In Our Time - Factual | BritBox US

Watch with Premier

The history podcast that explores the ideas, people and discoveries that shaped our world, spanning philosophy, religion, science, art and culture.

Factual
Year 2026
1 Season

The history podcast that explores the ideas, people and discoveries that shaped our world, spanning philosophy, religion, science, art and culture.

Year: 2026

Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E1 • Thomas More’s Utopia
1. 56min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E2 • Particle Accelerators
1. 52min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
The enormous machines that seek to answer the fundamental questions about our universe.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E3 • Casablanca
1. 54min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
The classic 1942 movie that convinced Americans the Second World War was worth fighting.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E4 • Megalosaurus: the first named dinosaur
1. 56min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
The 'great lizard' that changed how we understood the history of life on our planet.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E5 • Battle of Antietam: the American Civil War's bloodiest day
1. 59min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
The American Civil War battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E6 • Ishtar: the Mesopotamian goddess of love, sex and war
1. 53min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
The ancient goddess responsible for both the fertility of life and the bloodshed of war.
Start Watching
Watch with Premier

E7 • Immune cells
1. 56min
2. TV-G
3. HD
The vast network of specialized cells in our bodies that work to protect us from harm.

Cast
Misha Glenny