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~ Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

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~ Jessie Childs on The Tudors

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~ The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth

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~ The Viking history of the Lofoten Archipelago

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~ Understanding Isis

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Avi Shlaim on the Balfour Declaration

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Dan Jones on The Knights Templar

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Inverness: Castles and Cairns

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Live from the British Museum: The Scythians

45Min

Maps: Our Place in the World

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Michael Scott on Classical Connections

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The Life and Times of Avi Shlaim

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The Battle of Jutland: Who Really Won?

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The Last Passage

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World War Two: China's Forgotten War - Part One

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~ Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

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~ Art Detective: Fire! Fire!

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~ Art Detective: The Franks Casket

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~ Art Detective: The Kiss

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~ Art Detective: The Lascaux Cave

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~ Art Detective: The Sutton Hoo Shoulder Clasps

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~ Inside the Historic Royal Palaces' Fashion Collection

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Access All Areas: National Musem of Computing

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Histories of the Unexpected: Lightning

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Histories of the Unexpected: The Paperclip

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How the Printing Press Changed the World

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The Mystery of Matter: Search for The Elements

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The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

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Unruly Elements

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~ In Conversation with Astronaut Al Worden

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Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

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King Arthur's Round Table Revealed

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The Battle for North America

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The Knight: A Knight's Day

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The Knight: A Knight's Life

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The Knight: A Knight's Tale

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The Knight: A Knight's World

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~ Michael Palin on The Erebus

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Keeping it in the Royal Family

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Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted

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Operation Thunderball: The Entebbe Raid

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The Last Passage

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The Mystery of Matter: Search for The Elements

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The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

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The Relief of Belsen

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~ Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

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~ In Conversation with Darkest Hour Screenwriter Anthony McCarten

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A Prince in the Tower: The Dungeons

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~ Art Detective: The Armada Portrait

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Sean Bean on Waterloo - Part One

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Sean Bean on Waterloo - Part Two

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The Desert Generals: Victory and Controversy at El Alamein

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The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police

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Tobruk: Triumph and Disaster

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~ The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

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~ Understanding Isis

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Guy Fawkes: The Yorkshireman Behind the Plot

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Operation Legacy

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The Trial of Jack The Ripper?

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~ Murder After World War One with Paul Stickler

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~ Witchcraft with Dr Suzannah Lipscomb

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How to Arm a 14th Century Knight

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How to Cook Like a Roman

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How to Fire a Matchlock Musket

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How to Play the Hurdy Gurdy

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The Genius of Josiah Wedgewood

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The Mystery of Matter: Search for The Elements

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Tobruk: Triumph and Disaster

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~ Roman Navy in Britain: The Classis Britannica with Simon Elliott

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~ The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

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How to Arm a 14th Century Knight

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The Battle of Jutland: Who Really Won?

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~ Art Detective: The Armada Portrait

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~ Roman Navy in Britain: The Classis Britannica with Simon Elliott

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~ The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

36Min

Operation Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler

48Min

Sean Bean on Waterloo - Part One

Episode 1 44Min

Sean Bean on Waterloo - Part Two

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The Battle of Jutland: Who Really Won?

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The Genius of Josiah Wedgewood

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World War One: The Desert Front

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~ Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

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~ The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

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History Hit Podcast

~ Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour

~ Jessie Childs on The Tudors

~ Roman Navy in Britain: The Classis Britannica with Simon Elliott

~ Suzannah Lipscomb on The Tudors

~ Talking Politics with David Runciman and Helen Thompson

~ The Last Royal Rebel: The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth

~ The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War

~ The Stuarts with Anna Whitelock

~ The Viking history of the Lofoten Archipelago

~ Understanding Isis

History Hit Originals

Access All Areas: National Musem of Computing

Avi Shlaim on the Balfour Declaration

Dan Jones on The Knights Templar

Inverness: Castles and Cairns

Live from the British Museum: The Scythians

Maps: Our Place in the World

Michael Scott on Classical Connections

Temple Church and William the Marshal

The Life and Times of Avi Shlaim

Yasmin Khan on the Indian Partition

First World War

Archaeologist Spies of World War One

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Promises and Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land

RAF 100: Inside Cranwell College

Snow on the Road: The Western Front

The Battle of Jutland: Who Really Won?

The Road to 1914: Myths of Nationalism

World War One: The 100 Days Offensive

World War One: The Desert Front

World War One: The Italian Front

World War Two

Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted

Operation Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler

Remembering Jaywick

The Desert Generals: Victory and Controversy at El Alamein

The Last Passage

The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police

Tobruk: Triumph and Disaster

World War Two: China's Forgotten War - Part One

~ Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

~ The Holocaust: A New History

Social and Cultural

Histories of the Unexpected: Christmas

How to Cook Like a Roman

How to Play the Hurdy Gurdy

~ Art Detective: Fire! Fire!

~ Art Detective: Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

~ Art Detective: The Franks Casket

~ Art Detective: The Kiss

~ Art Detective: The Lascaux Cave

~ Art Detective: The Sutton Hoo Shoulder Clasps

~ Inside the Historic Royal Palaces' Fashion Collection

Science and Technology

Access All Areas: National Musem of Computing

Histories of the Unexpected: Lightning

Histories of the Unexpected: The Paperclip

How the Printing Press Changed the World

The Mystery of Matter: Search for The Elements

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements

Unruly Elements

~ In Conversation with Astronaut Al Worden

~ In Conversation with Sir David Attenborough

~ Saving Bletchley Park with Sue Black

Historic Archive Film

Nazi Concentration Camps

The Battle of Midway

Why We Fight: Battle of Britain

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

Why We Fight: The Battle of China

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

Why We Fight: War Comes to America

Historical Adventures