HISTORY

Great Lives (BBC Radio 4): Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

You're Dead To Me (BBC Radio 4): The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.

A History of the World in 100 Objects: Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

Witness History (BBC World Service)- Short features about contemporary history- History as told by the people who were there.

The Secret History of the Future: Every week the journalists dig up a story from the history books that gives a hint about where we might heading in the future. Whether they're discussing the return of wind-powered ships or investigating the link between the phonograph and online music, each episode of The Secret History of the Future is crammed with new ways of looking at the modern world.

Stuff You Missed in History Class: a lighthearted look at some major moments in history. This podcast covers unusual or untold stories, from the exciting to the unbelievable.

Stuff the British Stole (ABC Australia): Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects. Each episode, award-winning journalist, author and genetic-potluck, Marc Fennell, picks one artefact and takes you on the wild, evocative, sometimes funny, often tragic adventure of how it got to where it is today.