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Welcome to Absolute History - the home of fun, shocking and curious tales from throughout history. From Tony Robinson's Worst Jobs in History to Suzannah Lipscomb's Hidden Killers, join us to learn about our history the entertaining way. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on our new documentaries every week! Sign up for History Hit and unlock hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with new releases every week and ad-free podcasts. Join world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Matt Lewis, and more as they bring history to life. Start your journey today - get your free...
Unsolved: The Aristocrat Murdered On The London Underground
The railways changed Britain forever, but they also offered new opportunities for the oldest of crimes. In 1957, a 73-year-old Polish Countess named Teresa Wubenska was fatally stabbed on the platform of Gloucester Road tube station. But who was this mysterious woman with a Nazi concentration camp number tattooed on her arm, and why was a celebrated World War II resistance hero murdered in a seemingly random attack on the London Underground?
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What Was In A Real Medieval Feast? | Let's Cook History
In contrast with the common representation of the middle ages as a gloomy era haunted with famine, this episode provides a more positive view on medieval cuisine. Throughout Europe, medieval kitchens were often filled with innovative, healthy and savory dishes. Enjoy the elaborate information on the preparation of bread, meat, wine and herbs consumed in castles, monasteries and the growing cities.
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What Kind Of Queen Will Kate Middleton Be?
From a "shy" university student to the most influential woman in the House of Windsor, Catherine, Princess of Wales, has redefined what it means to be a modern royal. But behind the polished public appearances lies a story of extreme discretion, fierce protection, and a battle for health that stopped the world in its tracks.
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The Bombing Raid That Almost Wiped London Off The Map
In this film, we walk the modern streets of London to uncover the scars of a night that should have broken the nation's morale. From the "grimy-faced heroes" of the Auxiliary Fire Service—many of whom were taxi drivers towing pumps with rope—to the frantic struggle to save St Paul’s Cathedral under direct orders from Winston Churchill, we explore the courage that kept the city standing.
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What Was Life Like When Dinosaurs Roamed The Earth? | Secrets of the Exhibit
The relics and artefacts of dinosaurs that walked the Earth are explored.
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The Sweet Treat That Had The Tudors Hooked | Hidden Killers | Absolute History
Suzannah Lipscomb shows us how sugar, bread and milk and chicken led to diseases and even death throughout history.
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Was Robin Hood A Real Person?
Tony Robinson sets out to sift the fact from the fiction on whether Robin Hood, the legendary dispossessed nobleman hiding out in Sherwood Forest did actually exist.
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The Rise And Fall Of The Greatest City | Alexandria: The Greatest City | Absolute History
Once the biggest and most influential city on the planet, founded by Alexander the Great and home to Cleopatra, Archimedes and the largest library in the world. How did this shining beacon for civilisation and knowledge meet its classical demise? Featuring stunning visualisations from the major movie Agora, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes looks at Alexandria past and present, unearthing archaeological gems and following in the footsteps of Hypatia, the city's last great female philosopher and guardian of great Library of Alexandria - whose murder would bring down the curtain not just on an era but on the ancient world...
The Mystery Of The Lost 13th Century Gaelic Market Town
For centuries, history claimed the native Gaelic Irish were nomadic, with villages and towns only built by invaders. Now, a team of archaeologists in Western Ireland is uncovering shocking evidence that could rewrite Ireland's history forever. Follow their groundbreaking five-year excavation near Lough Key, searching for the fabled 13th-century Gaelic market town mentioned in ancient manuscripts.
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Why Building A Lighthouse Took So Many Lives | Worst Jobs | Absolute History
Among the thankless tasks tackled by Tony this week are the work of the midshipman, lighthouse keeper, stoker and trimmer, the men of Britains first navy who survived on minimal rations, and the men who wore sacks on their heads on the luxury liners. Finally he experiences the dangerous occupation of the Victorian lifeboat man.
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Blackbeard: The Mysterious Terror of the Atlantic
He is the most infamous pirate to ever sail the seven seas, yet almost everything we think we know about him is a lie. Was Edward Teach a high-born intellectual, a disgruntled war veteran, or a calculated madman who used theater to terrify his enemies?
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How The 1950s Invented The Modern Teenager
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In 1950, "teenagers" didn't exist—you were either a child or a mini-adult wearing your father's old blazer. But over ten short years, a scientific revolution transformed Britain from a grey, austere post-war nation into a technicolor wonderland. In this episode, experimental engineer Brendan Walker fast-forwards a typical 1950s house to reveal how crude oil, transistors, and electromagnetic induction created the modern world. From the "ma...
The Mysterious Origins Of The Waubansee Stone
Scott Wolter investigates a 3000-pound boulder hidden inside the Chicago History Museum's secret storage location. The Waubansee Stone used to be even bigger when it sat along the Chicago River outside Fort Dearborn. Known as the city's oldest piece of art, the stone features the face of a man with closed eyes, parted lips and a chin beard. Some think it was an homage to a local Native American chief, but others believe the stone may have had a more sinister use hundred of years earlier. Scott's search for the truth about the Waubansee stone results in a wild...
Was Caligula A Psychopath? | Rome's Most Notorious Emperor | Absolute History
Two thousand years ago one of history's most notorious individuals was born. Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - better known to us as Caligula.
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The Real Reason Ancient Egyptians Built Pyramids | Egypt Detectives
Intrigue and mystery have always surrounded the pyramids. Mysteries abound about how and why they were built, but questions still remain unanswered about where they were constructed. With Miriam investigating the geology of the Nile Valley and Dominic the Egyptian religion and myth, the Egypt Detectives try and piece together some logic behind the geography of the royal tombs.
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The Art of the Airplane | Secrets of the Exhibit EP3
Explore the history of the legendary aircraft.
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Windows To The Past | Secrets of the Exhibit EP7
Age-old Mayan ceramics are explored in this episode.
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Was America Really Discovered By China In The 15th Century?
Just east of the San Francisco Bay Area are the Berkeley Hills Walls--remnants of a massive, stone wall that stretches a distance of over fifty miles. The wall segments are up to six feet high in some places and are constructed of tightly fit limestone boulders. Scott is in intrigued by the fact that nobody knows who built the wall or even what purpose it serves. The only historical precedent for a miles-long, manmade, ancient wall is the Great Wall of China. Could ancient Asiatic explorers have made it all the way to the North American West Coast? In...
The Missing Dead Army Of The Battle Of Agincourt | Medieval Dead | Absolute History
Archaeologist Tim Sutherland unearths historical clues as he digs up burial sites from the Battle of Agincourt, which took place in 1415 in northern France.
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How Does A 1950's House Compare To A Modern Home?
The 1950s: a decade that took Britain from the drab, smoke-stained austerity of the post-war years to a "technical wonderland" of color and convenience. In this episode, experimental engineer Brendan Walker transforms a typical 1950s house to reveal the radical scientific breakthroughs that modernized the home.
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Growing Up Poor In 19th Century America: The Jack London Story
Jack London was the most famous American writer of the twentieth century, but he didn't always have an easy time of it. This symbol of adventure was at different times a vagabond, gold prospector, sailor, farmer, war reporter and socialist militant.
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Queen Victoria: A Most Prolific Diarist| Absolute History
Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.
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In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II
Documentary detailing the highs and lows of Queen Elizabeth II's reign as head of the British monarchy.
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Inside the Deadliest Jobs of the Industrial Revolution
The Victorian era is often remembered for its soaring ambition, technological marvels, and royal elegance, but beneath the grand facades lay an unprecedented world of squalor, misery, and survival. This documentary journeys into the heart of the world’s first industrial revolution to see how our ancestors invented the modern city from the ground up. From the deafening, dangerous cotton mills of Manchester to the disease-ridden slums where survival was a coin toss, early urban life was a terrifying shock to the human system.
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The Chilling Legacy Of The Great Plague of 1666
Join historian Rebecca Rideal and Helen Castor at the site of one of London’s largest plague pits as they uncover the harrowing reality of 17th-century life during the pestilence. From the "madness" that gripped the infected to the wealthy who fled the city and the poor left to face the "arrows of death," we explore the dehumanizing symptoms, the myth of the Great Fire "ending" the plague, and the chilling legacy of the most famous disease in history.
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Why Was Acid Gas Poisoning So Common In The Victorian Era? | Hidden Killers | Absolute History
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb shows us the top 3 scientific hidden killers from the Victorian, Edwardian and post-war eras.
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The Sherlock Holmes Influence| Absolute History
With continuing releases of major films and TV series on Sherlock Holmes, the fictional character has never been more popular. But what about his creator, the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose own life was at times as dark and as mysterious as the man he created?
How was this extraordinary character formed and did he, as so many believe, really exist? The story behind the creation of this Victorian phenomenon is both disturbing and mystifying. It takes the viewer on a journey through the Edinburgh of the young Conan Doyle and the darker influences in his...
The Roman Conquest: The Occupation Of King Arthur's Britain | Absolute History
Francis Pryor examines the history of Britain near the end of the Roman occupation. The first instalment focuses on Britain under Roman rule, revealing a much greater degree of collaboration with the natives than was previously recognised.
Sheep-farming archaeologist, Francis Pryor, presents a historical series which explores Britain A.D, the British national character and the ultimate British icon King Arthur.
Finding new and previously unexplained evidence, Francis Pryor overturns the idea that Britain reverted to a state of anarchy and disorder after the Romans left in 410 AD. Instead of doom and gloom Francis discovers...
What Was Everyday Life Like On An Edwardian Farm?
The Worst Jobs On An Edwardian Farm
The Daily Grind Of An Edwardian Farmer
Six months into their year, Ruth, Alex and Peter explore the daily lives of Edwardian farmers. This episode has a slightly different format to the rest of the series; instead of covering a whole month's changes it uses a framing device of Ruth writing a letter describing the events of a single day on the farm. Peter buys a Victorian/Edwardian Era Teasmade.
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The Backbreaking Daily Labor Of Housework Before Modern Technology
In 1950, the average British woman spent her life in a kitchen virtually unchanged from her grandmother's era—hauling coal, scrubbing laundry by hand, and shopping every single day to prevent food from rotting in the larder. By 1959, that same room was a "Technical Wonderland."
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Why Was James I's Reign So Dangerous? | Stuarts: James I | Absolute History
Prof Kate Williams studies the legacy of the Stuarts through the eyes of an aristocratic Welsh clan. After Elizabeth I's death in 1603, James VI of Scotland claimed the throne.
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The Mystery Of The Misfit Mummy | Mummy Forensics | Absolute History
A body inside a coffin which it is too large for, missing genitals, and an obvious overbite are the clues which set the Mummy Investigation Team on the trail in this mystery. They know who the coffin was made for - a female Egyptian temple dancer - what they need to know is who rests there now and why this mummy is in such strange condition. Extraordinarily, what they discover is a tragic tale played out at the highest echelons of Egyptian society, set at the court of one of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs.
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The Mystery Of The Pierced Skull Mummy | Mummy Forensics
The Mummy Research Team at the University of York is called out to look at the body of a South American mummy that has a number of visible wounds. Was the man a victim of crime?
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The Body Destroying Effects Of Victorian Beauty | Hidden Killers | Absolute History
Go back in time with Suzannah Lipscomb to the Victorian times, the Edwardian era and the 50s and see what hidden killers most affected women.
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How Britain's Monarchy Almost Disappeared | Stuarts: Charles II | Absolute History
Professor Kate Williams studies Charles II's reign through the Wynn family's eyes. From religious upheaval to fighting the Fire of London, we look at the indelible mark on the face of British history left behind in the wake of Charles II.
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We Tried 5 Of History's Lost Jobs
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Join us at Chalke History Festival, the UK’s biggest celebration of living history, as we explore how human careers have evolved from the Stone Age to the Age of Exploration. Join Kyle Cairns as he tries his hand at ancient and historic trades — from Neolithic cordage weaving to the mastery of sail making.
Each craft is judged on skill, difficulty, working conditions, social status, and whether our host could actually do the job — all to find the ultimate historical career! Expect hands...
The Gruelling Jobs Of Medieval Peasant Women
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Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega investigates the sort of jobs women undertook during the Medieval period and how they were a vital and often forgotten part of the workforce.
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The First Great Rebellion In English History | Absolute History
Tony Robinson explores the major uprising across large parts of England in 1381; it's origins, motives and aftermath.
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Tony's Top 5 Worst Royal Jobs
Tony Robinson demonstrates the top 5 worst royal jobs in history.
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The Hunt For General Yamashita's $100 Billion Looted Treasure Haul
Explore the decades-long hunt for Yamashita's Gold, the legendary war plunder supposedly hidden across the Philippines by the Imperial Japanese Army. Learn the historical facts behind the legend—from the systematic looting of Asia by figures like the Yakuza-linked Yoshio Kodama to the final desperate efforts of General Tomoyuki Yamashita and a relative of the Emperor to conceal a rumored hundreds of tons of gold in tunnels and vaults.
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