History Book Club
Welcome to the History Book Club - the club for all lovers of history, presented by writer and historian Oliver Webb-Carter. Oliver interviews authors of the best historical writing, to draw out the stories that you'll be interested in.
Every month will also feature the History Film Club, as historian Roger Moorhouse and director Tim Hewitt join to discuss a historical movie.
Get in touch if you want a particular area of history to be covered, because at the History Book Club, members are the most important people of all.
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40. City Inventions with Jonn Elledge
44 min
2
39. Film Club: United 93 (2006)
77 min
3
38. Henry VIII with Steven Veerapen
41 min
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37. The Man Who Saved the SAS with Tim Spicer
45 min
5
Bonus: Alexander the Great Lives
40 min
6
36. Alexander the Great with Edmund Richardson
57 min
7
Bonus Film Club: The Odyssey (2026)
The Odyssey is the new epic from Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.
65 min
8
35. Film Club: Zulu
52 min
9
34. Film Club: Zulu Dawn
47 min
10
33. Agent Running in the Troubles with John Ware
36 min
11
32. Pericles with Paul Cartledge
49 min
12
Bonus: Trent Park, House of Secrets with Helen ...
29 min
13
31. Homer Haunted & ODYSSEYMANIA with Henry Power
45 min
14
30. The Greatest: Favourite Books for Summer wi...
47 min
15
29. The SAS & the General: Sir George Lea with ...
After the Second World War the SAS was disbanded, but when a communist insurgency broke out in the British Imperial possession of Malaya, the SAS was reformed. In the years following the Regiment came under the command of an extraordinary soldier, George Lea, veteran of Arnhem and known as the soldier’s General.
40 min
16
28. India & the British Empire: 1945 with Phil ...
43 min
17
27. The Generals with Iain Dale
40 min
18
Bonus: HBC @ Chalke History Festival
40 min
19
Bonus: The British Defence Disaster with Robert...
39 min
20
26. The Black Death with Thomas Asbridge
40 min
21
25. Film Club: Lawrence of Arabia
66 min
22
24. The History of English Poetry with Mark For...
40 min
23
23. Killing Thatcher with Rory Carroll
At 2.52am on 12 October 1984 Margaret Thatcher returned to her desk from visiting the lavatory of her suite at the Grand Hotel in Brighton.
39 min
24
22. Ancient Sparta with Daniel Ogden
42 min
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21. Film Club: The English Patient
61 min