15 Best BBC History Podcasts

1. You're Dead to Me

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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Greg Jenner
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 925.9KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 41 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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2. In Our Time

From the venerable BBC4 Radio, In Our Time skews more toward the Greats (e.g., Seneca; Alexander; Catherine; Frederick; Great Wall of China, the). Which is to say, it goes much further back than many of the others on this list, although there are more recent subjects, too.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5 Frequency 4 episodes/quarter Avg Length 51 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Witness History

History as told by the people who were there.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 7.2MTwitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 10 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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4. Evil Genius with Russell Kane

It's good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Russell Kane
Producer/Network BBC Sounds
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4 / 5Facebook Followers 922.2KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 12 episodes/year Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. The Documentary Podcast

A window into our world investigating, exploring and telling stories from everywhere. Original BBC documentary storytelling, bringing the globe to your ears. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and 'unputdownable' audio. New episodes every week from our teams: documentaries, Assignment, Heart and Soul, In the Studio and OS Conversations.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts James Reynolds, Lukwesa Burak
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 59.8MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 27 min Since Mar 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. The History Hour

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Max Pearson
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 562KInstagram Followers 448.6K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 51 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

7. How to Invent a Country

When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Misha Glenny
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 926.6KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 35 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

8. Sporting Witness

The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 562KInstagram Followers 448.6K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 10 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. Things Fell Apart

A series of strange, unexpected human stories from the history of the culture wars. Hosted by BBC Radio 4.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/quarter Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. The Coming Storm

A year on from the Capitol Insurrection in Washington DC on 6 January 2021, Gabriel Gatehouse journeys into the dark undergrowth of modern America. He's looking for the origins of the story that drove the crowds to storm the heart of US democracy. From conspiracy-soaked barrooms in 1990s Arkansas, via spies in hotel rooms in the shadow of the Kremlin, to anarchic chatrooms on the early internet, this is a search for the answer to one big question: did this just happen, or is somebody trying to break reality?
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Gabriel Gatehouse, Jamie Bartlett, Catrin Nye
Producer/Network BBC Podcasts
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 925.6KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 1 episode/month Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

In the 1970s it's estimated that about 60% of the world's LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Facebook Followers 119.2KTwitter Followers 82.7K Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

12. What Really Happened in the Nineties?

Cancel culture, Brexit, identity politics. How did we get here? Did we miss something? Robert Carlyle is here to show us that we did. And it happened in the '90s.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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13. My Moment In History

Personal stories of lives linked to history. Hosted by BBC Radio.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
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