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First World War

First World War podcast episodes

A group of soldiers playing football during the First World War.

First World War

The First World War’s Christmas truce is a heartwarming story – but it never happened

Georgian

Beyond the podcastAmerican Revolutionary War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A close-up of an ancient Egyptian stone relief carving of a female figure in profile, wearing a traditiona headdress. The image has warm amber and brown tones. Bold white text reading "CLEOPATRA" appears at the top, and "BEYOND THE PODCAST" is displayed in a banner with an arrow at the bottom (Photo via Getty)

Ancient Egypt

Beyond the podcastThe World of Cleopatra

A tank crossing trenches at the battle of Cabrai during the First World War.

First World War

The First World War’s deadliest battle was stalling, but everything changed when Little Willie arrived

A close-up of an ancient Egyptian stone relief carving of a female figure in profile, wearing a striped headdress. The image has warm amber and brown tones against a dark background. Bold dark text reading "SUNDAY SERIES" appears at the top, with "THE WORLD OF CLEOPATRA" in bold white text on a dark banner directly below it (Photo via Getty)

Ancient Egypt

Series 8 The World of Cleopatra. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An image featuring a painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, partially overlaid with a flowing American flag, is framed with white borders and labeled “Sunday Series” and “American Revolution".

Georgian

Series 9The American Revolutionary War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Colour portrait of Princess Elizabeth standing in an ornate room at Buckingham Palace, wearing a light dress and pearl necklace, hands clasped.

Second World War

After two world wars, monarchies across the world collapsed. Why did Britain's survive?

Winston Churchill wearing glasses and a bow tie, with his arms outstretched beside a microphone, in a black-and-white photograph set against a dark red background.

Second World War

It was Operation Unthinkable: Churchill’s “impossible” plan to start World War 3

Second World War

Beyond the podcast: Nuremberg

Soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault.

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The ultimate First World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Second World War podcast episodes

Two men dressed in military uniform stand behind a barbed wire, looking into the camera. One wears a bandage around his head, covering one eye

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Five things you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Period

The First Crusade: the war that transformed the medieval world | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Ancient Greece

Beyond the podcast: the Odyssey

On 27 January 1943, ARP wardens attend the funeral of victims killed in a daylight bombing raid — including several children and teachers. Such scenes were tragically common during the Second World War, as civilian areas remained vulnerable to Luftwaffe attacks despite improved air defences.

Second World War

Why were these British Second World War burials draped with Nazi flags?

A montage of moments and faces from history.

General History

What are the best history podcasts? These picks are the perfect way step into the past

A large assortment of cheeses packed closely together, including wheels, wedges, blocks and small tubs in a wide range of colours from pale cream to deep orange and blue. The mix of smooth, cracked, mould‑flecked and rind‑covered surfaces highlights the variety of cheese styles on display.

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Why did Britain ban soft cheese during World War Two?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An ancient Greek red-figure pottery scene showing several figures, including an archer drawing a bow and others seated or standing nearby (Photo via Getty)

Ancient Greece

Series 10The Odyssey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

a pastel coloured illustration shows two hands reaching towards two steaming cups of tea. In the background there is a cherry blossom tree and two landscapes, one of China and the other of England

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Michael Wood on China's immense suffering in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The fall of Troy marks the end of the decade-long war described in Homer's Iliad, but it is only the beginning of The Odyssey | Credit: Getty Images

Ancient Greece

Did the Trojan War really happen? Here's why even Odyssey experts can't agree

General History

War and military history podcast episodes

A sepia-toned courtroom scene filled with seated men and guards is overlaid with the text “Sunday Series: Nuremberg Trials”.

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Season 2The Nuremberg Trials

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The Balloonists: the terrifying story of the first round-the-world balloon flight

After 20 years away, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca. In one of the Odyssey's most dramatic scenes, he reveals his identity by stringing his great bow before turning it on the suitors who have overrun his household, bringing his long journey to a violent and decisive end | Credit: Getty Images

General ancient history

Is the Odyssey the first historical novel? How Homer recreated a world of gods and monsters

A silhouette of troops of the 1st Australian Division during the First World War.

First World War

QuizHow much do you know about WW1?

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman close together. The man has his arms around the woman and they are both in stage dress: her in a long dress and him with a ruff and feathered hat

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Keep calm and carry on singing: why Britons fell in love with opera during World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval-style illustration of plague victims being examined is overlaid with the text “Black Death: Beyond the Podcast.”

Medieval

Beyond the podcastThe Black Death

Roman

Season 4Pompeii

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Second World War

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