The History Podcast Podcast
NEW: Sixty Years of Hurt with David Baddiel. What do eleven young men tell us about what it means to be English?
Episodes to download
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2. The Murder of Donk Ambridge—The Magnificent O'Connors
Wed 1 Oct 2025
How did Jimmy O鈥機onnor end up in a condemned cell at HMP Pentonville?
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1. The Saturday Girl—The Magnificent O'Connors
Wed 1 Oct 2025
How a chance meeting in a pub changed the life of barrister Nemone Lethbridge forever.
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Trailer—The Magnificent O'Connors
Fri 26 Sep 2025
Ragnar O'Connor introduces his parents, Jimmy and Nemone, and their battle for justice.
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1. The Plan—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
A mission gone wrong. A daring rescue attempt. Told by the soldiers who were there.
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2. Everyone Volunteered—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Mathew Ford is missing. An Apache helicopter pilot has a daring plan to get him back.
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5. The Dirty Dash—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Mathew Ford is missing back at the Fort. "It's a no-brainer. We're going back to get him."
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3. Killing Ground—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
The Royal Marines of Zulu Company have their orders. They are about to attack The Fort.
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4. The Break-in—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Zulu Company land on enemy ground. And 5 Troop head into the breach.
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9. Warrior—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Back at the Zulu Company lines, Mathew's friends and comrades await his return.
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6. Call Sign: Ugly—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
The Apaches' mission changes: Prevent Mathew Ford from being captured by the Taliban.
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8. Bullet Magnet—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
In the chaos of the dust storm at the fort - the team battle to find Mathew.
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7. In the Zone—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Perched on the sides of Apache attack helicopters, the team flies straight into danger.
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10. Mathew—The Fort
Mon 8 Sep 2025
The mission is over and a reckoning begins. But some costs can't be measured.
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Trailer—The Fort
Fri 5 Sep 2025
A mission gone wrong. A daring rescue attempt. Told by the soldiers who were there.
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Trailer—The Second Map
Tue 8 Jul 2025
Kavita Puri introduces the story of Britain's war against Japan in WW2.
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8. A Fracture—Half-Life
Wed 14 May 2025
8/9 Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning.
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7. The City Forgets—Half-Life
Wed 14 May 2025
7/9 Joe traces a family history left out of his great-grandfather鈥檚 memoir.
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6. Tranquility—Half-Life
Wed 14 May 2025
6/9 Joe's great-grandfather settles in the United States where his mental health deteriorates.
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5. The Road Through the Mountains—Half-Life
Wed 14 May 2025
5/9 Joe鈥檚 great-grandfather's letters, lead him to the silenced history of a massacre.
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4. Young Republic—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
4/9 Joe travels to Turkey where his great-grandfather was employed, it seems, making gas masks
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3. Lost—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
4/9 Joe's research leads him to the remains of an old chemical weapons factory.
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2. The Quiet Town by the River—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
3/9 Dangers lurk beneath the soil, in the town where Joe's great-grandfather worked.
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1. Daughter of Radium—Half-Life
Wed 7 May 2025
2/9 Hidden on page 1692 of his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne finds a confession.
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Trailer—Half-Life
Thu 1 May 2025
1/9 Hidden in an unpublished family memoir, the writer Joe Dunthorne discovers a confession.
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6. There Is No Alternative—Invisible Hands
Wed 30 Apr 2025
6/6 What the story of a water company can tell us about how we got to where we are today.
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5. The Lucky Gambler—Invisible Hands
Wed 23 Apr 2025
5/6 The billionaire who set the stage for Donald Trump.
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