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Thematic / Biographical series

6 Episodes 1 Series 20 Books 16 Authors

This thematic/biographical era spans prehistory to modern political history, grouping episodes by topic or life to illuminate specific events, movements, and leadership. Series include "12 (or 13) Days of Christmas" (significant events from Dec 25–Jan 4, from early Christian history to African modernization), "America in 1968" (Vietnam, political upheaval, social change), "American Crusades" (Christianity’s influence on US foreign policy and warfare), "Amsterdam" (city’s rise from a 13th‑century fishing village to a financial hub), and "Australian Prime Ministers" (federal politics from 1901 onward). Sample episodes cover Britain’s greatest prime ministers, Viking history and popular culture, church architecture, French history in film, Rome’s worst emperor and Jacobite uprisings. Figures and topics discussed include Jeffrey Parker, Amani Reynos, Eva Perón’s secret burial (1955), poll taxes, Doggerland submergence, the Younger Dryas, Neanderthal extinction, and the Cretaceous–Paleogene event. Recommended books cited include The Geometry of Love, Face of Battle, History of the English‑Speaking Peoples, and A History of the World.

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2025

5 episodes

Jack The Ripper: The Killer Unmasked (Part 5)

Dec 08, 2025
Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders · Part 5

In this gripping fifth installment, Dominic and Tom delve into the prime suspects behind the infamous Jack the Ripper, …

Jack The Ripper: From Hell (Part 4)

Dec 08, 2025
Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders · Part 4

In this chilling episode, Tom and Dominic delve into the horrifying details of Jack the Ripper's final murder, dissecti…

Jack The Ripper: The Killer Strikes Again (Part 3)

Dec 08, 2025
Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders · Part 3

Dominic and Tom delve into how Jack the Ripper managed to kill twice in one night without capture. They explore the pos…

Jack The Ripper: Horror in Whitechapel (Part 2)

Dec 08, 2025
Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders · Part 2

In Part 2 of our journey into the horrors of Victorian London, Dominic and Tom delve into Jack the Ripper's second vict…

Jack The Ripper: History's Darkest Mystery (Part 1)

Dec 08, 2025
Jack the Ripper - The Whitechapel Murders · Part 1

In the first part of a series on Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders, Tom and Dominic explore the infamous case…

2024

1 episode

Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

Dec 30, 2024

This episode is a live, staged Rest Is History show recorded at the Royal Albert Hall focused on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar…

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