Our podcast series features a mix of lectures from top academics specifically aimed at pupils alongside radio-style investigations of historical topics using primary documents from the National Archives read by actors.
You can download individual podcasts from this page, read transcripts of the shows and lectures and see images of the documents that we discuss.
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Medieval 1066 - 1485
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Two Crowns, One King
Henry V and the Treaty of Troyes get the Past Masters treatmentKey stage 5 -
Was Richard II Mad?
Terry Jones sets out to rescue King Richard II's reputationKey stage 5
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Early Modern 1485 - 1750
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How to Win a Duel
Pistols at dawn from the Past Masters teamKey stage 5 -
Was Cromwell's Regime a Military Dictatorship?
Prof. Barry Coward looks at Oliver's RepublicKey stage 5 -
A Bag of Secrets
Dr. Tracy Sowerby discusses working with Tudor documentsKey stage 5 -
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Empire and industry 1750 - 1850
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How to Win a Duel
Pistols at dawn from the Past Masters teamKey stage 5
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Darwin's Voyage
The Past Masters set sail aboard HMS Beagle in 1831Key stage 5 -
Radicalism and Unrest
How have people organised to create social change?Key stage 4 - 5
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Victorians 1850 - 1901
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Prison
The story of five hundred years behind barsKey stage 5 -
The Real Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens and the debtors' prisonKey stage 4 - 5 -
The Problem of the Poor
An A level masterclass lecture on faith, science and povertyKey stage 5
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Early 20th century 1901 - 1918
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Voices of the Armistice
Our series of podcasts about the events of World War IKey stage 3 - 5
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Interwar 1918 - 1939
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Britain and the Challenge of Fascism (Part 1)
Prof. David Stephenson on saving Europe at a costKey stage 5 -
Britain and the Challenge of Fascism (Part 2)
Geoff Cook of Edexcel discusses tackling the topic at A levelKey stage 5 -
The Making of the Stalinist State 1928-1941 (Part 1)
Dr Jane McDermid on the terror of Joseph Stalin's RussiaKey stage 5 -
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Second World War 1939 - 1945
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The Battle that Frightened Churchill
U-Boats, codebreakers and convoys in the war in the AtlanticKey stage 5
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Postwar 1945 - present
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The Truth is in Here
The Past Masters team look at UFO reports from the archivesKey stage 5
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