15 Best BBC History Podcasts

1. The History Hour

An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
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7.2M 542.5K 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min
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2. In Our Time: History

From the venerable BBC4 Radio, In Our Time skews more toward the Greats (e.g., Seneca; Alexander; Catherine; Frederick; Great Wall of China, the). Whi...ch is to say, it goes much further back than many of the others on this list, although there are more recent subjects, too.more
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13 episodes / year Avg Length 53 min
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3. Witness History

London, England, UK
Witness is the daily history programme from the BBC World Service. Five days a week we speak to people who lived through moments of history to bring y...ou a personal perspective on world events. Witness on a moment of history.more
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7.2M 3.3K 1 episode / day Avg Length 10 min
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4. Sporting Witness

The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history. Hosted by BBC World Service.
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1 episode / day Avg Length 10 min
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5. My Moment In History

Personal stories of lives linked to history. Hosted by BBC Radio.
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4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 12 min
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6. The Coming Storm

QAnon and the plot to break reality. Reporter and presenter Gabriel Gatehouse takes a journey into the dark undergrowth of modern America
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9 episodes / year Avg Length 32 min
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7. Evil Genius with Russell Kane

London, England, UK
It's good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
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915.9K 537.9K 13 episodes / year Avg Length 41 min
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8. The Documentary Podcast

London, England, UK
Download the latest documentaries Investigating global developments, issues, and affairs.
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59.8M 39.8M 3 episodes / week Avg Length 30 min Mar 2020
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9. You're Dead To Me

The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
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916K 537.9K 1 episode / month Avg Length 43 min
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10. Things Fell Apart

A series of strange, unexpected human stories from the history of the culture wars. Hosted by BBC Radio 4.
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10 episodes / year Avg Length 32 min
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11. How to Invent a Country

When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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3 episodes / year Avg Length 31 min
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12. What Really Happened in the Nineties?

Cancel culture, Brexit, identity politics. How did we get here? Did we miss something? Robert Carlyle is here to show us that we did. And it happened ...in the '90s.more
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11 episodes / year Avg Length 14 min
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13. Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

In the 1970s it's estimated that about 60% of the world's LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of an attempt to start a revolutio...n of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.more
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115.7K 81.7K 9 episodes / quarter Avg Length 19 min
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