This week we’re there for the aftermath of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and look back at his life and legacy. Next, we witness Oliver Cromwell’s ‘execution’ and follow the journey of his disembodied head right up to the 1960s. Finally, we look at the original report of the execution of Derek Bentley, a famous miscarriage of justice that changed the British legal system.

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19: Gandhi assassinated | The adventures of Oliver Cromwell’s head | A miscarriage of justice in 50s England

This week we look at the greatest battle of the Second World War and a titanic clash of egos, as both Stalin and Hitler refuse to allow retreat at Stalingrad and cause the deaths of millions. We look at a Protestant rebellion against Mary I, as women took centre stage in Tudor politics and ask, was 'Bloody Mary' all that bloody? Finally, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember those who died, we consider what the Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz found when they entered the very worst place imaginable. #history #podcast #Stalingrad #Hitler #Stalin #WW2 #Tudors #Elizabeth #HolocaustMemorialDay #Holocaust #NeverForget

18: Hitler dooms his soldiers at Stalingrad | A Tudor rebellion and the feminist legacy of Bloody Mary | The liberation of Auschwitz

In this special episode technology expert and presenter Marcus Bronzy popped in to talk about how Henry Ford revolutionised the manufacturing process, something we're still seeing today. He also chatted about the future of technology and we consider the possibility of a robot uprising... #history #comedy #podcast #technology #AI #HowToKillAnHour

17: Special: Presenter Marcus Bronzy talks the history of tech, the future of AI and self-correcting pants

This week we investigate the unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder, as a new suspect comes to the fore. My guest Marcus Bronzy channels a cartoon newspaper reporter in stunning fashion as he interviews industrial tycoon Henry Ford. Finally we look at the Wannsee Conference, where Nazi bureaucrats settled on a system to industrialise murder. #history #podcast #technology #Hollywood #BlackDahlia #Ford #WW2

15: A horrific Hollywood murder; how Henry Ford changed the world; and a chilling Nazi conference

In this special episode filmmaker Matt Bell popped in to talk about his new documentary 'Eddie - Strongman', which charts the rise of charismatic UK strongman Eddie Hall and is currently getting rave reviews on Netflix. We also talk about Star Wars (obvs) and what it means to English.

14: Special: Filmmaker Matt Bell talks his new documentary, Star Wars and Englishness

This week Matteo Bellini meets Caesar (who is inexplicably from the Bronx); we are present at the trial of Joan of Arc and Joe Forrester is live on these scene at the Battle of Ashdown as Alfred the Great faces the Vikings. #history #podcast #RomanEmpire #AlfredTheGreat #JoanofArc #Hundred YearsWar

13: How Caesar ended the Roman Republic. Was Joan of Arc actually burned for cross-dressing? And Alfred the Great sees off the Vikings (kind of)

This week we are live at the scene of Medieval Europe's most famous crimes, the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. I chat to Edwin Hubble about a groundbreaking scientific discovery. Finally, we are there as Charles I storms Parliament, makes a prat of himself and starts the English Civil War. #YesterdaysNews #history #podcast

12: The murder of Thomas Becket; Edwin Hubble changes our perception of the Universe and Charles I embarrasses himself

A collection of some of my favourite stories, chats and outtakes from the first 10 episodes of Yesterday's News. Thanks to everyone who has listened and all my guests. Happy New Year! #podcast #history #comedy

11: The Best Bits so far: including the Curse of Tutankhamun, Sir Francis Drake, Perkin Warbeck, an unprovoked attack on Winnie the Pooh and ANGRY GERMANS!

This week I'm joined by broadcaster and writer Yasmeen Khan to discuss the controversial reality of one of America's founding myths; we discover how Charles Dickens changed Christmas and we are confronted with the grisly crimes of Elizabeth Bathory. #history #podcast #comedy #Christmas #Victorian #Dickens #AChristmasCarol #Mayflower #ElizabethBathory #seventeenthcentury

10: Christmas special: The Mayflower, A Christmas Carol and a seventeenth century serial killer - with Yasmeen Khan

This week I'm joined by Arsenal (booooo!) presenter Nicole Holliday as we ask: What should happen to monarchs who give up their throne? Is it ok to be a pirate if you seem like a bit of a legend? And Oliver Cromwell: warty Puritan nutcase or English hero? #history #podcast #comedy #EdwardVIII #SirFrancisDrake #Cromwell

9: Fri 16th Dec: Edward VIII's abdication, Sir Francis Drake, Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector - with Nicole Holliday

This week I'm joined by sports presenter Neil Reynolds to discuss the infamous attack which forced the US in the Second World War; the free concert which ended in tragedy and signalled an end to the free love of the 60s and the dark truth behind the legendary London 'pea-soupers'. #history #comedy #podcast #Altamont #RollingStones #MeredithHunter #HellsAngels #PearlHarbour #FDR #Smog #WW2

8: Fri 9th December: Pearl Harbour, the Altamont Festival and Smog - with Neil Reynolds

This week I'm joined by writer Joe Clark to discuss if The Mummy could actually happen; we talk Rosa Parks and the most significant bus journey in history and doff our caps to the underappreciated King Cnut and his ambitious wife, Emma of Normandy. Warning: contains strong language and copious plot spoilers for Brendan Fraser's 'The Mummy' #history #comedy #podcast

7: Fri 2nd December: Tutankhamun's tomb, Rosa Parks and King Cnut - with Joe Clark

This week we discuss a landmark trial as leading Nazi war criminals are brought to justice; the strange case of a Belgian impostor and Henry VII and one of the seminal moments of the 20th Century, the murder of President John F. Kennedy. My guest is friend of the show Simon Harkness. Warning contains strong language and unnecessary bullying of the people of Belgium and Luxembourg... sorry guys. #history #comedy #podcast #thisweekinhistory

6: 25th Nov: The Nuremberg Trials, Perkin Warbeck and the JFK Assassination - with Simon Harkness

On this week's show I'm joined by presenter Aaron Roach-Bridgeman as we discuss the sad story of Captain Scott and his diary (1912); Winston Churchill's daring escape during the Boer War (1899) and the sad case of the fallout when the New Orleans School Board attempted to allow black and white children to learn together in 1960. Warning: contains some strong language #history #culture #politics

5: Fri 18th Nov: Captain Scott, Churchill and the Boer War, New Orleans desegregation crisis - with Aaron Roach Bridgeman

This week we look at what would have been the single largest terrorist attack on British soil - The Gunpowder Plot; we also consider the demise of Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard; and go live to the scene of Hitler's failed coup in Munich, 1923. I'm also joined by historian Rebecca Rideal to chat about the seventeenth century, anti-Catholic hysteria and ask, was the Party King Charles II a sociopath!? Warning: contains strong language #history #podcast #comedy

4: The Gunpowder Plot, the fall of Catherine Howard and the Beer Hall Putsch - with Rebecca Rideal

Joe Forrester brings you three headlines from the week in history, focusing on the lesser-known, more unusual and often downright odd. Every week Joe is joined by a special guest as they discuss that show’s stories and a whole load of puerile nonsense besides. This is the podcast that shows you history is sexy, sweary and full of people acting like utter plonkers… Imagine Game of Thrones with Benny Hill music. @VeryOldNews (https://twitter.com/veryoldnews) @forrester_joe (https://twitter.com/forrester_joe)

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