The History Playlist
Dive into the best history podcasts from Radio 4.
The History Playlist
Welcome to The History Playlist - updated every Wednesday.
Scottish Supernatural Beliefs: witches, ghosts and fairies in the early modern period—You're Dead to Me
Join Greg and his guests to learn about supernatural beliefs in early modern Scotland.
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Why Do Scots Wear Tartan?—Here for the History
How this checked material became the symbol of a nation.
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58. Mary Pearcey - Murderous Lover—Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley: Series 4
Lucy Worsley is on the case of Mary Pearcey accused of a horrific murder in 1890s London.
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The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day—Witness History
Maureen Flavin’s weather report forecast a storm and changed the course of WW2 history
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Airey Neave: Escape from Colditz Castle—History's Heroes, History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
Locked in a Nazi prisoner of war camp, a British soldier is determined to escape.
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5. New Heroes—Rory Stewart: The Long History of..., Heroism
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
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The Mokrani Revolt—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major Algerian uprising against French rule in 1871.
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Tony Juniper on EO Wilson—Great Lives
Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson.
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Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
Every object has a story; Neil MacGregor continues his material history of human society
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The History Playlist
Updated every Wednesday.
