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History Extra podcast
You might or might not be familiar with BBC History Magazine. From the team behind the magazine comes the History Extra Podcast. History extra covers and brings all the incredible and unique historical facts and events to you.
This podcast covers real-life historical events from the past and features interviews with some of the world's best historians. It has featured the likes of Richard J Aldrich, Rory Cormac, Natalie Livingstone, Michael Wood, Tracy Borman, Dan Jones, Tom Holland, Roger Luckhurst and Suzannah Lipscomb.
Get to learn from the best on exciting topics such as queen Victoria's secret spy network, the role of Mao in Chinese history, the Beatles in the 60s and living in the middle ages.
Host: Ellie Cawthorne
Country: United Kingdom
Episodes count: 2574
Average duration: Irregular
Frequency: 5 times a week
Country: United Kingdom
Episodes count: 2574
Average duration: Irregular
Frequency: 5 times a week
Episodes
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