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Joan of Arc: Saviour of France (Part 2)
Jan 08, 2026How did a young, uneducated peasant girl dressed in men’s clothing, Joan of Arc, plan to crown the son of the mad and feeble Charles VI, the King of all France, and save them from the English? What ha...
Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (Part 1)
Jan 05, 2026What are the origins of the legendary Joan of Arc, the famous French maid who saved France from the English during the Hundred Years’ War, dressed all the while in men’s clothes? Why is hers one of th...
Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Jan 01, 2026Was Richard Wagner a revolutionary artist who reshaped music forever, or an egotists mired in scandal, whose dangerous ideas were inseparable from the operas he created? How did the legendary worlds e...
Tchaikovsky: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Dec 29, 2025What are the complex origins of Russia’s most renowned composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky? What inner conflicts and private contradictions lay behind his romantic music, and how did these struggles sh...
WWI: The Christmas Truce
Dec 25, 2025Did the Christmas Truce - which saw a number of unofficial ceasefires between the combatants of the First World War, during the Christmas of 1914 - really occur, or was it a myth? What is the real sto...
Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)
Dec 22, 2025Who are the prime suspects for the identity of Jack the Ripper? Why did he suddenly halt his hellish killing spree, and never strike again? And, once and for all, who really was Jack the Ripper…? Jo...
Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4)
Dec 18, 2025Why was Jack the Ripper’s final murder the most appalling of all? Who was the mysterious Mary-Jane Kelly, his unfortunate victim? And, what enduring impact would his crimes have upon the cultural clim...
Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)
Dec 15, 2025How did Jack the Ripper manage to strike twice in the same night without getting caught? Did he have an accomplice? And, what chilling clues did the police discover in the wake of the murder…? Join...
Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2)
Dec 11, 2025Who was Jack the Ripper’s second victim, and why was their murder considered the true starting point of his terrifying killing spree? How did the police investigation unfold? And, when and how did the...
The Beatles: The British Invasion, with Conan O’Brien (Part 2)
Dec 10, 2025| This episode is available a week early for members of The Rest Is History Club | What happens when fame, drugs, and genius collide? How did the Beatles survive John Lennon’s “more popular than Je...