Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator

Contemporary Era (Post-1991)

158 Episodes 28 Series 123 Figures 41 Events 437 Books 312 Authors

The post-1991 contemporary era (1991–present) episodes examine politics, culture, sport and public health. Series include American Crusades (Christianity and US foreign policy and warfare), Australian Prime Ministers (federal leadership across the 20th–21st centuries), Disease (the history and impact of infectious disease), Great World Cup Saga (national histories framed by the FIFA World Cup) and Historical Love Island (which historical figures would fare in contemporary dating scenarios). Episodes treat topics such as historical fiction, dragons in culture, civil-war patterns and World Cup politics. Figures discussed include George Lucas, Kemi Batenock, Penny Mordaunt, Robert Reich, David Stockman, Nicholas Fraser, Satnam Sanghera and Anthony Scaramucci. Events covered include the 2014 World Cup, 2012 London opening ceremony, the 2001 UK election, the 2024 US presidential election, the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition, Redfern Park speech and Russia’s early-1990s privatization; books cited include Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Britannia Unchained, Benjamin Barber’s Jihad vs. McWorld and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Contemporary Era (Post-1991)

Episodes by year

2025

WWI: The Christmas Truce

RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood

RIHC: The Silk Roads, Ancient Asia, and Decentralising Europe

RIHC - The 7-7 Bombings: London's Deadliest Terror Attacks

RIHC: The Wife of Christ, Trump's Tariffs, and Disastrous British Defeats

RIHC: Cold War Secrets, American Conspiracies, and Ghosts of Iron Mountain

RIHC: American Presidents, From FDR To Trump: The Invasion of Iraq, Obama's Failures, and the Biden Blip (Part 2)

RIHC: Fallen Empires, The Dark Ages, and Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey

2024

RIHC: Gladiator II, Narcissistic Poets, and The Princes in the Tower (Livestream)

RIHC: Trump’s Election Victory, Spectacular Battlefields, and Star Wars

RIHC: Marie Antoinette EXTRA

RIHC: King Arthur, Ancient Egypt, and Unexpected Historical Trends

RIHC: Presidential Assassinations, Political Violence, and Revolutionary Legacies

RIHC: Tom and Dominic LIVE at Chalke History Festival

Modern British Elections (Part 2)

Dragons

RIHC: Crossroads Of Civilisations - Where East Meets West

RIHC: Medieval Battles, the Pyramids, and the Industrial Revolution

RIHC: The Brothers Holland, Masters of the Air and Ghostly Centurions

RIHC: Museums of the Western World (Livestream)

RIHC: The Ottoman Empire, James Bond and the Titanic Submersible

Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)

RHIC: Henry VIII, Thatcherism and Roman Counterfactuals

RIHC: Pointless Prime Ministers, The Rolling Stones and Medieval Giants

2023

Windrush: The Story of Black Britain

RIHC: Tom Holland - This is Your Life (Livestream)

RIHC: The Princes in the Tower, Fabricated Evidence and History in the News

RIHC: The Seven Most Iconic Moments in History

RIHC: History’s Top Lads, Ancient Slavery and Aztec Gold

RIHC: Historical Vampires, Watergate, and Ancient Scriptures

RIHC: Gold Rushes, The Flying Dutchman, and Obama vs Trump

RIHC: The Bloodiest Place in History, Hitler's Evil Rivals, and Ageing Politicians

The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies (Ep 1)

The Architect of Modern China

RIHC: The French Invasion of Britain, Marxism without Marx, and Right-Wing Painters

Historical Love Island: The Sequel

RIHC: Shakespeare, Riots, and Sporting Greats

RIHC: Russian Revolutions, William the Conqueror, and Henry V (Livestream)

RIHC: The first British president, fossil halls, and Tom's trails

RIHC: In-flight entertainment, Harry Potter, and tales from D.C.

RIHC: Revolutions, Tolkien's Tomb, and Poseidon's daughter

RIHC: Mexican History, East German perspectives, and Roman dog epitaphs

RIHC: Dominic’s top books, the purpose of History, and 14th century war crimes (livestream)

RIHC: Longbow revisionism, Churchill's stately home, and the BBC in crisis

RIHC: Tom's top books, historical guilt, and trigger warnings (livestream)

Atlantis: The Legend (Ep 1)

Climate Apocalypse

RIHC: Women's History, gladiators, and a literary smackdown

RIHC: The New Restoration, James Bond, and historical AI (livestream)

RIHC: Roald Dahl, Scottish politics, and regal Reagan

RIHC: Class in Britain, heretical historians, and dead men talking

The Real Da Vinci Code (Ep 1)

RIHC: Dominic's pet peeves, fake emperors, and bad reviews

RIHC: Press Darlings, Jesus, and Northumbria

2022

2022: A History

RIHC: London fashion week, dressing for a coup, and medieval dentistry

RIHC: Decline in Christianity, the title is vital, and historical psychology (livestream)

RIHC: Podwashing, Tom’s opera, and Pixar

Wales: The Roar of the Red Dragon

RIHC: Tom in Romania, multiculturalism, and the World Cup

Costa Rica: Civil War

Australia: The Mystery of the Somerton Man

Qatar: A History

The World Cup: The Falklands, despots, and corruption (Ep 3)

History's coming home... (preview)

RIHC: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and videogames

RIHC: Trafalgar, Julia Gillard, and Producer Jack

The Fall of Liz Truss

RIHC: Marilyn Tomroe, Hilary Mantel and Producer Tony

RIHC: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Marilyn Monroe and China (livestream)

RIHC: It's a Royal Knockout, Queen Elizabeth II, and Portugal

The Loch Ness Monster

Queen Elizabeth II - part 2