How and Why History

How and Why History asks the big questions on some of history's biggest events and personalities. Experts from the UK's top universities give a accessible masterclass on their specialist knowledge.

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Season 1 - 34 Episodes

~ Pearl Harbor

Episode 1 27 min

~ Charlemagne

Episode 2 32 min

~ Europe's Witch Craze

~ Europe's Witch Craze

Episode 3 28 min

~ The Troubles in Northern Ireland

~ The Troubles in Northern Ireland

Episode 4 24 min

~ Attila the Hun

~ Attila the Hun

Episode 5 26 min

~ The Battle of Waterloo

~ The Battle of Waterloo

Episode 6 18 min

~ The Red Scare

~ The Red Scare

Episode 7 23 min

~ The Renaissance

~ The Renaissance

Episode 8 30 min

~ Rome and the Mediterranean

~ Rome and the Mediterranean

Episode 9 23 min

~ William the Conqueror

~ William the Conqueror

Episode 10 20 min

~ Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

~ Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

Episode 11 31 min

~ America, Japan and the Atomic Bomb

~ America, Japan and the Atomic Bomb

Episode 12 33 min

~ Operation Barbarossa

~ Operation Barbarossa

Episode 13 27 min

~ The Wall Street Crash

~ The Wall Street Crash

Episode 14 30 min

~ The Genius of Shakespeare

~ The Genius of Shakespeare

Episode 15 21 min

~ The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

~ The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

Episode 16 34 min

~ The Spread of Christianity

~ The Spread of Christianity

Episode 17 35 min

~ The Vietnam War

~ The Vietnam War

Episode 18 32 min

~ The Black Death

~ The Black Death

Episode 19 16 min

~ America’s Entry into the World Wars

~ America’s Entry into the World Wars

Episode 20 18 min

~ The Gunpowder Plot

~ The Gunpowder Plot

Episode 21 18 min

~ How World War Two Shaped the Modern World

~ How World War Two Shaped the Modern World

Episode 22 21 min

~ The Rise of the Monasteries

~ The Rise of the Monasteries

Episode 23 25 min

~ The Battle of Britain

~ The Battle of Britain

Episode 24 23 min

~ The Birth of Scotland

~ The Birth of Scotland

Episode 25 28 min

~ Joan of Arc

Episode 26 24 min

~ Genghis Khan

Episode 27 23 min

~ The South African Boer War

~ The South African Boer War

Episode 28 31 min

~ Oliver Cromwell

~ Oliver Cromwell

Episode 29 28 min

~ The Philosophers of Ancient Greece

~ The Philosophers of Ancient Greece

Episode 30 31 min

~ The United Nations at 75

~ The United Nations at 75

Episode 31 29 min

~ The Great Fire of London

~ The Great Fire of London

Episode 32 31 min

~ King David

Episode 33 26 min

~ King Alfred

Episode 34 35 min

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