Absolute History

Absolute History

Welcome to Absolute History - the home of fun, shocking and curious tales from throughout history. From Tony Robinson's Worst Jobs in History to Suzannah Lipscomb's Hidden Killers, join us to learn about our history the entertaining way. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on our new documentaries every week! Sign up for History Hit and unlock hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with new releases every week and ad-free podcasts. Join world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Matt Lewis, and more as they bring history to life. Start your journey today - get your free trial at and start watching the world's best history documentaries - https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0gFQZ50 Absolute History is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. To get in touch please email owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com.

  1. 17 min ago

    The Dark WWII Origin of the Japanese Bullet Train

    The race for pure speed has pushed human engineering to its absolute limits, transforming a basic industrial invention into a line of ground-breaking super-trains. Long before the modern commute, early pioneers risked everything to shave mere minutes off a journey, igniting a fierce global rivalry where national pride was always on the line. This history is packed with high-stakes engineering gambles, from post-war aviation experts fixing lethal train defects with fighter jet technology, to daredevil speed runs that nearly ended in catastrophic derailments.While some inventors built eccentric jet-powered monsters and floating hover-trains that were ultimately blocked by political roadblocks, others successfully laid down the tracks for the fast-paced society we live in today. From the iconic Shinkansen streaking past Mount Fuji to the ultra-expensive maglev lines reshaping modern China, this is the story of how a relentless obsession with velocity permanently shrunk our world.💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 👉 https://bit.ly/3qTE0NR📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Dark WWII Origin of the Japanese Bullet Train

  2. 42 min ago

    William's Quiet Determination To Become "The People's King"

    Born with the weight of a future crown, Prince William’s life has been a delicate balancing act between thousand-year-old traditions and the "modern" influence of his mother, Princess Diana. From the tragic public mourning of 1997 to his years as a search-and-rescue pilot, William has navigated a path defined by duty, heartbreak, and a quiet determination to be "the people’s king."💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 👉 https://bit.ly/3qTE0NR📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    William's Quiet Determination To Become "The People's King"

  3. 1 hr ago

    Victoria: The Diary Queen | Diaries Of Queen Victoria | Absolute HIstory

    Biographer A.N. Wilson uncovers the intriguing personal life of Queen Victoria through her journals and letters in this psychological portrait of Britain's longest reigning monarch. With Queen Victoria's writings read by Anna Chancellor.It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5uThis channel is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Victoria: The Diary Queen | Diaries Of Queen Victoria | Absolute HIstory

  4. 1 hr ago

    Iran: People Of The Flame with David Adams

    Iran is one of the earth's final frontiers. It's a country little visited by western travellers in recent years, yet it has been at the centre of world affairs for millennia. I wanted to take a peek "behind the veil" of modern-day Iran. What I discovered was a complex, incredibly hospitable people living in a much-misunderstood country at the heart of a troubled region. My journey takes me from the bustle of Tehran, via the Valley of the Assassins to ancient cities unchanged since Marco Polo first entered them eight centuries ago. But this isn't just a journey through an ancient landscape. It's a journey in search of one of the world's least known religious sects ... the ancient Fire Worshippers Of Yazd.It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5uThis channel is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Iran: People Of The Flame with David Adams

  5. 2 hr ago

    The Mega Tombs Of The Ancient Han Dynasty

    In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are full of astonishing riches. In 221 BC, China's first Emperor united warring kingdoms into a nation that still exists today. To memorialize this achievement, he bankrupted the national treasury and oppressed thousands of workers to build one of the world's biggest mortuary complexes. China's second dynasty, the Han, inherited the daunting challenge of building larger tombs to command respect and establish their right to rule without running the nation into the ground. Although no Han emperor's tomb has been opened, the tombs of lesser Han aristocrats have revealed astonishing things: complete underground palaces (including kitchens and toilets) and at least one corpse so amazingly well-preserved some believe Han tomb-builders knew how to "engineer immortality". But most tombs were robbed, leaving another dynasty hundreds of years later - the brilliant Tang - to lead a revolution in tomb design, tunnelling simple shaft-tombs into natural mountains and filling them with small, inexpensive grave goods that symbolized more than reproduced the perfect afterlife.It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5uThis channel is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Mega Tombs Of The Ancient Han Dynasty

  6. 2 hr ago

    The Radical Life and Tragic Death of Margaret Fuller

    In an era when women were expected to be silent ornaments of the drawing room, Margaret Fuller was a "mountainous me." A child prodigy who read Virgil at age four, she became the intellectual heartbeat of the American Transcendentalist movement, besting the likes of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau in heated debates.💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 👉 https://bit.ly/3qTE0NR📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Radical Life and Tragic Death of Margaret Fuller

  7. 3 hr ago

    The Ugly Truth Behind The Legend Of Yamashita's Gold

    Did the Japanese Imperial family and General Yamashita bury hundreds of tons of looted gold across the Philippines during WWII? The legend of Yamashita's Gold has fueled the dreams of treasure hunters for decades, but it's a story tangled with billion-dollar lawsuits, political deception, and murder.💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 👉 https://bit.ly/3qTE0NR📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Ugly Truth Behind The Legend Of Yamashita's Gold

  8. 3 hr ago

    The Cryptic Symbols That Suggest The Knights Templar Set Foot In America

    In an epic, two-part season finale, Forensic Geologist Scott Wolter returns to his roots, gathering new evidence to support the theory that started him down the path of investigating mysterious artifacts and sites in the United States. That theory? That some members of the Knights Templar came to America after escaping death on Friday, October 13th, 1307. He uncovers shocking new secrets and sites, both stateside and abroad, linking the Knights Templar to cryptic symbols he believes represent one thing--a connection to Jesus's rumored bloodline.💚 Join the Absolute History club to get access to exclusive member benefits! 👉 https://bit.ly/3qTE0NR📺 You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel is part of the History Hit Network. Any queries please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Cryptic Symbols That Suggest The Knights Templar Set Foot In America
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Welcome to Absolute History - the home of fun, shocking and curious tales from throughout history. From Tony Robinson's Worst Jobs in History to Suzannah Lipscomb's Hidden Killers, join us to learn about our history the entertaining way. Subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on our new documentaries every week! Sign up for History Hit and unlock hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with new releases every week and ad-free podcasts. Join world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Matt Lewis, and more as they bring history to life. Start your journey today - get your free trial at and start watching the world's best history documentaries - https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0gFQZ50 Absolute History is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. To get in touch please email owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com.

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  • Creator
    Absolute History
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean

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