This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
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This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
England’s greatest warrior-king is ready for his close-up. In Season 8 of This Is History: A Dynasty to Die For, acclaimed historian Dan Jones charts the rise of Henry V—a monarch who didn’t just wear the crown, he redefined it. The 15th century opens with promise. Richard II is gone, and Henry Bo...
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S8 E2 | Whack a Mole
Henry IV is waking in the night screaming, convinced people are throwing fire at him. In truth, they’re throwing shade. Even the clergy are questionin...
S8 E1 | A Hole in the Head
Turns out, wearing the crown is the easy part.
Henry IV thought kingship would bring control—but the treasury’s running dry, rebellions a...
Introducing… Season Eight of a Dynasty to Die For
When you survive an arrow shot to the face like Henry V did, you don’t waste your second chance. So when he’s finally crowned in 1413, it’s all system...
The Glass King | 6. A Jagged Peace
France is slipping through her fingers. With the kingdom on the brink of collapse, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria makes a desperate move: she offers her dau...
The Glass King | 5. The Enemy of My Enemy
France is in ruins. Normandy has fallen to the English, and the rest of the kingdom is being ripped apart by civil war between the Burgundians and Arm...
The Glass King | 4. A New Hope
Henry V shatters the Dauphin Louis’s hubris. Despite their superior numbers, carnage awaits the French at a battle called Agincourt. But the bad luck...
The Glass King | 3. Agent of Chaos
While King Charles VI is incapacitated, his brother Louis, and his queen, Isabeau, have been living large. The Duchy of Burgundy pays the price, drawi...
The Glass King | 2. The Stranger
A glittering Parisian ball, erupts in flames. King Charles VI barely escapes with his life.
The culprit? His own brother, Louis — drunk,...
The Glass King | 1. Fracture
Charles VI has done everything right. His new queen charms the court. He’s taken power away from his regents. France is stable, for now. But one encou...
Introducing… The Glass King
It’s 1389, and young Charles VI of France is living the medieval dream. He’s married for love. The war-torn kingdom is finally healing. He’s handsome,...
Season 7 | 12. A man shall rule
The crown is slipping, and Richard II is running out of allies — even his loyal greyhound has had enough. As the kingdom turns against him, Richard sc...
Season 7 | 11. Who dares wins
The patriarch of the Lancastrian dynasty, John of Gaunt, is dead. His penultimate act was to show his nephew, Richard II, his rotting penis. While the...
Season 7 | 10. Deathmatch
After making some major strategic blunders, Thomas Mowbray and Henry Bolingbroke now find themselves fighting to the death. But as the crowds amass, R...
Season 7 | 9. Richard’s revenge
London’s finest are gathering for 1397’s party of the year, but this isn’t a time to be celebrating… unless you’re Richard II. The 30-year-old king is...
Season 7 | 8. Four Funerals and A Wedding
In 1392, nobody in the Plantagenet realm was expecting one of their own to be gored to death by a wild boar. The grim reaper’s busy. More shock deaths...
Season 7 | 7. The Grand Tour
Henry Bolingbroke, exasperated at the parochial pettiness of Richard II’s court, decides it’s time to get out. After proving his mettle with the great...
Season 7 | 6. The Traitors
Richard sends his favourites scrambling. One tries to flee disguised as a chicken salesman, while another counts himself lucky for knowing how to swim...
Season 7 | 5. It’s a Wonderful Parliament
The French are preparing for an all mighty invasion. The king doesn’t really seem to care — until the nobles use the parliamentary equivalent of a roy...
Season 7 | 4. The Tyranny Begins
After surviving the Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II comes out on top. He has violently suppressed the rebels and married the well-credentialed Anne of B...
Season 7 | 3. Summer of Blood
Find out more about the Peasants’ Revolt in our bonus episode.
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Season 7 | 2. Death and Taxes
Richard II’s reign is not off to a good start – find out more about the runners and riders in this week’s bonus episode.
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Season 7 | 1. God Save The Kid
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Introducing… Season Seven of a Dynasty to Die for
This is the story of the ultimate frenemies that will see a cataclysmic shift in power away from the Plantagenets. The warrior king Edward III is dyin...
Empire of Gold | 6. An Emperor’s Legacy
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Empire of Gold | 5. Journey’s End
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Empire of Gold | 4. Gold Rush
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Empire of Gold | 3. Trouble in Cairo
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Empire of Gold | 2. Shifting Sands
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Empire of Gold | 1. Matricide
Mansa Musa sets out on a dangerous pilgrimage across the Sahara desert to absolve himself of a terrible crime. Facing treacherous conditions and deadl...
Introducing...The Empire Of Gold
Wealth, power, redemption, and legacy: it’s the story of the richest man to ever live and his extraordinary reign. This is History is heading to West...
Season 6 | 12. The Eagle has Landed
A chilling sound echoes through the halls of Westminster Palace. It heralds a bold new age as Edward sets out his ultimate end game.
Season 6 | 11. Eat the Rich
This episode contains graphic content.
The streets of London are rammed with revellers after Edward III's biggest coup in t...
Season 6 | 10. The Black Prince
Edward III’s son and heir, the Black Prince, rides through France in a reign of terror and destruction. He aims to goad the King of France into a full...
Season 6 | 9. The Drunken Sailor
Edward III takes his forces to sea, aiming to ambush an enemy fleet. There’s just one problem: the sun is shining and the wine is flowing. It isn’t lo...
Season 6 | 8. The Order of the Garter
While Edward III is in Medieval lockdown, sheltering from the Black Death, he has a brainwave: a strange idea for an exclusive royal club that still e...
Season 6 | 7. Apocalypse Now
Edward III’s mighty war is stopped in its tracks by a new, cataclysmic threat. It’s the deadliest plague in all of human history: the black death.
Season 6 | 6. The Siege of Calais
Edward III sets his sights on conquering the mighty port town of Calais. But Calais is very well defended, can Edward think of a plan before his entir...
Season 6 | BONUS: How did they know the time in the Middle Ages?
Dan answers some of the questions from the This Is History mailbox. How did mediaeval people know what day it was? What were the rules on naming a kin...
Season 6 | 5. The Battle of Crecy
Thousands of English ships advance towards the beaches of Normandy. Edward III’s bloody and brutal invasion of France has begun.
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Season 6 | 4. First Blood
Edward’s decision to go to war with France starts to look like a Very Bad Idea, as French pirates begin a reign of terror on the south coast of Englan...