Reporting History

ITV News journalists join Tom Bradby to revisit their reports from the most remarkable days in history - and reveal the drama that occurred off camera.

Reporting History is a history podcast hosted by ITV News, with 7 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

ITV News hosts Reporting History, a history show with 7 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Paul Davies on being trapped in a dramatic TV station siege during the Romanian revolution

  Apr 10, 202630 minS1

  <p>Former ITN Correspondent Paul Davies describes how he brought Romania's revolution to the world in Christmas 1989 amid a dramatic siege on a TV station.</p><p>Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was overthrown after his latest violent crackdown of protestors had led hundreds of thousands to the streets of Bucharest. His brutal 24 year rule had been defined by suppressing civil liberties, leaving much of the country in poverty. Over a thousand were killed in the days of fighting that followed, in what became Europe's bloodiest anti-communist uprising.</p><p>Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom B...

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  Episode #5

  Steve Scott describes travelling with Diana on iconic landmine trip

  Apr 1, 202625 minS1

  <p>ITV News journalist Steve Scott recalls his time with Princess Diana on her trip to Angola, where she walked through a live minefield and brought the world's attention to the lasting impact of war on civilians.</p><p>In the wake of her divorce from the then-Prince Charles, the January 1997 trip was intended to mark the beginning of a new humanitarian phase of her life but was tragically followed by her death in Paris just seven months later.</p><p>Steve Scott spent more time with Diana than any other journalist on the trip, and was struck by her...

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  Episode #4

  Emma Murphy relives terrifying encounter with shotgun killer Raoul Moat

  Mar 27, 202631 minS1

  <p>This episode contains some distressing details and references to suicide.</p><p>ITV News journalist Emma Murphy relives her nerve-wracking encounter with the armed and dangerous Raoul Moat during the UK’s largest manhunt, in this episode of Reporting History.</p><p>In the summer of 2010 the former Gateshead bouncer was on the run in Rothbury, Northumberland and threatening to kill police, journalists and the public - following a shooting spree that killed one man and injured two others, including his ex-partner.</p><p>Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby to revisit their remarkable re...

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  Episode #3

  John Ray recounts his escape from being a hostage in Gaddafi's 'last jail'

  Mar 20, 202634 minS1

  <p>War correspondent John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to capture the dramatic fall of Colonel Gaddafi in the Arab Spring.</p><p>Instead he became captured himself: held hostage by the Libyan dictator’s regime forces in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli - before a daring escape.</p><p>For the first time, John revisits the death-defying reporting alongside rebel forces on the road to the Libyan capital before describing his hellish hostage experience and how he and his team eventually fled their armed captors.</p><p>Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby to...

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  Episode #2

  Nina Nannar describes covering the most shocking Oscars moments

  Mar 13, 202632 minS1

  <p>Arts Editor Nina Nannar has covered countless Oscars ceremonies - and has been on the frontline of its most shocking moments and biggest controversies.</p><p>Before she set off to LA for the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony, she sat down with Tom Bradby to reflect on the various cultural earthquakes that have rippled out from Hollywood - and how they unfolded behind-the-scenes at the Oscars.</p><p>She relives the ultimate 'where were you when' moment - the Will Smith-Chris Rock slap incident - and how the world's media reacted. And she reveals what Will Smith was really like...

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