Histories of the Unexpected
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Accidents
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of accidents. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subs...
Brainstorm!
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Of what would you like to hear the unexpected history? Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore various histories of the things they could ta...
Bells
17 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of bells. For more exclusive history documentaries & interviews, subscr...
Mothers
03 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
THE UNEXPECTED HISTORY OF MOTHERS! A boy’s best friend is his mother’ (Norman Bates – Psycho, written and directed by...
Relics
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the links in their minds as they discover the unexpected history of relics. For more unexpected do...
Shrinking
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell discuss the unexpected history of shrinking. For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subs...
The Lean
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of the lean. For more exclusive history interviews & documentaries, subsc...
An Unexpected Challenge
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell discuss the unexpected history of Sam's new book "The Struggle for Sea Power" by talking about none of the t...
Childhood
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of childhood. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries subscribe to Hi...
Pockets
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell whisk you through the mysterious crannies in the unexpected history of pockets! For more exclusive interview...
Eggs - Easter Special
31 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of eggs! For more exclusive interviews & documentaries, subscribe to Hi...
Nonsense
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell discover the unexpected history of nonsense! For more exclusive history interviews and documentaries, subs...
Hats
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell expore the unexpected history of hats, titfers, chapeaux, and other head-coverings. For more exclusive int...
Chairs
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of chairs. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to Hist...
Love
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On Valentine's Day, Dr Sam Willis & Professor James Daybell discuss the unexpected history of Love. For more exclusive history interviews and docu...
Recipes
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of recipes! For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to His...
Invasion! & TV History
03 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell explore the unexpected history of Invasion! and TV history more generally. For more exclusive interviews and...
Histories of the Unexpected: The Book!
27 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell discuss the unexpected history of the Histories of the Unexpected bookFollow the ...
Paper
19 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Willis and James Daybell take us through the unexpected history of... paperProducer: Natt TapleyAudio: Pete DennisTheme: Dan Morelle Hosted on Aca...
Lists
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Willis & James Daybell take you the the fascinating, and entirely unexpected, history of lists... For more exclusive interviews and documentar...
Snow
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Willis & James Daybell reveal the unexpected history of snow... For more exclusive interviews and documentaries subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Jo...
Christmas Ep.2
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam & James dig deep into the Unexpected History of Christmas. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, signup to HistoryHit,TV, click her...
Dust
17 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a special live episode, Sam Willis & James Daybell explore the Unexpected History of Dust.For more exclusive history documentaries and intervie...
Our Books!
12 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter&n...
The Book
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterFa...
Codes
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterF...
Handwriting
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterF...
How to be a historian - Episode 5
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterF...
Clocks: A New Discovery
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterFa...
How to be a historian - Episode 4
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterF...
Gloves: A New Discovery
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterFa...
The History of Our Podcast
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterFa...
The Scar: A New Discovery
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterFa...
How to be a historian - Episode 3
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
How to be a historian - Episode 2
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Signature: A New Discovery
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - TwitterF...
The Material World of Powderham: a castle, a horn, a bookcase and a chair
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at Powderham castle in May 2017.Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @Une...
Chalk and Valleys
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at the the 2017 Chalke Valley History Festival.Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's ne...
Bookcases
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Chickens
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Cats
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter&n...
The Fart
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter&n...
How to be a historian - Episode 1
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Boxes: A New Discovery
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter&n...
The Ring
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Needlework
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Hands
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
The Study
16 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
The Follower
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
The Itch
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for our first ever live show in Plymouth on May 4th - find out more and buy tickets here.Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell ...
The Mirror
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
The Paperclip
18 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
The Scar
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Toilets
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Dragons
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter...
Monsters
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillis Professor James Daybell - @JamesDaybell Follow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPod HistoryHit Network - Twitter...
Tears
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Perfume
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Sweat
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Blood
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Holes
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Rubbish
07 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Zombies
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Graffiti
24 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Dreams
17 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Facebo...
Weapons
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode to coincide with Sam's new 3-part TV series on BBC Four entitled Sword, Musket & Machine Gun - Britain's Armed History. If y...
Introducing a Brand New Show to History Hit Network: Art Detective with Dr Janina Ramirez
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Art is the truest expression of the workings of the mind, free from learnt language. More than that, it is the visual expression of culture, politics,...
The Wheel
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
The Pen
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
The Zebra
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
Christmas Ep.1
24 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!... Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!...
The Gift
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
The Smile
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
The Bed
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWillisProfessor James Daybell - @JamesDaybellFollow the show's new Twitter: @UnexpectedPodHistoryHit Network - Twitter Faceboo...
The Party
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our 10th episode!So blow out the candles, cut the cake and make a wish! You are cordially invited to join the Cultivator of Chronicles, Dr Sam ...
Boxes
20 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Boxes, coffins, letter, houses, locks and more. Sam and James audio-google their way through the unexpected history of boxes.Dr Sam Willis - @DrSamWil...
The Letter
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Doubt thou the stars are fire,Doubt that the sun doth move,Doubt truth to be a liar, ~Shakespeare, Hamlet’s letter to OpheliaBut never doubt the une...
Bubbles!
01 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Like a well-spring of historical facts, bubbling over with unexpected links, Dr Sam Willis, the maitre’d of museums, and Professor James Daybell, th...
Hair
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“There’s many a man hath more hair than wit”But worry not for this is no Comedy of Errors and there’s certainly more to this unexpected histor...
Lightning
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I call the Living I mourn the Dead I break the Lightning (inscribed on the Great Bell of the Minster of Schaffhausen) Join the Preacher of the Past, ...
Gloves
11 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
All about power and politics, the perfumed glove as a political gift, the history of the hand, and the history of touch. It's also about explosions an...
Smoke
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about the unexpected history of smoke. Which is all about state craft and diplomacy. It's ritualised smoking of the peace pipe. An...
Oranges
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the unexpected history of the orange, how it's linked to the the Gunpowder Plot, and other extraordinary historical connections.Dr Sam ...
Windows
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the unexpected history of the window, how it's linked to the 30 years war, and other extraordinary historical connections.Dr Sam Willis...
Introduction
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Surely there’s nothing unexpected about the past? About History? Aha, well Histories of the Unexpected adopts a new approach to exploring out past. ...