The British History Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This is one of my favorite podcasts. There are over 400 episodes and I’ve listened through three times. Jamie’s storytelling is all-encompassing and he really does his research. As someone with a degree in medieval history, I can endorse his scholarship as being top rate. I look forward to every new episode!

Jamie provides a wealth of historiography to go along with his great storytelling and gives us a look at parts of British history that are usually just skipped over. Some of the weirder reviews here don't seem to have been written by people who actually listened to the show-- it's just really great pop history with no ads! And the members' feed is totally worth it.

I am really loving this podcast, and just finished episode 228, where Alfred is beginning to wage guerrilla warfare against the Danes. You may be thinking “228 episodes and you are STILL in the Dark Ages??” And you are right. This is one thing I’m loving about the show. Jamie is covering a lot of deep dive info on British history. This deep dive tells the backstory of a people that had great influences across the globe (both good and not). Although Jamie goes deep, he doesn’t appear to be drifting too far from shore - in that the story remains engaging from one episode to the next. Each episode is concise, well written, and often quite witty, which helps bring many of the stories to life. His story telling is spot on. I mostly listen to the show while running, and often find myself doing a few extra miles just to hear an episode’s conclusion.

This podcast is well researched, well presented and very informative and entertaining. Jamie does an excellent job of explaining a confusing and confused period when written records are not plentiful and when they exist can be misleading or contradictory