Charlie Higson and Ben McIntyre talk about getting recruited, not getting recruited, and how to be a spy. Recorded at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-o

History, Politics & Brexit with George Osborne

Jun 21st, 2018 1h

Ex-Chancellor George Osborne talks about history, politics & Brexit. Recorded live at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. For more history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis S

Witches with Dr Suzannah Lipscomb

Jun 17th, 2018 46m 2s

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb talks about witch-burning, witch-hanging, and the truth behind the received wisdom about witchcraft. Recorded at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subscribe to H

The History of Genetics with Adam Rutherford

Jun 15th, 2018 1h 1m

Adam Rutherford talks about eugenics, race, and the history of genetics. Recorded LIVE at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. To buy tickets to this year's festival, visit the website.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/pri

MI5's Greatest Spymaster with Henry Hemming

May 3rd, 2018 57m 36s

Henry talks about Maxwell Knight, MI5's greatest spy-master. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TVRecorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis See acast.

The Roman Legionary with Ben Kane

Apr 15th, 2018 37m 42s

Ben Kane, author of historical fiction, speaks at the Chalke Valley History Festival, 2017. For more interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Denni

The Fifteenth Century with John Julius Norwich

Apr 5th, 2018 52m 12s

John Julius Norwich talks with wit and deep knowledge about the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th. For more exclusive history documentaries and interviews subscribe to HistoryHit.TV.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival

The Cabinet of World War Two with David Owen

Mar 23rd, 2018 57m 20s

Join David Owen at the Chalke Valley History Festival. For more exclusive interviews & documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete Dennis See acast.com/privacy for

21 Extraordinary Women with Jenni Murray

Feb 23rd, 2018 1h 3m

Jenni Murray tells the history of Britain through the lives of 21 extraordinary women: queens, artists, writers, scientists, activists. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHIt.TV.Recorded at Chalke Valley Histor

Gunter Halm, youngest member of the Afrika Korps to be awarded the Knight's Cross

Jan 29th, 2018 46m 15s

Gunter Halm, youngest memebr of the Afrika Korps to be awarded the Knight's Cross for bravery, speaking at Chalke Valley History Festival in summer 2017.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and op

Luwtwaffe Ace Hugo Broch

Jan 17th, 2018 46m 11s

Hear the experiences of Huge Broch, Luftwaffe ace on the Eastern front during the Second World War, at the Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.Producer: Natt TapleyAudio edit: Pete Dennis See ac

German Paratrooper, Karl Leuffert talks to Al Murray

Dec 31st, 2017 42m 48s

Karl Leuffert was a German paratrooper, who served in Normandy and beyond. Here he talks to Al Murray about his experiences during the Second World War. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. To sub

America Trumped: How Did This Happen? - Matt Frei

Nov 10th, 2017 59m 4s

Matt Frei is an award-winning broadcaster and author. He was the BBC’s Washington correspondent 2002 -2011 and anchored the BBC World News America Bulletin. From 2011 he reported for Channel 4 News from the Americas on everything from business

Istanbul with Bettany Hughes

Nov 3rd, 2017 1h 5m

Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. Her previous books – Helen Of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore And The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and The Search For The Good Life – were published to great critical acclaim

Lenin on the Train with Catherine Merridale

Oct 27th, 2017 1h 2m

Professor Catherine Merridale is an award-winning writer and historian, known for her acclaimed and pioneering books on Russian history. Her latest book, Lenin on the Train, is out now. She is also the author of Red Fortress: The Secret Heart o

Koh-i-noor: The History of the World’s Most Famous Diamond with Anita Anand & William Dalrymple

Oct 13th, 2017 54m 47s

In a formal Act of Submission to Queen Victoria in 1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah of Punjab presented the British East India Company with an object of immense value: the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond. Internationally acclaimed historians Anit

Katrin Himmler, great-niece of Heinrich Himmler

Oct 6th, 2017 1h 2m

Katrin Himmler is a German author and political scientist. Her great-uncle was Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, and one of the principle architects of the Holocaust. Katrin has confronted her family legacy with a book, Die Brüder Himmler, tran

Britain: Last Hope Island with Lynne Olson

Sep 23rd, 2017 56m 10s

In the early days of World War II, London became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of occupied Europe. In their struggles against the mightiest military force in history, Britain become known as 'Last Hope Island’. In this episode,

They Called it Passchendaele with Lyn MacDonald

Sep 7th, 2017 1h 3m

Lyn Macdonald remains revered as the great chronicler of the human experience of the Western Front and has recorded interviews with more veterans of the First World War than any other. In this talk she will return to the subject of her first bo

Field Marshal Montegomery of Alamein with Al Murray

Aug 31st, 2017 56m 45s

Al Murray brought his immense knowledge to bear in defence of Field Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, discussing the life, career, great victories and controversies of Britain’s most famous wartime general.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festiva

Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth Century Europe with Sarah Gristwood

Aug 24th, 2017 41m 27s

Sarah Gristwood has written bestselling biographies of Arbella Stuart, and Elizabeth and Leicester. Blood Sisters was a dramatic portrait of the women whose dynastic ambitions and rivalries fuelled the Wars of the Roses and her latest book is G

The Importance of History with Dan Snow

Aug 18th, 2017 1h 1m

We live in troubling times and with people comparing the Age of Trump with some of the most disturbing periods in history, an understanding of the past has never been more relevant. In this closing festival talk, Dan Snow brought his deep passi

The History of the British Garden with Monty Don

Aug 10th, 2017 1h 7m

Britain’s favourite gardener, renowned writer and television presenter, Monty Don talks about the evolving history of British gardens from 1600 to the present day and in particular how technology, sometimes of an unexpected kind, has influenced

From Brown to May with Andrew Marr

Aug 3rd, 2017 58m 54s

Andrew Marr is one of our most popular and respected political journalists.Recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival 2017.www.cvhf.org.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dunkirk with James Holland

Jul 25th, 2017 1h 3m

James looks at one of the most iconic moments in Britain’s history. He examines the background to the German attack on the West in May 1940, challenging many of our deeply held perceptions, and explains why the British evacuation of Dunkirk was