Ever wondered how cities were planned? Then wonder no more with this week’s subject! We’re heading back to 100BC to... more

It’s another bonus episode! Featuring a couple of excerpts from our legendary 4th part megasode for OWAT: Full Timers -... more

Just when you thought it was safe to relax, we surprise you with a bonus episode featuring a couple of... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Grab your quill, a notebook and some candlelight, as this week... more

Grab your quill, a notebook and some candlelight, as this week we’re looking at some of the finest diarists history... more

With 1 in 6 people experiencing symptoms of depression or anxiety, it’s never been more important to find out how... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re not building walls or tearing them down, in... more

This week we’re not building walls or tearing them down, in fact, we’re simply talking about them. But what a... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week on the show we’re discussing regents who were, let’s... more

This week on the show we’re discussing regents who were, let’s say, a bit different. We’ll be meeting the 11th... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Who doesn’t love a good tree? This week we’ll discuss the... more

Who doesn’t love a good tree? This week we’ll discuss the awesome spectacle of the American sequoia, the slightly less... more

Just when you thought it was safe to relax, we surprise you with a bonus episode featuring a couple of... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Finally, AN EPISODE ON ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS. Come with us as we... more

Finally, AN EPISODE ON ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS. Come with us as we dig our way through the jungle to form the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! We’ve touched on conspiracies on the show, but this week we... more

We’ve touched on conspiracies on the show, but this week we have for 100% true conspiracies that really did happen... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re looking at horror throughout literature. Come with us... more

This week we’re looking at horror throughout literature. Come with us as we meet the undead of Ancient Greece, Werewolves... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re trawling through history to discover how people got... more

This week we’re trawling through history to discover how people got cancelled in the past. We’ll have the ancient Egyptians... more

Space: the final frontier and indeed, the subject of this week’s episode. We’ll have early astronomy, we’ll take a trip... more

Space: the final frontier and indeed, the subject of this week’s episode. We’ll have early astronomy, we’ll take a trip... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Oh What A Time! is back for 2025 and this week... more

Oh What A Time! is back for 2025 and this week we’ve got an episode we’ve been promising (and threatening)... more

Ep4: New Year Extra Part Specials  We’re off on our Christmas / New Year break at the minute so while we’re... more

We’re off on our Christmas / New Year break at the minute so while we’re off being festive, please enjoy... more

We’re off on our Christmas / New Year break at the minute so while we’re off being festive, please enjoy... more

We’re off on our Christmas / New Year break at the minute so while we’re off being festive, please enjoy... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Pull down the decorations and throw the tree in the street;... more

Pull down the decorations and throw the tree in the street; because this week we’re discussing a few of the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re tackling a subject Elis has suggested, the writing... more

This week we’re tackling a subject Elis has suggested, the writing of history itself: historiography! We’ll be chatting about one... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re returning to a much loved subject: spies. We’ll... more

This week we’re returning to a much loved subject: spies. We’ll be hearing about the British spy William Oliver, the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we’re taking a look a Prehistory and specifically; how... more

This week we’re taking a look a Prehistory and specifically; how clever were the Neanderthals? What was early mankind getting... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! Elis’ is off filming his stand-up Christmas special, so we’re delighted... more

Elis’ is off filming his stand-up Christmas special, so we’re delighted to welcome in his stead the star of Radio... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! We’ve got a different episode format for you this... more

We’ve got a different episode format for you this week; a book review of the 1989 classic chronicle of the... more

Oh What A Time is moving to the Wondery network! We’re thrilled to be joining forces with one of the biggest... more

This week we’re discussing 3 absolute icons: the iconic Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe, the incredibly talented JMW Turner and one... more

This week we’re discussing 3 absolute icons: the iconic Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe, the incredibly talented JMW Turner and one... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re packing our bags and heading out... more

This week we’re packing our bags and heading out on some of the longest journeys known to the annals of... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re closing our eyes and going to... more

This week we’re closing our eyes and going to the land of dreams. We’ve got: how the ancient Babylonians regarded... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re talking about cold hard cash, moolah,... more

This week we’re talking about cold hard cash, moolah, readies: Currencies. We’ll be chatting about worker’s pay tokens, pieces of... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re off to some of the world’s... more

This week we’re off to some of the world’s most celebrated festivals. We’re travelling back to 1969 for Woodstock, then... more

This week we’re heading to the ballot box to discuss elections! The importance of eating racoon meat in Arkansas, how... more

This week we’re heading to the ballot box to discuss elections! The importance of eating racoon meat in Arkansas, how... more

This week we’re looking at how the art of complaining has evolved over history. You’ll hear the evidence of people... more

This week we’re looking at how the art of complaining has evolved over history. You’ll hear the evidence of people... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re discussing the most intelligent creatures the... more

This week we’re discussing the most intelligent creatures the animal kingdom has to offer. We’ll be looking at mankind’s attempts... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! We’re back and so is our much loved ‘Pick... more

We’re back and so is our much loved ‘Pick n Mix’ format in which we pick three random subjects to... more

It’s the final week of our summer holiday and so it’s the final week of our ‘best of’ specials! This week,... more

It’s week two of our summer break and thus it’s time for our third-ever best-of compilation. This week you’ll be treated... more

As promised, we’re delighted to present all the 4th parts from subscriber specials.. ALL IN ONE MEGA EPISODE (A MEGASODE... more

We’re taking a summer break for 3 weeks, so while we’re off sunning ourselves, please enjoy our second ever ‘Best... more

We’ve got a bonus episode for you and once again, your correspondence has proven absolutely sensational. In this episode, Chris... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re dwelling in the podcasting pits of... more

This week we’re dwelling in the podcasting pits of utter humiliation. We’ll be finally looking at the specifics of the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Ready, set.. and go for this week’s episode which... more

Ready, set.. and go for this week’s episode which is on: The Olympics. We’ll be chatting about the ancient Olympics,... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week on the show we’ve got a selection... more

This week on the show we’ve got a selection of historical yarns to share; the great British supermarket baked bean... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week on the show, it’s a veritable feast... more

This week on the show, it’s a veritable feast as we discuss some of the most infamous dinner parties from... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! On the show this week we’re discussing some of... more

On the show this week we’re discussing some of the most absolutely disastrous ideas that history has to offer; we’ve... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! On the show this week we’re going mad for... more

On the show this week we’re going mad for health and safety. We’ll be discussing what health and safety looked... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re off the leash and talking about... more

This week we’re off the leash and talking about some of history’s most noteworthy animals. We’ll have Joséphine Bonaparte’s vertically... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Fire up the orchestra because this week you’ll be... more

Fire up the orchestra because this week you’ll be listening to us talk about: Music. We’ve got for you the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Cut a couple of holes in your newspaper and... more

Cut a couple of holes in your newspaper and have a butchers at this week’s episode which is: Spies. We’ll... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re darting around folk festivals from history... more

This week we’re darting around folk festivals from history to learn their strange traditions; we’ll be heading to Lincolnshire to... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week on the show we’re discussing the magnificent... more

This week on the show we’re discussing the magnificent inventions invented by early US Presidents! For you we have George... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! It’s our first ever sequel episode and this week... more

It’s our first ever sequel episode and this week we’re looking at one of our favourite subjects: Blunders. We’ll be... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Let’s point our ears in the direction of some... more

Let’s point our ears in the direction of some of the greatest oratory from history, because this week we’re discussing:... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! It’s time to take a look at some of... more

It’s time to take a look at some of the most infamous criminals history has to offer; the story of... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week on the we’re discussing Gangs ie. proper... more

This week on the we’re discussing Gangs ie. proper mean ones so not the Scouts (Chris) or the Boys Brigade... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re talking about unique weather events through... more

This week we’re talking about unique weather events through history. From the great freeze of 1899 that plunged Miami to... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! In this episode we’ll be taking a look at... more

In this episode we’ll be taking a look at incredible stories of survival through history; from the men of the... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re looking at some of the all-time... more

This week we’re looking at some of the all-time great corpses. We’ll be taking a look at the Tollund Man,... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week on the show we’re taking a trip... more

This week on the show we’re taking a trip to 10 Downing Street to analyse Prime Ministers from yonder. We’ll... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we’re taking a look at a whole... more

This week we’re taking a look at a whole host of US Presidents; Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Andrew Jackson and... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Get ready to pump some podcasting iron, because... more

Get ready to pump some podcasting iron, because this week we're discussing: HEALTH AND FITNESS. The rise of vegetarianism, how... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we're looking at partakers in conflict... more

This week we're looking at partakers in conflict from down the ages. The awful job of 'powder monkeys' during naval... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! This week we'll be rattling through some of... more

This week we'll be rattling through some of history's most cunning plans because in this episode we're discussing some great... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Can you hear that sound? It's the sound... more

Can you hear that sound? It's the sound of illusions getting shattered!.. Because this week we're discussing Myths! Such as:... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Get the shovel and the pastry brush, because this... more

Get the shovel and the pastry brush, because this week we’re unearthing some of history’s greatest discoveries! The magnificent ancient... more

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! Valentines Day has reared its head again, which can... more

Valentines Day has reared its head again, which can mean only one thing: this week we’re discussing LUUUUUURVE (love). From... more

THIS IS PART TWO, FOR PART ONE.. CHECK THE FEED YESTERDAY! Throw on your gladrags and pop on your dancing shoes... more

Throw on your gladrags and pop on your dancing shoes because this week we're discussing: nightlife! What was a night... more

This is Part 2, for Part 1 check the feed yesterday! This week we're discussing BEAUTY via acne, Viking teeth, hair... more

This week we're discussing BEAUTY via acne, Viking teeth, hair and wigs; plus this week's bonus bit is all about... more

This is Part 2, for Part 1 check the feed yesterday! This week on the show we're chatting: BLUNDERS! From the... more

This week on the show we're chatting: BLUNDERS! From the worst sponsorship deal ever to darken German ice hockey, an... more

(This is Part Two! Check yesterday for Part One) AND WE ARE BACK! And this week/month/year we're looking at: Calendars. How... more

AND WE ARE BACK! And this week/month/year we're looking at: Calendars. How we ended up with the names for our... more

Oh What A Time returns next week on the main feed but between now and then, we thought we'd drop... more

While we recover from Christmas and New Year, please enjoy our first 'best of' episode featuring some brand new correspondence... more

It’s time again for us to mine the OWaT mailbag and have another correspondence special (although we inevitably get sidetracked... more

Get the decorations down from the loft and pop the tree up, because this week we're talking about: Christmas. We'll... more

This week we're looking into some huge undertakings through history in a category we're calling: BIG PROJECTS. How did ancient... more

This week we're looking at the aftermath of the 1929 Wall St Crash, which signalled the beginning of an era... more

Here's a preview - about 15 mins of a 70 minute episode - of November's subscriber special on.. Heroes! Obviously, the... more

This week we're heading for the coast to discover the story behind the birth of modern weather forecasting. We're also... more

This week we're scanning the historic horizon to look at wondrous landmarks from down the ages. We'll be travelling to... more

This week we're taking a look through history at the BIG THREE emergency services: Police, Fire Brigade and the Ambulance... more

To mark the 418th anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot we thought we'd bring you a Plots episode!... more

This week we're taking a look at great (and not so great) inventions through the ages. We've got the Player... more

As the 20th century poet Des'ree once said: "Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out for a... more

As regular listeners will note, over the past few weeks we have invented many of the world's greatest podcasting features:... more

This week we're dipping back through time to spend some time with the Victorians; those in the working class eating... more

Pop some chicken soup on the hob and check out this week’s episode which is: Healthcare. From how the common... more

This week we're discussing Adventurers; each with varying levels of success, to put it mildly. From the race to the... more

Up this week we're looking a collection of absolutely random jobs from history. From the folk who sang the news,... more

Let's have a historical laugh shall we? This week we're analysing what has registered as 'humour' through the ages. We'll... more

This week we're taking a look at how different societies have dealt with the rearing of children through the ages.... more

This week on the podcast we're turning our attention to the animals humans have befriended throughout history; from the animals... more

This week we're taking heed of our love for sport and taking a look at various ancient contests through the... more

This week we're talking marriage through the ages; from the legally loose nuptials in medieval England, to shacking up with... more

"Ahoy there landlubbers!" this week we're taking a look at seafarers from down the ages. We'll be talking Welsh pirates... more

As the annual kid's 6-week holiday swings into gear in the UK, we thought this week we'd look at Holidays... more

This week we're discussing: Laws. Why did the Qin Dynasty and Ancient Rome have such a problem with crying? Why... more

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Oh What A Time… A history podcast presented by comedians Elis James and Tom... more

Hello and welcome to "Oh What A Time…" a brand new comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James... more