Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on History Hit

Watch this video and more on History Hit

🎧 The Viking Sagas

Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧 • 35m

Up Next in Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧

  • 🎧 Pertinax. Son of a Slave to Emperor...

    The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination.This previously untold story brings a fascinating and important figure out of the shadows. A self made everyman, a man...

  • 🎧 The History of Language

    David Shariatmadari dives into the words we say. How did language come about, how and why do we use it?

  • 🎧 Peterloo with Jacqueline Riding

    In 1819, a huge crowd gathered in St Peter's Fields, Manchester, to hear radical speakers demand democratic reform. Dozens were killed and many more were injured by the army and local militia in what became known as the Peterloo Massacre. Dan talks to Jacqueline Riding - historical adviser on the...