BBC Radio Podcasts from History's Heroes
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Ita Ekpenyon and the Blitz
Can a Nigerian warden stop a riot from breaking out in a London air raid shelter?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Agent Zo's Leap of Faith
Can Agent Zo save the lives of thousands of women in Nazi-occupied Poland?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Dudley Clarke: The Great Deceiver
How did a British army officer use magic tricks to fool the Nazis?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Leif Larsen and the Shetland Bus
Will the Nazis uncover the secret of the Shetland Bus?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: The Night Witches
A group of Soviet women take to the skies to become night bombers.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Operation Anthropoid
Two men set out to assassinate one of Hitler’s most high-ranking officers.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: The Salon Albahari
A fashion boutique in Sarajevo houses an enormous secret.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Witold Pilecki: The Infiltrator
Why did Witold Pilecki volunteer to be sent to Auschwitz?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Curt Bloch and the Underwater Cabaret
A German refugee risks his life to ridicule Hitler.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Noor Khan: The Operator
In occupied France, can Agent Madeleine escape from the Nazis?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 3: Trailer
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two
History's Youngest Heroes: Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox sets out to run the length of Canada on a prosthetic leg.
History's Youngest Heroes: Hans and Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
A brother and sister mount a daring campaign against the Nazis.
History's Youngest Heroes: Vasily Arkhipov and the End of Days
A young naval officer must choose whether to save the world or trigger its destruction.
History's Youngest Heroes: The Grisly World of Andreas Vesalius
A young man becomes a sensation when he starts dissecting corpses in front of crowds.
History's Youngest Heroes: Rani Lakshmi Bai: The Warrior Queen
A 22-year-old Indian woman takes on the British Empire.
History's Youngest Heroes: The Visionary Julian of Norwich
A young woman locks herself in a cell for years and becomes a literary trailblazer.
History's Youngest Heroes: Louis Braille: Code Maker
A young Frenchman invents a tool that will change the lives of blind people.
History's Youngest Heroes: St Francis of Assisi: Teen Rebel
A wealthy young man severs ties with his family and embarks on a drastic new life.
History's Youngest Heroes: Audrey Hepburn’s Teenage Resistance
How did the young Audrey Hepburn take on the Nazis?
History's Youngest Heroes: Grace Darling: Maiden of the Sea
A reclusive young woman embarks on a perilous rescue mission
History's Youngest Heroes: The Brief Reign of Lady Jane
Trapped in the Tower of London, Lady Jane Grey must choose between life or death.
History's Youngest Heroes: Nelson Mandela and the Defiance Campaign
A young activist attempts to overthrow apartheid in South Africa.
History's Youngest Heroes: Trailer
Nicola Coughlan shines a light on extraordinary young people from across history.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Manfred Gans and X Troop
An elite secret unit of Jewish commandos take on the Nazis.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Enigmatic Emily Anderson
How Britain’s top female codebreaker played a crucial role in Allied victory.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Andrée De Jongh and the Comet Line
Can a daring young Belgian woman save the lives of hundreds of stranded airmen?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Charles Drew and the Blood Bank
How did an African-American doctor come to lead the blood bank effort during the war?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Raymond Gurême: Escape Artist
A young circus performer dedicates himself to bringing the Nazis down.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Josefina Guerrero: The Maid of Manila
How did Josefina Guerrero’s leprosy lead her to become a brilliant spy?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Unbreakable Navajo Code
A group of Native American soldiers devise a secret code for the Allies.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Christine Granville: The Spy Who Skied In From The Cold
Thrill-seeker Christine Granville becomes Britain’s first female spy during the war.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Flying High with Johnny Smythe
Johnny Smythe, one of the first West African RAF airmen, navigates a terrifying flight.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: The Extraordinary Cook Sisters
How did two English opera-loving sisters help dozens of Jews escape Nazi Germany?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 2: Trailer
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Arslan Rezniqi and the Besa Code
How did Arslan Rezniqi, an Albanian merchant, save hundreds of Jewish refugees?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Jack King and the Fifth Column
A bank worker from Surrey joins MI5. His job is to infiltrate British Fascists.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Skiing Commandos
Can a team of Norwegian men on skis destroy a water plant in time to stop a nuclear war?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Bela Hazan and the Jewish Resistance
A young Polish woman named Bela Hazan goes undercover to fight against the Nazis.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: The Mystery of Garbo
One of World War Two’s most successful double agents is finally revealed.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: George Takei and the American Internment Camps
Why was George Takei and his family imprisoned without trial in 1942?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Claude, Marcel and the Soldier with No Name
Two eccentric French artists perform an extraordinary act of resistance.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Ghost Army
A secret army unit with one job: to put on a show, for an audience who wants to kill them.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Charity Adams and the 6888
Major Charity Adams arrives in Birmingham, England, to sort out an enormous problem.
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Virginia Hall’s Great Escape
How did Virginia Hall mastermind one of World War Two’s most astonishing prison breaks?
History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Trailer
Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two.