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Dan Snow's History Hit

Dan Snow's History Hit

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Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world.


New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every other Friday.


You can get in touch with us at ds.hh@historyhit.com


A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.


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  • The Commanders: The Best of the Rest

    The Commanders: The Best of the Rest
    Apr 6 2026

    For the final episode in our 'Commanders' series, we've drawn on your suggestions to pay tribute to the commanders who didn’t make our main episodes, but left a lasting mark on the Second World War.


    Joining us is Jonathan Bratten, a historian and serving Major in the Maine National Guard.


    Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.


    Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


    You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.

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    41 mins
  • NEW SERIES: The Crusades

    NEW SERIES: The Crusades
    Apr 2 2026

    Discover the story behind one of history’s most powerful and controversial eras in our three-part mini-series on the Crusades.


    From a complete guide to every major Crusade, to the shadowy world of the Assassins and Knights Templar, and finally the dramatic Siege of Acre, we uncover the people, battles and turning points that reshaped Europe and the Middle East.

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    1 min
  • The Crusades: A Complete Guide

    The Crusades: A Complete Guide
    Apr 2 2026

    To launch our mini series on the Crusades, we've put together your complete guide to almost two centuries of holy war - from start to finish. We untangle faith, politics and myth, and reveal how the Crusades reshaped Europe, the Middle East and relations between Islam and Christianity forever.


    For this series, we're joined by Steve Tibble, author of many books on the Crusades, including 'The Crusader Armies: 1099 - 1187'.


    Produced by James Hickmann and McKenna Fernandez, and edited by Jhenelle White.


    Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast


    Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.


    You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com.

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    50 mins
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Dan tells the story as if he was telling you in the pub with such passion as if taking to a friend this nhs nurse has leant so much about history from Dan all I missed in school in the 1970s thank you Dan

Excellent as always

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Love this! I check for new episodes daily. Love the variity and timings of the episodes. Dan Snow has a great voice & there's nothing better than a relaxed expert, which he is, to hold your interest. I listen 2 or 3 at a time & never feel like I should be doing something more 'worthy'. Great for learning something new daily, whilst staying calm re restrictions,

Keep episodes coming please!

A Daily Fixture

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I love the way it's set up and how it's said.
Dan Snow is a great historian

Amazing and informative

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Amazing well worth a listen if you like history you really can't go wrong great for history homework for kids

A hit

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Dan tells historical stories with such aplomb. I am slightly obsessed and am working my way through episodes quickly!

Such a fantastic story teller

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