The Rest Is History

565. The Great Northern War: Revenge of the Cossacks (Part 2)

564. The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (Part 1)

563. Peter the Great: Bloodbath in the Kremlin (Part 2)

562. Peter the Great: The Rise of Russia (Part 1)

561. The Golden Age of Japan: Secrets of the Imperial Court (Part 2)

560. The Golden Age of Japan: Lady Murasaki and the Shining Prince (Part 1)

559. The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2)

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

557. 1066: The Norman Conquest (Part 4)

556. 1066: The Battle of Hastings (Part 3)

555. 1066: Slaughter at Stamford Bridge (Part 2)

554. 1066: The Shadows of War (Part 1)

553. The Last Viking: Warrior of the New Rome (Part 2)

552. The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrada (Part 1)

551. The Road to 1066: Countdown to Conquest (Part 4)

550. The Road to 1066: Rise of the Normans (Part 3)

549. The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2)

548. The Road to 1066: Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse (Part 1)

547. The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (Part 4)

546. The French Revolution: The Monarchy Falls (Part 3)

545. The French Revolution: The First Feminist (Part 2)

544. The French Revolution: The September Massacres (Part 1)

543. Death in the Amazon: Aguirre, the Wrath of God

542. Elizabeth I’s Sorcerer: Angels and Demons in Renaissance Europe

541. Heart of Darkness: Fear and Loathing in the Congo

540. Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3)

539. Horror in the Congo: The Crimes of Empire (Part 2)

538. Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1)

537. Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4)

536. Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)

535. Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)

534. Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)

Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…

533. Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis

532. Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)

531. Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)

530. Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

529. The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)

528. The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)

527. Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

526. Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

525. Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)

524. Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2)

523. Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1)

522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)

521. Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2)

520. Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1)

519. The World's First City

518. Nelson: The Battle of the Nile (Part 5)

517. Nelson: The Hunt for Napoleon (Part 4)

516. Nelson: God of War (Part 3)

515. Nelson: Attack the French! (Part 2)

514. Nelson: Hero of the Seas (Part 1)

513. America in '68: Nixon's Great Comeback (Part 6)

512. America in '68: The Chicago Riots (Part 5)

511. America in '68: George Wallace, The First Donald Trump (Part 4)

510. America in '68: The Killing of Robert Kennedy (Part 3)

509. America in '68: The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)

508. America in '68: Nightmare in Vietnam (Part 1)

507. The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5)

506. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)

505. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)

504. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)

503. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)

502. The Roman Conquest of Britain: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 4)

501. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Boudicca’s Reign of Blood (Part 3)

500. The Roman Conquest of Britain: The Empire Strikes Back (Part 2)

499. The Roman Conquest of Britain: Julius Caesar’s Invasion (Part 1)

498. Evita: The Mystery of the Missing Body (Part 5)

497. Evita: Death of a Martyr (Part 4)

496. Evita: The World's Most Powerful Woman (Part 3)

495. Evita: The Rise of General Perón (Part 2)

494. Evita: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)

493. Lee Miller: Exposing the Horrors of World War Two

492. The War on Beards: From Peter the Great to John Lennon (Part 2)

491. History's Greatest Beards: From Egyptian Queens to Medieval Conquerors (Part 1)

490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4)

489. Hundred Years' War: Bloodbath at Agincourt (Part 3)

488. Hundred Years' War: The Road to Agincourt (Part 2)

487. Hundred Years' War: Henry V’s Invasion of France (Part 1)

486. Henry IV: Warrior Princes and Fat Knights (Part 2)

485. Henry IV: The Usurper King (Part 1)

484. The Food that Changed the World

483. The Mysterious Case of the Ape Man

482. The French Revolution: The Royal Family Escapes (Part 8)

481. The French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles (Part 7)

480. The French Revolution: The Rights of Man (Part 6)

479. The French Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille (Part 5)

478. The French Revolution: Showdown in Versailles (Part 4)

477. The French Revolution: The Violence Begins (Part 3)

476. The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (Part 2)

475. The French Revolution: Marie Antoinette (Part 1)

474. The Road to The Great War: The Lights Go Out (Part 6)

473. The Road to The Great War: The Tsar Chooses War (Part 5)

472. The Road to The Great War: Britain's Fateful Choice (Part 4)

471. The Road to The Great War: The Austrian Ultimatum (Part 3)

470. The Road to The Great War: The Kaiser’s Blank Cheque (Part 2)

469. The Road to The Great War: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)

468. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Crime (Part 4)

467. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Victim (Part 3)

466. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Conspiracy (Part 2)

465. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Killer (Part 1)

Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Extract)

464. Modern British Elections (Part 2)

463. Mad Elections (Part 1)

462. St George: Dragon-Slayer

461. Dragons

Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic (Extract)

460. The Empress of the Apocalypse

459. The Suit, Savile Row, and Smartly Dressed Men

458. Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)

457. Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)

456. Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)

455. Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)

454. Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)

453. Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)

452. Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)

451. Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)

450. Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)

449. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)

448. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)

447. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)

446. Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)

445. The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty

444. The First Emperor of China

443. Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)

442. Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)

441. Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)

440. Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)

439. Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America

438. The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks

437. Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)

436. Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)

435. Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)

434. Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)

433. Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1)

432. Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)

431. Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)

430. Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)

429. Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)

428. Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)

427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)

426. History's Greatest Monkeys

425. The History Of Chocolate

424. Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4)

423. Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3)

422. Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2)

421. Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1)

420. Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4)

419. Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3)

418. Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2)

417. Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1)

416. The Canterbury Tales (Part 4)

415. The Murder of Richard II (Part 3)

414. The Peasants’ Revolt: London’s Burning (Part 2)

413. The Peasants' Revolt: England Erupts (Part 1)

412. Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond...

411. The Man in the Iron Mask

410. The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass (Part 7)

409. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's War on the Jews (Part 6)

408. The Nazis in Power: Hitler's Dream (Part 5)

407. The Nazis in Power: The Conquest of Austria (Part 4)

406. The Nazis in Power: Hitler’s Road to War (Part 3)

405. The Nazis in Power: The Nuremberg Rallies (Part 2)

404. The Nazis in Power: The Night of the Long Knives (Part 1)

403. The Mystery of the Pregnant Pope

402. Christmas: Pagan or Christian?

401. Windrush: The Story of Black Britain

400. Victorian Britain's Maddest Mystery

Introducing... The Rest Is Entertainment

399. The Savage Storm: World War II and The Battle for Italy

398. JFK: The Mystery is Solved (Part 7)

397. JFK: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 6)

396. JFK: The Second Assassin Strikes (Part 5)

395. JFK: Hunt for a Killer (Part 4)

394. JFK: Death in Dallas (Part 3)

393. JFK: Cuba, Camelot and the Cold War (Part 2)

392. JFK: The Road to the White House (Part 1)

Introducing.... Legacy

391. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Last Emperor (Part 8)

390. The Fall of the Aztecs: War to the Death (Part 7)

389. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Night of Tears (Part 6)

388. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Festival of Blood (Part 5)

387. The Fall of the Aztecs: Prisoners of Montezuma (Part 4)

386. The Fall of the Aztecs: The City of Gold (Part 3)

385. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)

384. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)

383. Young Napoleon: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 2)

382. Young Napoleon: Teenage Revolutionary (Part 1)

381. Captain Cook: To the Ends of the Earth (Part 2)

380. Captain Cook: History’s Greatest Explorer (Part 1)

379. Baghdad: The Arabian Nights (Part 4)

378. Baghdad: The Golden Age (Part 3)

377. Baghdad: Crossroads of the Universe (Part 2)

376. Baghdad: The Forging of Islam (Part 1)

375. Hitler and the Mitford Sisters

374. The Battle of Cable Street: Fascism Defeated

373. Oswald Mosley: Fascist Leader

372. The Birth of British Fascism

371. The 1973 Chilean Coup: General Pinochet Seizes Power (Part 2)

370. The 1973 Chilean Coup: Allende, Nixon and the CIA (Part 1)

PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age (Extract)

369. The Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death

368. The History Behind Hogwarts: Ancient Schools and Revolting Students

367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies

366. The Architect of Modern China

365. Le Marquis de Sade: Sex and Violence

Introducing... The Rest Is Money

364. Sixties Fashion: Swinging London (Part 2)

363. Sixties Fashion: The Teenage Revolution (Part 1)

362. The Taj Mahal: Love and Death

361. The Lost Library of Alexandria

360. Fear City: New York in the 1970s

359: Martin Luther King's Dream

358: Viking Sorcery

NEW PODCAST: THE REST IS FOOTBALL

357: Historical Love Island: The Sequel

356: The Blood-Drinking Bride of Christ

355: Roman Apocalypse: Pompeii 79 AD

354: Paris 1968: The Return of De Gaulle (Part 2)

353: Paris 1968: The Students' Revolt (Part 1)

352: Amsterdam: Kings, Canals, and Coffee Houses (Part 2)

351: Amsterdam: Miracles, Money, and Mud (Part 1)

351. Amsterdam: Miracles, Money and Mud

350: The Triumph of George Washington (Part 4)

349: The Birth of the United States (Part 3)

348: The Boston Tea Party (Part 2)

347: The American Revolution (Part 1)

346: The Mystery of the Holy Grail

345: Raiders of the Lost Ark

344: Oppenheimer: The Witch Hunt (Part 2)

343: Oppenheimer: The Father of the Atom Bomb (Part 1)

342: The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Downfall and Prison (Part 2)

341: The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Sex and Scandal (Part 1)

340: Hadrian and Antinous

339: Ireland: The Easter Rising, 1916 (Part 4)

338: Ireland: Home Rule, Mutiny - and Civil War? (Part 3)

337: Ireland: Union, Famine and Parnell (Part 2)

336: Ireland: Celts, Conquest and Cromwell (Part 1)

335: The Freemasons: History's Greatest Conspiracy Theory

334: Athens and the Birth of Democracy

333: The Republic of Britain: Life under Cromwell

332: King Solomon's Mines

331: American Witches

330: Herodotus: The Birth of History

329: Coronations: Chaos, Ceremony and Empire (Part 3)

328: Coronations: Sex, Holy Oil and Civil War (Part 2)

327: Coronations: The Deep History (Part 1)

326: The Year of Revolutions: 1848

325: Fall of Saigon: Apocalypse Now (Part 2)

324: Fall of Saigon: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1)

323: History's Greatest Dogs

322: East Germany: Life Behind the Iron Curtain

321: Hundred Years' War: A Storm of Swords (Part 4)

320: Hundred Years' War: The Black Prince (Part 3)

319: Hundred Years' War: Triumph of the Longbow (Part 2)

318: Hundred Years' War: A Game of Thrones (Part 1)

317: African Amazons

316: The First Abolitionist

315: Atlantis: Legacy of the Lost Empire (Part 2)

314: Atlantis: The Legend (Part 1)

313: Climate Apocalypse

312: Reagan, Iran-Contra and the Cold War (Part 3)

311: Reagan: The Road to the White House (Part 2)

310: Ronald Reagan and the American Dream (Part 1)

309: Columbus: Villain or Hero? (Part 4)

308: Columbus: Death in the Caribbean (Part 3)

307: Columbus: A New World? (Part 2)

306: Columbus: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)

305: The Fall of the Roman Republic

304: The Murder of Julius Caesar

303: The Bloodiest Crusade

302: The Mystery of the Cathars

301: The Real Da Vinci Code

300: The Real Downton Abbey

299: The Greatest Female Pharaoh

298: The Nazis: Total Power (Part 4)

297: The Nazis: Hitler's Triumph (Part 3)

296: The Nazis: The Beer Hall Putsch (Part 2)

295: The Rise of the Nazis (Part 1)

294: Lady Jane Grey: The Axe Falls (Part 2)

293: Lady Jane Grey: The Nine Days' Queen (Part 1)

292: The Shadow of the Holocaust

291: The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz

290: 2022: A History

289: Drink

288: Jesus Christ: The History (Part 2)

287: Jesus Christ: The Mystery (Part 1)

286: England: Beef and Liberty

285: Canada: Beaver Wars

284: Denmark: The Great Escape

283: Ecuador: Darwin's Adventure to the Galapagos

282: Morocco: The Rif War

281: Spain: The Caliphate of Córdoba

280: Serbia: The Birthplace of Civilisation

279: Cameroon: The Slave General of Peter the Great

278: France: The Mystery of Le Prince

277: Japan: Samurai and Shoguns

276: Netherlands: The Maid of Holland

275: Argentina: The Welsh Colony

274: Switzerland: Calvin's Cancel Culture

273: Portugal: The Carnation Revolution

272: Senegal: The Door of No Return

271: Belgium: History's Greatest Artist

270: Poland: Copernicus, the Dragon and the Salt Mine

269: Ghana: The Ashanti Empire

268: Brazil: The Last Emperor

267: Wales: The Roar of the Red Dragon

266: South Korea: The Riddle of Hwang Jini

265: Saudi Arabia: The Mystery of the Kaaba

264: Mexico: Day of the Dead

263: USA vs England: The 200-Year Rivalry

262: Tunisia: Dido of Carthage

261: Uruguay: The Tupamaros

260: Croatia: The Man Who Saved The Roman Empire

259. Iran: England - 'The Little Satan'

258. Costa Rica: Civil War

257. Australia: The Mystery of the Somerton Man

256. Germany: The White Rose

255. Qatar: A History

254. The World Cup: The Falklands, despots, and corruption (Part 3)

253. The World Cup: Post-war reconciliation, Brazilian dictatorship, and North Koreans in Middlesbrough (Part 2)

252. The World Cup: British Imperialism, South American rivalries, and Mussolini (Part 1)

History's coming home... (preview)

251. Alfred the Great: Return of the King (Part 2)

250. Alfred the Great: Fury of the Vikings (Part 1)

249. Treason in Modern Britain (Part 2)

248. Medieval Treason (Part 1)

247. Monty & Patton vs. the Nazis

246. The Fall of Liz Truss

245. Trafalgar: Victory (Part 3)

244. Trafalgar: Countdown to Annihilation (Part 2)

243. Trafalgar: A World at War (Part 1)

242. French History on Film

241. Young Churchill: Prisoner and Fugitive (Part 3)

240. Young Churchill: Soldier of Empire (Part 2)

239: Young Churchill: Born to Lead (Part 1)

238. The Regency Revolution

237. Marilyn Monroe

236. China and World War II - Part 2

235. China and World War II (Part 1)

234. Germans Behaving Badly

233. The Loch Ness Monster

232. Queen Elizabeth II (Part 2)

231. Queen Elizabeth II (Part 1)

230. Portugal: Football, Fado, and Fascism? (Part 4)

229. Portugal: Gold, Earthquakes, and Brazil (Part 3)

228. Portugal: The Golden Age of Discovery (Part 2)

227. Portugal: On the Edge of the World (Part 1)

ARCHIVE: Gorbachev, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the rise of Putin

226. The Lord of the Rings

225. J.R.R. Tolkien

224. Roman Holidays

223. Sun, Sea, and Sex

222. Victorian Holidays

Introducing Empire with William Dalrymple

221. Holidays: Byron's Grand Tour

220. Justinian & Theodora: The Secret History (Part 3)

219. Justinian: Making Rome Great Again (Part 2)

218. Theodora: Empress of Byzantium (Part 1)

217. Plague and the decline of the Roman Empire