History Hit has confirmed an expansive January 2026 line-up across streaming, podcasts and YouTube.
The schedule brings together new documentaries, returning series and long-form podcast releases from Dan Snow’s History Hit, alongside select factual titles from Little Dot YouTube channels.
One of the most significant releases lands on Monday 26 January, timed with Holocaust Memorial Day.
Auschwitz: Evolution of Terror will premiere on History Hit’s streaming service and the History Hit YouTube channel.
The sixty-minute documentary features historian Dr James Bulgin, who is granted rare behind-the-scenes access to Auschwitz.
The film offers a stark, ground-level examination of the site, tracing its evolution from a concentration camp into the deadliest extermination camp operated by the Nazi regime.
Earlier in the month, Dan Snow continues his latest on-location series with Icelandic Vikings: Survival on 15 January.
In part-two of the three-part series Dan continues his adventure across the magnificent landscape of Iceland exploring how the new Viking settlers survived in this harsh environment.
Dan investigates the age of survival, trekking across the only parliament set up in the middle of two tectonic plates and one of Iceland’s most famous exports, the epic Sagas!
Ancient Ways: The Ridgeway arrives on the streaming service on 29 January.
British anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota walks one of prehistoric England’s most remarkable routes, tracing ancient pathways from the Uffington White Horse to Avebury Henge.
History Hit’s YouTube output is equally busy throughout the month. On 1 January, Historian Answers Google’s Most Popular Questions about Rasputin sees historian and author Joshua Levine unpack myths surrounding one of history’s most debated figures.
On 5 January, What Was Life Like In The Iron Age? follows podcast host and historian Tristan Hughes as he attempts to build an ancient coracle within sixty minutes.
The episode combines experimental archaeology with accessible storytelling.
Podcast listeners are also well served across the History Hit network.
Dan Snow’s History Hit launches a ‘Get Smart in 2026’ strand on 5 January with The Recent History of Afghanistan Explained, featuring broadcaster Lyse Doucet analysing key turning points in the country’s modern history.
Further episodes include Eleanor of Aquitaine on 12 January, with historian Dr Eleanor Janega, offering a lively exploration of one of medieval Europe’s most powerful women.
A ninety-minute special, The Dambusters Explained, follows on 15 January, featuring testimony from the last surviving Dambuster Johnny Johnson before his death in 2022.
The Ancients returns with Fall of Sparta on 8 January, featuring historians Owen Rees and Roel Konijnendijk, and Medea on 11 January, with Natalie Haynes revisiting one of mythology’s most misunderstood figures.
Gone Medieval explores The Tower of London across two episodes on 6 and 9 January, before concluding the month with How To Win A Medieval Battle on 23 January.
Beyond History Hit, Little Dot brings additional factual premieres to YouTube during January.
These include There Goes The Neighbourhood on the Real Stories channel, King Charles III – Coming of Age on Real Royalty, and two Timeline releases, Hunting Nazi Gold With Guy Walters and Kim Jong Un: The Man Who Rules North Korea.
