HistoryExtra Long Reads

88 Episodes

1. 500,000 years of African history

   Published: 24/03/2025
2. Henry III and the Magna Carta that mattered

   Published: 17/03/2025
3. Marco Polo's adventures: lands of make believe?

   Published: 10/03/2025
4. The gunpowder plot: how to build a radical

   Published: 03/03/2025
5. The battle of Monte Cassino: a hill to die on

   Published: 24/02/2025
6. Why sex was a sin in the Middle Ages

   Published: 17/02/2025
7. Ptolemy XII: Cleopatra's father from hell

   Published: 10/02/2025
8. Keep smiling: the history of happiness

   Published: 03/02/2025
9. Winston Churchill: still the greatest?

   Published: 27/01/2025
10. Influencers of the medieval age

    Published: 20/01/2025
11. Thomas Cromwell: hero to zero

    Published: 13/01/2025
12. Introducing History's Greatest Scandals | New Podcast

    Published: 07/01/2025
13. Sarah Biffin: extraordinary artist

    Published: 06/01/2025
14. Lord Lucan: what really happened to the missing earl?

    Published: 30/12/2024
15. Gladiators: tales from the Roman arena

    Published: 23/12/2024
16. Audacious lady swindlers, con-women and hustlers

    Published: 16/12/2024
17. Edward of Warwick: the other prince in the tower

    Published: 09/12/2024
18. Mysterious mummification myths

    Published: 02/12/2024
19. Henry V's brutal youth

    Published: 25/11/2024
20. Pigs in the medieval city

    Published: 18/11/2024