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What King Arthur Reveals About Ourselves

Did King Arthur exist? Amy Jeffs isn't fussed. In this episode, the historian and artist behind Arthur: A New Life takes Dan Jones beyond Camelot and the search for a "re

Did the Hundred Years war ever really end?

Two men and two hundred years of history… On this week’s This Is History: In Conversation, Dan Jones meets Mike Livingston — award-winning historian and novelist from ac

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Dr Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and science storyteller obsessed with questions that don't have answers. Every week she unravels real events from history that sti

Dan Snow is taking Dan Jones places

It’s time for a Dan-off. To celebrate the return of This Is History: In Conversation, Dan Jones meets the other history podcaster called Dan. Dan Snow’s an award-winn

S10 E12 | To Bosworth

Richard III’s son and heir, Edward of Middleham, dies unexpectedly. Then tragedy strikes twice: his wife Queen Anne dies, too.  Richard, who ruthlessly diverted the line

S10 E11 | Last Hope

*THIS IS HISTORY — A DYNASTY TO DIE FOR*  *Season 10, Episode 11: Last Hope* It’s 1482.  Margaret Beaufort and her husband, Thomas Stanley hold the most power in Northw

S10 E10 | The Princes In The Tower

Richard Duke of Gloucester has the crown in his sights. But first, he needs to clear the room.  Allies become enemies. Councillors are arrested. Lord Hastings is dead. A

S10 E9 | Kidnap

Edward IV finally has it all. With his enemies vanquished, the Yorkist king can now focus on what really matters to him — pleasure. But, after one fateful fishing trip,

S10 E8 | No Mercy

A grieving George Duke of Clarence wants someone to blame for the tragic death of his wife and spare heir.  Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, dies during childbirth i

S10 E7 | The Tribute Act

In 1475, nobody wants a Henry V impersonator, but Edward IV goes ahead and does his best impression anyway.  Edward, buoyant from vanquishing his enemies at home, now wa

S10 E6 | The Prophecy

The not-completely-there king, Henry VI, isn’t someone you’d associate with clarity, but in 1470, he sees something with absolute focus. After being presented with his 13

S10 E5 | King Henry’s Second Coming

It’s time for a restoration, or rather, re-adeption.  In 1470, Warwick the Kingmaker seizes his moment and slings Henry VI back onto the English throne.  It’s fair to s

S10 E4 | The Kingmaker Strikes Back

It’s a gorgeous, calculated provocation.  In the summer of 1469, in Calais, the Earl of Warwick, marries his daughter Isabel to George, Duke of Clarence, brother and hei

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S10 E3 | LOVEBOMBING

Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And the best way to keep the people on your side is through their stomachs.  It’s a le

S10 E2 | Rise of the Woodvilles

Edward IV marries in secret, then springs the news like a trap.  England’s new Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, arrives with two sons, a Lancastrian past, and a family ready

S10 E1 | A New Hope

A 13-year-old girl labours in a sealed chamber at Pembroke Castle as the plague circles them. Miraculously, Margaret Beaufort survives. Her son does, too. His name is Hen

Introducing… Season Ten of a Dynasty to Die For

Three brothers. One crown. And no ounce of loyalty between them. In the final Plantagenet season of A Dynasty to Die For, Dan Jones traces the spectacular implosion of

War — History’s Ultimate Failure

Elizabeth Day grew up in Belfast and would as a child walk past the most bombed hotel in Europe. Dan Jones recalls a Croatian widow whose husband went out for bread and n

Ear Today, Gone Tomorrow: Van Gogh’s Guide to Artistic Failure

If you’re an artist, when would you like recognition to strike? Do you want it to be in your lifetime, only to be forgotten decades after your death? Or do you want to re