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The fight to eradicate polio

Tom Holland on the Coventry polio epidemic, and when Parliament left Westminster.

• 28 mins

Gambling, ±«Óãtvlessness, Human trafficking

Helen Castor looks back at the gambling crisis of the 18th century.

• 28 mins

Dark tourism, World Cup 1938, The mobile library

Helen Castor presents stories from the past with a bearing on issues today.

• 28 mins

Coastal change: Overfishing and the death of the seaside

Tom Holland discovers when East Coast fishermen were very much a part of Europe.

• 28 mins

Witches, poison and why the hedgehog was unloved in history

A #metoo moment for 17th-century witches?

• 28 mins

Pilgrimage, Overseas cricketers, How the ancients helped build Milton Keynes

Tom Holland presents the programme where the past meets the present.

• 28 mins

The Radio Ballads, Dorothea Lange, Archaeology of the A14

Helen Castor on the photography of Dorothea Lange and the radio ballads of Charles Parker.

• 28 mins

Church Pews and the Medieval Weather Forecast

Tom Holland takes a back-side view of church architecture.

• 28 mins

The Clockwork Orange Town

Helen Castor discusses dystopia in Thamesmead and Trappist ale from Leicestershire.

• 28 mins

The End of Steam. St Edmund. Southall Youth Movement

Tom Holland asks if St Edmund is under a tennis court and hears about the end of steam.

• 28 mins

01/01/2019

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence consider fascinating aspects of history.

• 28 mins

HS2

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.

• 28 mins

Borders

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.

• 28 mins

Bloodlines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore the stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages

• 28 mins

Power Lines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history's lines and linkages.

• 28 mins

Supply Lines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.

• 28 mins

Bread Lines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at historical aspects of living on the breadline.

• 28 mins

Battle Lines

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore stories revealed by history’s lines and linkages.

• 28 mins

The First Draft?

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence are back to explore more historical connections.

• 28 mins

Nationalism

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at the roots of nationalism and how it shaped history.

• 28 mins

Back to the Future

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore the historical connections to today's big issues.

• 28 mins

Food

Iszi Lawrence and Tom Holland with the latest research that's Making History.

• 28 mins

Keeping It In The Family

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore the historical connections to today's big issues.

• 28 mins

High Flyers

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at major milestones in flight in the past millennium.

• 28 mins

Film

Tom and Iszi meet the cineasts who help us understand history and the history of cinema.

• 28 mins

London versus the Rest?

Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence explore historical connections to today's big issues.

• 28 mins