97 Episodes

  1. Worcester Moments - Edward Elgar: The British composer whose music became the soundtrack to patriotic pride and fervour

    Published: 10/20/2022
  2. Worcester Moments - "Woodbine Willie" Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy

    Published: 10/20/2022
  3. Worcester Moments - Prince Arthur: Buried in Worcester Cathedral in 1502.

    Published: 10/20/2022
  4. George Dawson and the Civic Gospellers

    Published: 4/26/2022
  5. The History of Place Names in England and Worcestershire

    Published: 3/28/2022
  6. Peaky Blinders: What was the Aftermath?

    Published: 12/17/2021
  7. How the Black Country changed the British home

    Published: 11/11/2021
  8. Post-war prosperity and racial tension

    Published: 11/11/2021
  9. The Black Country – The golden years 1945-1968

    Published: 11/1/2021
  10. Widows: Poverty, Power and Politics

    Published: 10/20/2021
  11. Powick Mental Hospital - untold stories from the First World War

    Published: 6/29/2021
  12. The Chamberlain Dynasty - A family who shaped British political history

    Published: 6/28/2021
  13. ‘O Brave New World?’ Shakespeare, Birmingham and America - Podcast Two

    Published: 12/3/2020
  14. ‘O Brave New World?’ Shakespeare, Birmingham and America - Podcast One

    Published: 12/3/2020
  15. The Roman Series Trailer: The significance of the Roman period and its influence on the West Midlands region

    Published: 8/24/2020
  16. Britain's Pompeii - The Roman town of Wroxeter

    Published: 8/24/2020
  17. Shock and Awe: The Roman Invasion of the West Midlands

    Published: 8/24/2020
  18. Black Country women civic pioneers

    Published: 8/7/2020
  19. Worcester Moments - Politics: Electoral fraud - Programme 3

    Published: 3/3/2020
  20. Worcester Moments - The Battles of Worcester 1651 - Programme 2

    Published: 3/3/2020

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HWM On Air - the audio channel of History West Midlands – tells the enthralling stories of the people who shaped the heart of England and the world beyond. These programmes introduce you to fascinating people and events - from Anglo Saxon warrior kings; to radical thinkers driving forward the Industrial Revolution; and, the great political orators of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the historic counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Let us take you on a journey onto battlefields; into cathedrals; and, through the forests where Shakespeare walked as well as those cradles of modern industry Birmingham. Stoke-on-Trent and the Ironbridge Gorge.