Dan Snow

Russell Howard’s Five Brilliant Things

Avalon

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.5 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Fascinating, delightful company. That’s what Historian Dan Snow is. I suppose the skill of any historian worth their salt is to use that historical knowledge and make it relevant today, and this endlessly interesting podcast does exactly that. Dan’s passions go way beyond history, drawing in sailing tall ships, democracy and most importantly of all, his greatest passion beyond all other things: GHERKINS. 📖 Dan’s treatment of history is available to us all through History Hit: A series of podcasts and documentaries about all different periods of history, arranged into clever and neat topics and original angles. You can explore the whole catalogue through that link, or you can search for ‘History Hit’ on your podcast app to find all the many channels they run. This writer listens to them. It’s good stuff. 📖 🎟️ The Good Ship Russell Howard has set sail! Russell’s brand new tour show ‘Don’t Tell The Algorithm’ is starting its grand journey across the UK: Don’t miss this fantastic show of all brand-new material. Find out more at https://www.russell-howard.co.uk 🎟️ And here we are. At the end of the history of this particular blurb. We have seen empires (sentences) rise and fall yet we have endured like some kind of literary Roman Empire. But we all know how that ended. 😬 Producer: Dan Atkinson Line Producer: Daisy Knight Exec Producer: James Taylor Composer: Fat Lady Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you for?
0:10.0	Good night.
0:11.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:12.0	Have you to get the six minutes, please?
0:13.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.
0:23.6	Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.
0:28.6	The weight is over. Last One Laughing is back, and it's even more brutal than last time.
0:35.6	Share your biggest regrets.
0:37.6	I don't regret this haircut. What did you ask for, the Shaggy Slim Shady? Joining us this series, we have. Romish Wrenka Nathan, Diane Morgan, David Mitchell, Mel Gedroich, Amy Gledhill, Alan Carr, Bemi Sola, Icku Mello, Sam Campbell, Maisie Adam, and Bob Mortimer. Anyone want a song? No. Last One Laughing, new series, watch now,
0:57.6	only on Prime Video.
1:04.1	Hello, welcome to Five Brilliant Things where I sit down with fascinating people to talk about the things they love.
1:14.1	My guest today is Dan Snow, the historian, presenter and host of the history hit podcast.
1:19.3	It's a lot of fun.
1:20.4	Oh my God.
1:21.3	The first time I met the guy, very charming, very knowledgeable.
1:25.7	Just a, I mean, he'd be an amazing dinner party guest, wouldn't he?
1:29.3	He would eat all the gherkins.
1:31.3	He would eat all of the gherkins.
1:33.3	My favourite bit of the show was probably when we were trying to figure out the lessons we can learn from history
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