It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast hosted by renowned comedians Elis James and Tom Craine along with award winning podcaster Chris Scull. Tackling a brand new subject each week, (from ‘childhood’ to ‘a life at sea’, ‘marriage’ to ‘holidays’) your hosts will dive into the very weirdest and worst that history has to offer, in an effort to answer the question… "Was the past as awful as it sounds?"For all the links, including our Patreon, head to" ohwhatatime.comYou can get in touch with the show by emailing: [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes

#203 Dragons And All That (Part 2)
Oct 12, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re talking Dragons from down the ages! They’ve come in all different forms through the annuls of history, we’ve got; what the ancient Romans…
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#203 Dragons And All That (Part 1)
Oct 11, 2026
This week we’re talking Dragons from down the ages! They’ve come in all different forms through the annuls of history, we’ve got; what the ancient Romans referred to as the ‘Draco’, the Asian Dragon…
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#201 How Countries Are Made (Part 2)
Oct 05, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re taking a look at the curious process through which some countries were created. We have for you: the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay. Plus…
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#201 How Countries Are Made (Part 1)
Oct 04, 2026
This week we’re taking a look at the curious process through which some countries were created. We have for you: the Netherlands, Canada, and Uruguay. Plus, there's a bit of an interlace of Elis's…
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#200 The Big Ep200 ‘Your Letters’ Special! (Part 2)
Sep 28, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Here it is: our 200th episode and we’ve chosen to mark the occasion by celebrating you, our listeners, via the medium of your wonderful letters. It’s a…
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#200 The Big Ep200 ‘Your Letters’ Special! (Part 1)
Sep 27, 2026
Here it is: our 200th episode and we’ve chosen to mark the occasion by celebrating you, our listeners, via the medium of your wonderful letters. It’s a special episode dedicated purely to a special…
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#199 Amazing Libraries and Huge Readers (Part 2)
Sep 21, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week on the show we’re looking at the greatest book collections history has to offer as well as the historical figures who themselves loved to read. We…
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#199 Amazing Libraries and Huge Readers (Part 1)
Sep 20, 2026
This week on the show we’re looking at the greatest book collections history has to offer as well as the historical figures who themselves loved to read. We have for you this week; Maximilien…
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#198 French Towns & The Kooks (Part 2)
Sep 14, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re taking a historical audio holiday to some of our favourite French towns. We’ll head to the very Roman Nîmes, we’ll dine out in Dinan and…
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#198 French Towns & The Kooks (Part 1)
Sep 13, 2026
This week we’re taking a historical audio holiday to some of our favourite French towns. We’ll head to the very Roman Nîmes, we’ll dine out in Dinan and finally we’ll get the true story of…
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#197 Surgery & Monkeys Eating Musical Instruments (Part 2)
Sep 07, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re travelling through time to see how surgery has been performed through the ages! We’ll head to 990AD to see what surgical innovation followed…
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#197 Surgery & Monkeys Eating Musical Instruments (Part 1)
Sep 06, 2026
This week we’re travelling through time to see how surgery has been performed through the ages! We’ll head to 990AD to see what surgical innovation followed a monkey eating some musical instruments…
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#195 Hymns & Anthems! (Part 2)
Sep 01, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing some classic hymns and all round total anthems through history. We’ll discuss a favourite on the UK football terraces: The Battle…
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#195 Hymns & Anthems! (Part 1)
Aug 31, 2026
This week we’re discussing some classic hymns and all round total anthems through history. We’ll discuss a favourite on the UK football terraces: The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The true story of…
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#194 Captains (Part 2)
Aug 24, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Ahoy captains! We’re back after our summer break and this week we’re discussing Captains! We have for you this week, the big one: Captain Cook. Another huge…
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#194 Captains (Part 1)
Aug 23, 2026
Ahoy captains! We’re back after our summer break and this week we’re discussing Captains! We have for you this week, the big one: Captain Cook. Another huge captain in Captain Scott. And finally…
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[BONUS EP] #144 All Quiet on the Western Front
Aug 17, 2026
We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away!From September 2025, this is..It's another subscriber special and…
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[BONUS EP] #141 Stonehenge
Aug 16, 2026
We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away!From September 2025, this is..Following Chris’ trip to Stonehenge…
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[BONUS EP] #129 Fascism: The Story of an Idea by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt
Aug 10, 2026
We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away!From August 2025, this is..#129 Fascism: The Story of an Idea by…
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[BONUS EP] #124 Mummies
Aug 09, 2026
We're on our annual two-week summer break, but don't worry! Please enjoy these subscriber episodes from last summer while we're away!From July 2025, this is..#124 MummiesTom has extensively…
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#193 History’s Mysteries and Hamstring Updates (Part 2)
Aug 03, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re discussing some of the greatest mysteries that history has to offer: we’ve got the infamous tale of The Princes in the Tower, and the big…
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#193 History’s Mysteries and Hamstring Updates (Part 1)
Aug 02, 2026
This week we’re discussing some of the greatest mysteries that history has to offer: we’ve got the infamous tale of The Princes in the Tower, and the big one - Who Shot JFK? Plus we have a brief…
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#192 Dan Snow on Waterloo, Nazi Gold Trains and the Age of Sail (Part 2)
Jul 27, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re joined by one of our favourite historians in the whole world, it’s Dan Snow! We treat this episode like we’ve cornered Dan at a BBQ and just…
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#192 Dan Snow on Waterloo, Nazi Gold Trains and the Age of Sail (Part 1)
Jul 26, 2026
This week we’re joined by one of our favourite historians in the whole world, it’s Dan Snow! We treat this episode like we’ve cornered Dan at a BBQ and just ping him with questions: how gruesome was…
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#191 Jonny Owen on Industrial Wales (Part 2)
Jul 20, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re joined by friend of the show, producer, writer and actor (and proud Welshman), Jonny Owen to discuss the golden age of Industrial Revolution…
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#191 Jonny Owen on Industrial Wales (Part 1)
Jul 19, 2026
This week we’re joined by friend of the show, producer, writer and actor (and proud Welshman), Jonny Owen to discuss the golden age of Industrial Revolution era Wales!We’ll chat copper in Swansea…
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#190 Plants & Dad’s Race Injuries (Part 2)
Jul 13, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re turning to the natural world to see how humans have adapted various plants for all kinds of uses through history. We’ve got the chequered…
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#190 Plants & Dad’s Race Injuries (Part 1)
Jul 12, 2026
This week we’re turning to the natural world to see how humans have adapted various plants for all kinds of uses through history. We’ve got the chequered history of opium, the controversial garlic…
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#188 Surviving First Ladies and Elis Eats Gravel (Part 2)
Jul 06, 2026
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!This week we’re looking at what happened to the First Ladies of assassinated US Presidents. The tale of Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie Kennedy and the…
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#188 Surviving First Ladies and Elis Eats Gravel (Part 1)
Jul 05, 2026
This week we’re looking at what happened to the First Ladies of assassinated US Presidents. The tale of Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie Kennedy and the loser-known story of Lucretia Garfield.Elsewhere…
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