The National Archives Podcast Series

This talk brings together Tudor art, geography, history and archaeology to better understand the sinking of the Mary Rose almost 500 years ago.

An exploration of the countess of Shrewsbury, known as 'Bess of Hardwick', through a web of correspondence.

Mark Dunton examines evidence surrounding civil servant John Vassall, imprisoned for espionage.

This talk will help you find out if your Huguenot ancestors fled religious persecution in the Low Countries or France between the 16th and 18th centuries.

The strange journey of Edward Swarthye, an African in Elizabethan England: from the Spanish Caribbean to rural Gloucestershire

Exploring the impact of trans-oceanic forced removal on the health and well being of migrants.

A look at the facts behind Adlestrop, one of the nation's favourite poems, along with the literary and military career of poet Edward Thomas.

The story of nine young men from four families who fought in all the major battles of the British Army on the Western Front from 1915 onwards.

This talk will explain The National Archives vision for leadership of archives in England, review our achievements to date, and explore some of the challenges ahead.

Based upon studies of thousands of couples, this podcast explains how, when and where people in past centuries married.

This podcast demonstrates how online genealogical tools and social media generated by family historians themselves, along with records held at The National Archives, can be used to create detailed family histories that bring us closer than ever before to an understanding of the role of the professions within Victorian society.

A presentation on the life of one of Britain's favourite composers of the early 20th century and the first African to conduct an all-European orchestra.

Most of what modern scholars know about the early modern English theatre comes from the study of the Henslowe and Alleyn manuscripts at Dulwich College. This podcast looks at documents from the archive, now digitised at www.henslowe-alleyn.org.uk.

Diplomatic and Colonial Records Specialist Dr Dan Gilfoyle discusses some of the stand-out images from the Colonial Office Library's photographic collection.

This talk draws on a range of documents in the collection of The National Archives to explore the clothing choices of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

This talk reveals how coroners' inquests can provide a wealth of information for family historians

Follow the story of Philip d'Auvergne RN through official records covering the period from the American war of independence to the fall of Napoleon.

James Ross provides an introduction to the history of Common Pleas, its jurisdiction, and discusses ways into the numerous records of the court.

This podcast outlines the content of the printed papers from the first half of the 19th century to the end of empire.

This podcast highlights the hostility between England and her northern neighbour during much of the medieval period.