Long History
History is food for the brain. On Long History we split historic source documents into chunks of around ten minutes so you hear about historic events from the people who took part. Our previous series have included first-hand accounts of journeys by Magellan, Drake, Columbus and more. Treat yourself to something nourishing, and listen to real history while you’re doing it.
Latest series: Virginia 1606-1609
Our latest set of documents here on Long History looks at the early years of North America's first permanent British settlement.
Over 20 episodes, we will listen to the voices of the very people who took part in the earliest colonisation of the US.
Our weekly second series:
Random UK Prime Minister of the Week
Episodes released every Friday.
Past series
Magellan, Columbus and Vasco da Gama: The Three Main Explorers
Magellan's First Voyage Around the World: 30 episodes
Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus: 30 episodes
The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus: 6 episodes
The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus: 10 episodes
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama: 25 episodes
Other Famous Names
Francis Drake's Voyage About the World: 20 episodes
Sir Walter Raleigh’s The Discovery of Guiana: 18 episodes
Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia: 18 episodes
Exploring the Pacific
Forgotten Voyages 1: After Magellan: 10 episodes
Forgotten Voyages 2: The Hunt for the Missing Captain: 5 episodes
Exploring North America
The Southern Unites States in the 1500s: 25 episodes
Florida, Texas and Northern Mexico in the 1500s: 20 episodes
Jacques Cartier's Three Voyages to Canada: 18 episodes
Henry Hudson's Diverse Voyages and Northern Discoveries: 25 episodes
Creating the Philippines' Spanish Colony:
Journey to Colonise The Philippines: 8 episodes
The Philippines’ First Spanish Colony: 20 episodes
How Manila became Spanish: 5 episodes
Conquering Manila: 5 episodes
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Episodes
Mar 4, 2024
Mar 4, 2024
14 min
(10 of 18) How did relations develop between the English and the local people of Virginia?
Mar 1, 2024
Mar 1, 2024
19 min
Spencer Perceval was the only UK prime minister to be assassinated. Beyond that fact, what else is there to know about the country's seventeenth prime minister?
Feb 28, 2024
Feb 28, 2024
15 min
(9 of 18) What were the settlers of Virgnia hoping to find that would justify the settlement of the area by the English?
Feb 26, 2024
Feb 26, 2024
15 min
(8 of 18) How did the early English relations with the local people of Virginia evolve?
Feb 23, 2024
Feb 23, 2024
19 min
One of our most recent prime ministers also turned out to have the shortest tenure in the job ever. How did Liz Truss become prime minister, and which historic event happened while she was in office?
Feb 21, 2024
Feb 19, 2024
Feb 19, 2024
16 min
On the second of Raleigh’s journeys, what do the English find when they reach Roanoake? This episode also covers a brief account of a third voyage to the colony around a year later. What state is the colony in, around a year later?
Feb 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024
22 min
Who was the first Labour Party prime minister? Why were words such as 'turncoat' used against him? Find out about 39th prime minister Ramsay MacDonald, who was in office between the two world wars.
Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
14 min
(5 of 18) The second of Raleigh's Virginia voyages of the 1580s was headed by Sir Richard Greenville. Before reaching the North American continent, the ships passed through the Spanish Caribbean. How did the Spanish in the 1580s react to the English in the Caribbean?
Feb 12, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
14 min
(4 of 18) During the first voyage by the English to Virginia, how do they describe the area of Roanoake?
History from the source:
Magellan, Columbus and Vasco da Gama: The Three Main Explorers
Magellan's First Voyage Around the World: 30 episodes
Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus: 30 episodes
The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus: 6 episodes
The Third Voyage of Christopher Columbus: 10 episodes
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama: 25 episodes
Other Famous Names
Francis Drake's Voyage About the World: 20 episodes
Sir Walter Raleigh’s The Discovery of Guiana: 18 episodes
Sir Walter Raleigh and Virginia: 18 episodes
Exploring the Pacific
Forgotten Voyages 1: After Magellan: 10 episodes
Forgotten Voyages 2: The Hunt for the Missing Captain: 5 episodes
Exploring North America
The Southern Unites States in the 1500s: 25 episodes
Florida, Texas and Northern Mexico in the 1500s: 20 episodes
Jacques Cartier's Three Voyages to Canada: 18 episodes
Henry Hudson's Diverse Voyages and Northern Discoveries: 25 episodes
Creating the Philippines' Spanish Colony:
Journey to Colonise The Philippines: 8 episodes
The Philippines’ First Spanish Colony: 20 episodes
How Manila became Spanish: 5 episodes
Conquering Manila: 5 episodes
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