The History Chap Podcast

By Chris Green

Join Chris Green - The History Chap - as he explores the stories behind British history - the great events, the forgotten stories and the downright bizarre!Chris is a historian by training, and has a ... more

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September 11, 2026 270: The 19-Year-Old Shot by His Own Side: Private Thomas Highgate
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The story of Thomas Highgate, the first of the 346 soldiers executed by the British during the First World War.

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19min
September 08, 2026 269: The Peasants' Revolt: What Was It Really About?
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On 14th June 1381, a 14-year-old king rode out to face an army of his own people. London was burning, the Tower of London had been stormed, and the Chancellor's head lay on Tower Hill.
How had England come to this?

The Peasants' Revolt 1381.

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September 06, 2026 268: Harold's Gamble: How the Battle Of Hastings Was Lost Before It Began
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Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.
In the light of all the news about the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in London, I want to go behind the headlines of the Battle of hastings, Harold & William, and find out what really happened in England in 1066.
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29min
September 03, 2026 267: The Man Who Saved Rorke's Drift
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The film Zulu made the Battle of Rorke's Drift legendary, but it turned its most important defender into a footnote.

In the 1964 classic, James Langley Dalton appears as a quiet, effete commissariat clerk who hands out ammunition and fires not a shot, and somehow ended up with a Victoria Cross.

The real story, however, is far different, and far more exciting.

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16min
August 27, 2026 266: Why Did Japan Send Her Navy To Malta In 1917?
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A Strange Memorial in a British military cemetery in Malta, recalls a forgotten story from the First World War.

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August 21, 2026 265:The Battle of Quebec 1759: Where James Wolfe Lost His Life But Won An Empire
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26min
August 13, 2026 264: Alfred Before He Was Great
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The story of Alfred before he was great.
The Viking invasion of Wessex during the winter of 870/871 - 6 great battles - and the rise of a king who would save England.

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August 06, 2026 263: What Happened to Lt. Bromhead After Rorke's Drift?
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The 1964 film, "Zulu" saw Michael Caine's debut on the big screen.
He played Lt. Gonville Bromhead, one of the 11 men awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, fought in the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879.

But how close was Caine's character to the real Lt. Bromhead?

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July 30, 2026 262: The Real Captain Bligh - Villain or Hero?
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William Bligh is remembered as history's most notorious villain — the tyrant of the Bounty, the captain whose cruelty drove his men to mutiny.

But the real story is stranger, and far more remarkable, than Hollywood ever told you.
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July 23, 2026 261: Britain, Argentina & The Falklands: 200 Years of Rival Claims
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The 200-Year Old History of The Argentinian - British dispute over ownership of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas).

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