Over 150,000 British and Commonwealth troops were imprisoned by the Germans or Japanese during the Second World War.
What were their lives like, what diseases did they suffer, and how good were their musicals?
Al Murray and James Holland delve into the National Archives to find out more of the lives of POWs.
Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captive ... Show More
Oct 2022
319 - The Bloody Harpes
How much do you know about America's first documented serial killers, The Bloody Harpes? Micajah and Wiley Harpe went on a crazy murder spree out on the western American frontier, starting in late 1798. The murdered men, women, children, and even babies. And they'd been bad, murd ... Show More
2h 13m
May 2024
Archive: Western Intervention and the Rise of Guerrilla Warfare, with David Kilcullen
In this archive discussion from 2020, David Kilcullen, former soldier, diplomat, and senior counterinsurgency adviser for the US during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, explains the nature of past Western interventions and the guerrilla warfare resistance that has followed. He join ... Show More
56m 3s
Jul 2024
466. The Murder of Franz Ferdinand: The Conspiracy (Part 2)
Gavrilo Princip, having been sent to school in Sarajevo, has become mixed up with the wrong crowd, and is now entangled in a secret Serbian nationalist organisation, the Black Hand. Hoping to be more involved in the struggle for a greater Yugoslavia, he’s left for Belgrade, and a ... Show More
57m 1s