Almost History
Almost History. Always incredible. What if ... ? Almost History tells the amazing true stories behind the aborted missions, cancelled plans, utopian dreams, failed revolutions and hubristic designs that didn't quite make it from the drawing board to change the real world. Rescued from the footnotes, archives and passing references, each episode explores what almost happened and explains why it didn't.
Podcasting since 2017 • 12 episodes
Almost History
Latest Episodes
Opening the iron curtain - the East Germany's day of dissent
It’s the summer of 1953, and, across East Germany, angry people take to the streets. This isn’t a polite street protest. This is a furious, red flag ripping, police beating, office burning rampage. The crowds...
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Episode 12
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19:45
Operation Unthinkable - Churchill's plan to attack Russia and start a Third World War
According to Field Marshal Montgomery, rule number one on the first page of the book of war is ‘do not march on Moscow’.In April 1945, Winston Churchill ordered the British Chiefs of Staff to rip up the rule book and plan for an attack o...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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23:08
Louis of England - history’s forgotten King of England
In August of 1216, the King of Scotland rode down the entire length of England to pay homage to a new English king at Dover. The Scottish monarch bent his knee to a warrior prince who was the pride and hope of his dynasty. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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23:19
Princess Mary Tudor's flight to freedom
In the summer of 1550, Princess Mary, the eldest daughter of Henry VIII, was packing her belongings and preparing to flee her home.Her Tudor brother was the figurehead for an increasingly Protestant regime. Mary clung to her mother's Cat...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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21:56
Cancelling Christmas and the Plum Pudding Riots
In 1647, the new puritan government tried to cancel Christmas. People in Canterbury protested in a peculiarly English way, with a destructive game of football followed by a mass brawl. The city’s Plum Pudding Riots led t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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12:59
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