Tattoos

27 mins; December 13, 2022

Modern Medicine

34 mins; December 12, 2022

Stalingrad

37 mins; December 11, 2022

The Last Dambuster: Johnny Johnson

58 mins; December 08, 2022

Zeus: King of the Gods

55 mins; December 07, 2022

SAS Rogue Heroes: Paddy Mayne with Ben Macintyre

27 mins; December 06, 2022

The Rise of China

33 mins; December 05, 2022

Sportswashing and the Nazi Olympics

26 mins; December 04, 2022

Life in Tudor England

49 mins; December 01, 2022

A Short History of The World

28 mins; November 30, 2022

Atlantis: Deciphering The Truth

25 mins; November 29, 2022

Owain Glyndwr and The Welsh Revolt

27 mins; November 28, 2022

The Legacy of Rome

24 mins; November 27, 2022

Plagues

22 mins; November 24, 2022

A Short History of Scotland and England's Union

24 mins; November 23, 2022

Kings and Queens: Villains, Heroes and Rulers

31 mins; November 22, 2022

Central Park: What Lies Beneath

42 mins; November 21, 2022

Rogue Heroes: Veteran of the SAS

47 mins; November 20, 2022

Medieval Pubs

36 mins; November 17, 2022

The Budget: Britain's Financial Crisis Explained

37 mins; November 16, 2022

Band of Brothers: A New Discovery

32 mins; November 15, 2022

Band of Brothers: Yanks in Britain

27 mins; November 14, 2022

Sunken Swedish Warship Discovered!

21 mins; November 13, 2022

Lost Recordings from the Front Line

28 mins; November 10, 2022

The Crown: A Short History of British Monarchy

22 mins; November 09, 2022

Fall of the Berlin Wall

42 mins; November 08, 2022

Origins of Modern Iran

40 mins; November 07, 2022

The Birth of the CIA

21 mins; November 06, 2022

4. Tutankhamun: Inside the Tomb

34 mins; November 03, 2022

3. Tutankhamun: The Life of a Boy Pharaoh

24 mins; November 02, 2022

2. Tutankhamun: The Discovery of a Lifetime

25 mins; November 01, 2022

1. Tutankhamun: The Valley of the Kings

35 mins; October 31, 2022

Smugglers of Jamaica Inn

27 mins; October 30, 2022

A Short History of Seances

28 mins; October 27, 2022

Elizabeth Báthory: The Vampire of Hungary

36 mins; October 26, 2022

Rasputin: Myth & Manhood

50 mins; October 25, 2022

The Extraordinary Life of James Harley

23 mins; October 24, 2022

TUTANKHAMUN: Mini-Series Coming Soon!

2 mins; October 24, 2022

Battle of El Alamein Explained

44 mins; October 23, 2022

The Battle of Trafalgar

64 hours 5 mins; October 20, 2022

FORENSICS: The Beginning

33 mins; October 19, 2022

Mary Seacole: Doctress of the Crimean War

22 mins; October 18, 2022

Britain's Worst Prime Minister

31 mins; October 17, 2022

The Cuban Missile Crisis

23 mins; October 16, 2022

The Long History of African and Caribbean People in Britain

27 mins; October 13, 2022

Russia Falters in Ukraine: Parallels with WW1

30 mins; October 12, 2022

The US and The Holocaust

19 mins; October 11, 2022

Karnak: Egypt's Greatest Temple

39 mins; October 10, 2022

The Romanovs

29 mins; October 09, 2022

Outlaws, Cattle Rustling and Bootlegging: The Life of Josie Bassett

30 mins; October 06, 2022

Charles Ignatius Sancho: From Slavery to High Society

20 mins; October 06, 2022

The Troubles Begin

31 mins; October 04, 2022

Remembering Hilary Mantel

26 mins; October 03, 2022

The Energy Crisis: 2022 vs 1973

15 mins; October 02, 2022

The Evolution of Warfare with Sir Lawrence Freedman

39 mins; September 29, 2022

The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City

31 mins; September 28, 2022

What Could Labour Learn From Harold Wilson?

23 mins; September 27, 2022

A Short History of the Bank of England

21 mins; September 26, 2022

Agatha Christie with Lucy Worsley

38 mins; September 25, 2022

Eleanor of Aquitaine

53 mins; September 22, 2022

Suleyman the Magnificent

33 mins; September 21, 2022

The Man Wrongfully Hanged at Cardiff Prison

26 mins; September 20, 2022

Scottish Clans

27 mins; September 19, 2022

The Mayflower Sets Sail

31 mins; September 15, 2022

Queen Victoria's Funeral

25 mins; September 14, 2022

9/11: New York City in the Aftermath

33 mins; September 13, 2022

Malta: 'The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier' of WWII

27 mins; September 12, 2022

Elizabeth II: A Princess At War

22 mins; September 11, 2022

Elizabeth II: The Making of the Queen

28 mins; September 08, 2022

Not Just the Tudors Lates: Elizabeth I on Screen - The Historians’ Verdict

58 mins; September 07, 2022

A Short History of Humans

33 mins; September 06, 2022

Atoms and X-rays: Experiments That Changed History

26 mins; September 05, 2022

The Man Who Rebuilt the Faces of WW1

28 mins; September 04, 2022

The Great Fire of London

29 mins; September 01, 2022

Taiwan: China's Ukraine?

39 mins; August 31, 2022

Robin Hood

19 mins; August 30, 2022

The March on Washington

32 mins; August 29, 2022

Storytime with the Snows: 1066

34 mins; August 28, 2022

Richard III: How to find a Lost King

27 mins; August 25, 2022

Witches

49 mins; August 24, 2022

The Revolution of The Chinese Script

21 mins; August 23, 2022

The Voyage That Kickstarted Globalisation

26 mins; August 22, 2022

100 Years of British Political Nightmares

29 mins; August 21, 2022

Warships

31 mins; August 18, 2022

What happened to the bones of the Waterloo battlefield?

39 mins; August 17, 2022

Walter Purdy: The Traitor of Colditz

32 mins; August 16, 2022

The Tiananmen Square Massacre

33 mins; August 15, 2022

Mutiny on The Bounty

22 mins; August 14, 2022

300 Years of British Prime Ministers Part 2

55 mins; August 12, 2022

300 Years of British Prime Ministers Part 1

49 mins; August 10, 2022

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