Dominic Sandbrook

In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....

In this wonderfully rich and compelling historical narrative, Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism and decline.

The early 1980s were the most dramatic, colourful and controversial in our modern history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into shabbiness and chaos....

In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....

Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton....

Prepare to enter the most dramatic conflict the world has ever seen, as historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on a spine-tingling, heart-stopping adventure. We witness the Second World War first-hand through the eyes of ordinary people living in extraordinary times....

How did a group of 17th Century rebels become the radical heroes for activists on both the left and right wings of modern British politics....

Alexander of Macedon has one wild dream: to rule the world. And with his childhood friends and his beloved horse Bucephalas, he sets out from his home in ancient Greece to do just that....

This is the story of how Stalin used movies to spread myths and rewrite history, fuelling his attempt to build a Communist utopia....

Roman emperors Nero and Caligula are remembered as some of history’s greatest monsters, but the truth about these “depraved” rulers is very different....

Travel back in time to a world engulfed by war, as historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on an action-packed adventure. From the soaring heights of an aeroplane cockpit to the desperate depths of the muddy trenches, we are plunged first-hand into a war unlike any other....

The Blitz spirit - Britain united as one as Hitler’s bombs fell! Sound too good to be true? That’s because it’s a myth - the truth is a lot darker....

An einem Frühlingstag vor über 500 Jahren besteigt der 17-jährige Heinrich Tudor den Thron und verändert als König von England die...

An einem Sommermorgen in der Vergangenheit verändert der junge Mann Gavrilo Princip die Weltgeschichte für immer. Als er Erzherzog Franz...

Geschichte hautnah erleben - Dominic Sandbrook katapultiert Hörer*innen mitten hinein in die historischen Ereignisse, die unsere heutige...

Geschichte hautnah erleben - Dominic Sandbrook katapultiert Hörer*innen mitten hinein in die historischen Ereignisse, die unsere heutige...

Discover how the former slave-owning Southerners attempted to rewrite history by erasing slavery as one of the root causes of the American Civil War....

The curious story of the bitter dispute between Greece and Macedonia over who can rightfully claim to be the descendants of Alexander the Great....

A 15-part BBC Radio 4 series exploring the origins of the Post Office....

Vor über 1000 Jahren landen die Wikinger schwer bewaffnet mit ihren Schiffen auf Holy Island. Es ist der Beginn einer...