The Rest Is History

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Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi…

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Roman Civil War: Rise of the General (Part 1) 2026-08-30 · 74m Read →
The Troubles: Bloody Sunday (Part 4) 2026-08-26 · 84m
The Troubles: Return of the IRA (Part 3) 2026-08-23 · 84m
The Troubles: The Brink of Civil War (Part 2) 2026-08-19 · 82m
The Troubles: Murder in Belfast (Part 1) 2026-08-16 · 86m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: Killing the Queen of Scots (Part 6) 2026-08-12 · 70m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: The Shadow War (Part 5) 2026-08-09 · 62m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: A Treacherous Conspiracy (Part 4) 2026-08-05 · 73m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: England’s Greatest Hero (Part 3) 2026-08-02 · 77m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: A Massacre in Paris (Part 2) 2026-07-29 · 72m
Elizabeth I vs The Catholics: The Queen’s Spymaster (Part 1) 2026-07-26 · 72m
A Murderous Affair: Death at Mayerling (Part 2) 2026-07-22 · 79m
A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1) 2026-07-19 · 73m
The Odyssey: Return of the King (Part 2) 2026-07-15 · 66m
The Odyssey: Hero of the Trojan Horse (Part 1) 2026-07-12 · 72m
Jefferson: The Betrayal of Liberty (Part 4) 2026-07-08 · 82m
Hamilton: Duel to the Death (Part 3) 2026-07-05 · 76m
Franklin: Revenge of the American Genius (Part 2) 2026-07-01 · 73m
Washington: Hero of the Revolution (Part 1) 2026-06-28 · 76m
South Africa: Mandela and the Death of Apartheid (Part 6) 2026-06-24 · 71m
Brazil: The Emperor’s Anthem (Part 5) 2026-06-21 · 70m
The Netherlands: The Revolt that Made The Modern World (Part 4) 2026-06-17 · 73m
The Fascist World Cup: Mussolini's Football Dictatorship | History of the World Cup 2026-06-16 · 61m
Germany: The Song Hitler Stole (Part 3) 2026-06-14 · 73m
Britain: God Save the King (Part 2) 2026-06-10 · 71m
USA: The Star-Spangled Banner (Part 1) 2026-06-07 · 71m
The First World War: Churchill’s Calamity (Part 6) 2026-06-03 · 77m
The First World War: Slaughter at Gallipoli (Part 5) 2026-05-31 · 77m
The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4) 2026-05-27 · 68m
The First World War: The Submarine Strikes (Part 3) 2026-05-24 · 77m
The First World War: Italy’s Doomed Campaign (Part 2) 2026-05-20 · 71m
Empress Matilda: Civil War and the Fight for the Throne 2026-05-19 · 43m
The First World War: Blood in the Trenches (Part 1) 2026-05-17 · 84m
Tom Holland Meets Paul McCartney 2026-05-14 · 40m
Greece vs. Persia: The Battle of Marathon (Part 2) 2026-05-13 · 69m
Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1) 2026-05-10 · 73m
The Mystery of the Mona Lisa 2026-05-06 · 70m
Wine and the Birth of Civilisation 2026-05-03 · 76m
Britain in the 70s: The Bailout from Hell (Part 4) 2026-04-29 · 75m
Britain in the 70s: Scandal in Downing Street (Part 3) 2026-04-26 · 74m
Britain in the 70s: The Brexit That Never Was (Part 2) 2026-04-22 · 77m
Britain in the 70s: The Rise of Thatcher (Part 1) 2026-04-19 · 76m
Dawn of the Samurai: The Shōgun Triumphant (Part 4) 2026-04-15 · 65m
Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3) 2026-04-12 · 61m
Dawn of the Samurai: Bloodbath at the Bridge (Part 2) 2026-04-08 · 67m
Music: The Father of the Blues, Golden Age of Jazz, and David Bowie | History in Photos 2026-04-07 · 8m
Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword (Part 1) 2026-04-05 · 63m
The Ku Klux Klan: American Fascists (Part 4) 2026-04-01 · 72m
Revolutions: Iran, the Prague Spring, and Ceaușescu’s Fall | History in Photos 2026-03-31 · 17m
The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) 2026-03-29 · 75m
The Ku Klux Klan: Terror in the South (Part 2) 2026-03-26 · 71m
The Ku Klux Klan: The Rise of Evil (Part 1) 2026-03-23 · 69m
London’s Golden Age: The Shadow of the Madhouse (Part 4) 2026-03-19 · 67m
London’s Golden Age: The Ghosts of Culloden (Part 3) 2026-03-16 · 65m
London’s Golden Age: Sex and Scandal in Georgian Britain (Part 2) 2026-03-12 · 69m
London’s Golden Age: The Mad Life of Dr Johnson (Part 1) 2026-03-09 · 66m
The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor (Part 6) 2026-03-05 · 72m
The Fall of the Incas: Battle for the Sacred City (Part 5) 2026-03-02 · 68m
The Fall of the Incas: The King in the North (Part 4) 2026-02-26 · 71m
Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus 2026-02-25 · 7m
The Fall of the Incas: Death to the Emperor (Part 3) 2026-02-23 · 66m
The Book Club: Wuthering Heights 2026-02-20 · 21m
The Fall of the Incas: Massacre in the Andes (Part 2) 2026-02-19 · 69m
Greatest Paintings: Age of Enlightenment - Raeburn's Skating Minister 2026-02-18 · 6m
The Fall of the Incas: Empire of Gold (Part 1) 2026-02-16 · 76m
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Carthage Destroyed (Part 4) 2026-02-12 · 60m
Greatest Paintings: The Ghost of Spain – Velázquez’s Las Meninas 2026-02-11 · 6m
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Bloodbath in Africa (Part 3) 2026-02-09 · 69m
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Hannibal’s Nemesis (Part 2) 2026-02-05 · 61m
Greatest Paintings: Dawn of the Dutch Golden Age - The Arnolfini Portrait 2026-02-04 · 10m
Rome’s Greatest Enemy: Carthage at the Gates (Part 1) 2026-02-02 · 64m
Revolution in Iran: Death in the Desert (Part 4) 2026-01-29 · 72m
Revolution in Iran: The Hostage Crisis (Part 3) 2026-01-26 · 75m
Revolution in Iran: Rise of the Ayatollah (Part 2) 2026-01-22 · 70m
Revolution in Iran: Fall of the Shah (Part 1) 2026-01-19 · 78m
Joan of Arc: For Fear of the Flames (Part 4) 2026-01-15 · 63m
Joan of Arc: Heroine in Chains (Part 3) 2026-01-12 · 63m
Joan of Arc: Saviour of France (Part 2) 2026-01-08 · 56m
Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (Part 1) 2026-01-05 · 69m
Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall 2026-01-01 · 73m
Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall 2025-12-29 · 79m
WWI: The Christmas Truce 2025-12-25 · 59m
Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5) 2025-12-22 · 96m
Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4) 2025-12-18 · 70m
Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3) 2025-12-15 · 59m
Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2) 2025-12-11 · 67m
The Beatles: The British Invasion, with Conan O’Brien (Part 2) 2025-12-10 · 55m
Jack The Ripper: History’s Darkest Mystery (Part 1) 2025-12-08 · 64m
The Nazis at War: Churchill’s Finest Hour (Part 4) 2025-12-04 · 72m
The Beatles: The Band that Changed the World, with Conan O’Brien (Part 1) 2025-12-03 · 51m
The Nazis at War: The Fall of France (Part 3) 2025-12-01 · 68m
621. The Nazis at War: Blitzkrieg (Part 2) 2025-11-27 · 67m
The Nazis at War: Hitler Strikes West (Part 1) 2025-11-24 · 72m
Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (Part 4) 2025-11-20 · 69m
Elizabeth I: The Shadow of the Tower (Part 3) 2025-11-17 · 72m
Elizabeth I: Anne Boleyn's Bastard (Part 2) 2025-11-13 · 62m
Elizabeth I: The Fall of the Axe (Part 1) 2025-11-10 · 68m
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger 2025-11-07 · 34m
Disneyland: The Modern American Utopia 2025-11-06 · 83m
Walt Disney: The Great American Storyteller 2025-11-03 · 70m
Spartacus and Gladiators, with Mary Beard 2025-10-31 · 10m
Nelson: Glory at Trafalgar (Part 6) 2025-10-30 · 71m
Nelson: The Final Showdown (Part 5) 2025-10-27 · 63m
Julius Caesar, with Mary Beard 2025-10-23 · 11m
Nelson: Bonaparte Prepares to Strike (Part 4) 2025-10-22 · 69m
Nelson: The Battle of Copenhagen (Part 3) 2025-10-19 · 67m
Alexander the Great, with Mary Beard 2025-10-16 · 11m
Nelson: The Gathering Storm (Part 2) 2025-10-15 · 62m
Nelson: Slaughter in Naples (Part 1) 2025-10-12 · 82m
The Trojan War, with Mary Beard 2025-10-09 · 10m
Nelson’s Lover: The Scandalous Lady Hamilton 2025-10-08 · 74m
Enoch Powell: Rivers of Blood 2025-10-05 · 77m
Greek Myths: Jason & The Quest for the Golden Fleece (Part 4) 2025-10-01 · 63m
Greek Myths: Sex, Drugs & Tragedy (Part 3) 2025-09-28 · 65m
Greek Myths: The Riddle of the Sphinx (Part 2) 2025-09-24 · 66m
Greek Myths: Zeus, King of the Gods (Part 1) 2025-09-21 · 61m
Scandal in the White House 2025-09-17 · 71m
Chatham High Street 2025-09-14 · 62m
The First World War: Downfall of the Habsburgs (Part 6) 2025-09-10 · 62m
The First World War: The Eastern Front Explodes (Part 5) 2025-09-05 · 71m
The First World War: The Massacre of the Innocents (Part 4) 2025-09-03 · 55m
The First World War: The Miracle on the Marne (Part 3) 2025-08-31 · 68m
The First World War: The Battle of the Frontiers (Part 2) 2025-08-27 · 61m
The First World War: The Invasion of Belgium (Part 1) 2025-08-24 · 60m
The Fight of the Century 2025-08-20 · 57m
Mad Victorian Sport 2025-08-17 · 57m
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Manhunt for the Killer (Part 2) 2025-08-13 · 68m
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Death at the Theatre (Part 1) 2025-08-10 · 62m
Mary, Queen of Scots: Downfall (Part 6) 2025-08-06 · 66m
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Mystery of the Exploding Mansion (Part 5) 2025-08-03 · 60m
Mary, Queen of Scots: Murder Most Foul (Part 4) 2025-07-30 · 54m
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Battle for Scotland (Part 3) 2025-07-27 · 65m
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Royal Rivals (Part 2) 2025-07-23 · 61m
Mary, Queen of Scots: Birth of a Legend (Part 1) 2025-07-20 · 55m
The Lion, the Priest and the Parlourmaids: A 1930s Sex Scandal 2025-07-16 · 58m
The Body in the Woods: A Medieval Murder Mystery 2025-07-13 · 61m
The Irish Civil War: The Killing of Michael Collins (Part 2) 2025-07-09 · 45m
The Irish Civil War: The Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson (Part 1) 2025-07-06 · 48m
The Irish War of Independence: Showdown in London (Part 4) 2025-07-02 · 66m
The Irish War of Independence: Bloody Sunday (Part 3) 2025-06-29 · 58m
The Irish War of Independence: The Violence Begins (Part 2) 2025-06-25 · 64m
The Irish War of Independence: Rise of the IRA (Part 1) 2025-06-22 · 70m
The Medici: The Bonfire of the Vanities (Part 4) 2025-06-19 · 69m
The Medici: Curse of the Mad Monk (Part 3) 2025-06-15 · 60m
The Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (Part 2) 2025-06-11 · 60m
The Medici: Masters of Florence (Part 1) 2025-06-08 · 64m
Hannibal: Roman Bloodbath at Cannae (Part 4) 2025-06-04 · 58m
Hannibal: The Invasion of Italy (Part 3) 2025-06-01 · 56m
Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2) 2025-05-28 · 58m
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (Part 1) 2025-05-25 · 56m
The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4) 2025-05-21 · 65m
The Great Northern War: Slaughter on the Steppes (Part 3) 2025-05-18 · 62m
The Great Northern War: Revenge of the Cossacks (Part 2) 2025-05-14 · 67m
The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (Part 1) 2025-05-11 · 67m
Peter the Great: Bloodbath in the Kremlin (Part 2) 2025-05-07 · 62m
Peter the Great: The Rise of Russia (Part 1) 2025-05-04 · 64m
The Golden Age of Japan: Secrets of the Imperial Court (Part 2) 2025-04-30 · 67m
The Golden Age of Japan: Lady Murasaki and the Shining Prince (Part 1) 2025-04-27 · 54m
The Rolling Stones: Satanic Majesties of Sixties Rebellion (Part 2) 2025-04-23 · 69m
The Rolling Stones: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Part 1) 2025-04-20 · 68m
1066: The Norman Conquest (Part 4) 2025-04-16 · 64m
1066: The Battle of Hastings (Part 3) 2025-04-13 · 57m
1066: Slaughter at Stamford Bridge (Part 2) 2025-04-09 · 69m
1066: The Shadows of War (Part 1) 2025-04-06 · 61m
The Last Viking: Warrior of the New Rome (Part 2) 2025-04-02 · 64m
The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrada (Part 1) 2025-03-30 · 62m
The Road to 1066: Countdown to Conquest (Part 4) 2025-03-27 · 60m
The Road to 1066: Rise of the Normans (Part 3) 2025-03-24 · 58m
The Road to 1066: Revenge of the Vikings (Part 2) 2025-03-20 · 65m
The Road to 1066: Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse (Part 1) 2025-03-17 · 58m
The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (Part 4) 2025-03-13 · 63m
The French Revolution: The Monarchy Falls (Part 3) 2025-03-10 · 60m
The French Revolution: The First Feminist (Part 2) 2025-03-06 · 61m
The French Revolution: The September Massacres (Part 1) 2025-03-03 · 60m
Death in the Amazon: Aguirre, the Wrath of God 2025-02-27 · 68m
Elizabeth I’s Sorcerer: Angels and Demons in Renaissance Europe 2025-02-24 · 63m
Heart of Darkness: Fear and Loathing in the Congo 2025-02-20 · 76m
Horror in the Congo: A Conspiracy Unmasked (Part 3) 2025-02-17 · 64m
Horror in the Congo: The Crimes of Empire (Part 2) 2025-02-13 · 59m
Horror in the Congo: The Nightmare Begins (Part 1) 2025-02-10 · 63m
Emperors of Rome: Claudius, Paranoia and Poison (Part 4) 2025-02-06 · 66m
Emperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3) 2025-02-03 · 66m
Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2) 2025-01-30 · 59m
Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1) 2025-01-27 · 54m
Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified… 2025-01-24 · 15m
Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis 2025-01-23 · 59m
Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3) 2025-01-20 · 61m
Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2) 2025-01-16 · 63m
Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1) 2025-01-13 · 59m
The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2) 2025-01-09 · 57m
The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1) 2025-01-06 · 61m
Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall 2025-01-02 · 66m
Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall 2024-12-30 · 69m
Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3) 2024-12-25 · 64m
Charlemagne: Pagan Killer (Part 2) 2024-12-23 · 54m
Charlemagne: Return of the Kings (Part 1) 2024-12-19 · 51m
Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3) 2024-12-16 · 60m
Warlords of the West: Killer Queens (Part 2) 2024-12-12 · 60m
Warlords of the West: Barbarian Heirs of Rome (Part 1) 2024-12-09 · 52m
The World's First City 2024-12-05 · 51m
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