Dan Snow鈥檚 History Hit Episodes Episode guide
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The Illyrians
Who were the Illyrians?
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The Hanseatic League
The trading network that reshaped Northern Europe.
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The Greeks vs Persia: The War that Changed the Ancient World
The Persian and Greek conflicts that reshaped the ancient world.
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The Greatest Knight Who Ever Lived: William the Marshal
The story of the greatest knight who ever lived.
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The Great Famine
How did a potato blight become a mass catastrophe?
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The Glorious Revolution
How did the Glorious Revolution change British history?
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The Germans Who Rebelled Against the Nazis
The true story of the Solf Circle, who risked everything to oppose the Nazis from within.
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The German Peasants' War
The revolt that changed Europe forever.
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The Forbidden City
The extraordinary story of the city within a city.
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The First Vikings in Iceland
Dan heads to Iceland to trace the birth of one of this unique medieval culture.
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The Fall of the Ancient Maya
What happens when a civilisation at its peak begins to fail?
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The English Civil War: Roundheads vs Cavaliers
Roundheads and Cavaliers meet on the battlefield, and eventually arrive at a shaky truce.
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The English Civil War: Rising Tensions
Why did subtle religious and political differences plunge England into civil war?
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The Einstein Murders
Why did the Nazis wage a vicious vendetta against the Einsteins?
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The Death of Hitler
How did Adolf Hitler's final days play out?
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The Dambusters Raid
The incredible story of the daring Dambusters raid.
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The Crusades: The Siege of Acre
The desperate last stand that ended two centuries of crusading in the Holy Land.
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The Crusades: Assassins vs Templars
We explore the legendary rivalry between two extraordinary medieval orders.
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The Crusades: A Complete Guide
A complete guide to almost two centuries of holy war.
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The Colosseum
Dan unravels the dramatic story of the Colosseum.
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The Brutal History of the First Warplanes
We explore the brutal reality of the First World War in the air.
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The Bronze Age Collapse
Around 3,200 years ago, a vast, interconnected civilisation suddenly collapsed.
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The Bombing of Guernica
Dan explores the bombardment that inspired the famous Picasso painting
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The Blitz Beyond London
We uncover the raw, human cost of the Blitz beyond the capital.
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The Black Prince
The story of one of England's most formidable warriors.
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The Black Death
The tale of a deadly pandemic, bizarre cures, and a continent in crisis鈥�
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The Birth of America Explained
The bold vision of liberty that changed history forever.
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The Battle of the Bulge
The story of one of WWII's most crucial battles, the Battle of the Bulge.
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Dan explains how England鈥檚 last great Viking invasion met its brutal end.
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The Battle of New York
The battlefield on which the American Revolution nearly died.
