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In today's podcast, Chris looks at the six degrees of separation between King John and Francis Bacon.

In today's WRAP podcast, Tony looks at the history of the Olympics, and examines more closely the events of the 1936 games.

Tony's latest podcast looks at the Festival of Britain in 1951. On the anniversary of the Great Exhibition in 1851, the Festival aimed to showcase the best of Britain.

In today's With Rifle and Pack podcast, Freya investigates the local history behind the small island where she grew up. Situated in the Thames Estuary, the Isle of Sheppey has a few secrets you might not expect...

Tony's latest podcast looks at the Vikings, and examines some of their raids on England, including that on Lindisfarne in 793AD.

Al Stewart (b. 1945) has created some wonderful and beautiful folk-rock songs that consist of rich woven tales of characters, emotions and experiences that many of us encounter but also weaving into many of his songs Historical events, and individuals. Al in many ways is unique in melding the two to create ‘Historical Folk Rock’. The aim of this mini-series of podcasts is to look upon the lyrics of his songs to pull out some wonderful lyrics and interweave that with a larger look at the historical events and individuals that are upon his canvas. As such the series is therefore less a critique of assessing and ordering the best songs in his back catalogue.

This is part one of the Mother Russia series, focusing on how conditions in Russia changed prior to and during 1917, resulting in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. By Caitlin.

Today's podcast gives a brief look at the tensions in Victorian Europe that eventually let to the fighting in the Crimean peninsula.

In today's podcast, Tony and Freya discuss the various versions of Assassin's Creed. Is playing the games as good as time travelling? How much does historical accuracy matter?

Chris's podcast looks at how Christmas sometimes affects the fighting man, including the snowball fights between Confederate soldiers.

In today's festive podcast, Tony talks about the Christmas Truce in the WWI trenches in 1914.