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Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT

Captain Cook

Dan tells the extraordinary tale of Captain James Cook. Born a labourer's son, he would rise to...

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Roman Emperors with Mary Beard

What did it take to become a Roman emperor? Pliny the Elder wrote that a ruler should be...

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Witches of St Osyth

In March 1582, a number of women from the small Essex village of St Osyth were hanged for the...

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The Battle of Midway

On the 4th of June 1942, the US Navy took on the might of Japan's Imperial Navy in the battle of...

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The Bones of Anglo Saxon England

It's the 13th of December, 1642, and Parliamentarian soldiers have just stormed the city of...

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Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

This is the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn as you've never heard it before. From their...

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President Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, so how did it work...

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My Great-Grandfather's War: Lt-Gen Thomas Snow & The Somme

Dan explores his great-grandfather's part in the First World War. Lieutenant-General Thomas Snow...

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The Origins of the Popes

The popes of Rome emerged from the humblest of beginnings. The first was a fisherman, charged...

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Wars of the Roses: Jack Cade’s Rebellion Explained

It’s one of the most dramatic stories you might never have heard. Featuring a seaborne...

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The Great Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782

In the spring of 1782, it wasn't the American Revolutionary War that had Londoners worried. The...

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The Knights Templar

Few organisations in history have names as loaded with legend as the Knights Templar. Western...

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The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula

What would it be like to discover that your grandfather was a Nazi? For decades, generations of...

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Europe's 1848 Revolutions

In 1848, Europe was wracked by a series of revolutions that turned the established political...

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Chichén Itzá

One of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza is home to monumental pyramids, temples,...

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Marco Polo

You may have heard the many myths about the life and exploits of Marco Polo- was he really the...

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The Legacy of Rome

Rome has attracted aspiring conquerors and leaders for millennia, not just as a great metropolis,...

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Rise of the Tudors

Join Dan as he rollicks through the tumultuous life and rise to power of Henry Tudor, the man who...

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Secret Origins of the SAS

In 1974, a pioneer of the SAS and master of military deception, Dudley Clarke, passed away. His...

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Ivan the Terrible

The name Ivan the Terrible is synonymous with brutality and ruthlessness. While Western scholars...

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