Episodes

  • WeTwo - Dwayne and Phoebe A Life of Adventure

    WeTwo - Dwayne and Phoebe A Life of Adventure
    Jun 21 2024
    In this episode Tom and new co-host Georgina Brown talk to adventurers Dwayne Fields, the first black Briton to reach the North Pole and Phoebe Smith, founders of the WeTwo Foundation which empowers underprivileged young people through life-changing adventures, a cause which very much appealed to Wilbur

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    59 mins
  • Peter Watt - The Australian Wilbur Smith

    Peter Watt - The Australian Wilbur Smith
    Jun 7 2024
    In this episode Tom and Chris talk to Australian author Peter Watt about his incredibly adventurous life, his life-changing encounters with Wilbur and how Wilbur inspired him to become a best selling author - the Australian Wilbur Smith

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    49 mins
  • The Dangerous Episode with Conn Iggulden

    The Dangerous Episode with Conn Iggulden
    May 24 2024
    In this special episode Tom and author Conn Iggulden discuss the power of historical fiction and the influence Wilbur Smith has had on Conn himself and generations of adventure and historical fiction writers

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    58 mins
  • The East India Company with Professor David Howarth

    The East India Company with Professor David Howarth
    Apr 26 2024
    In this episode Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor David Howarth, author of ‘Adventurers The Improbable Rise of the East India Company’ ; to discuss the surprisingly humble and chaotic Tudor origins of the most celebrated and powerful global entity in history.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Indian Ocean Slave Trade with Professor Bernard Freamon

    The Indian Ocean Slave Trade with Professor Bernard Freamon
    Apr 12 2024
    In Episode 3 of That Wilbur Smith Show Tom and Christopher are joined by Professor Bernard Freamon, the world’s leading authority on the Indian Ocean Slave Trade, to explore this elusive, yet fascinating subject of which little is known and which is rarely discussed.

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    59 mins
  • That Wilbur Smith Show Highlights So Far

    That Wilbur Smith Show Highlights So Far
    Mar 29 2024
    Tom and Christopher look back on memorable moments from the first series, recalling some of the illuminating facts and insights they elicited from their special guests, including Egyptologist Joanne Fletcher, historian Saul David, writer of both fiction and nonfiction about the Zulu wars, Zambezi expert Marlyn Newitt, who sounds the alarm about the Victoria Falls drying up, Joost Fonteyn on the mysteries of the Great Zimbabwe, Civil Rights campaigner Adam Hochschild on the Abolition of Slavery and our remarkable adventurer, polar explorer Felicity Aston

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    52 mins
  • Felicity Aston - polar explorer and real-life hero

    Felicity Aston - polar explorer and real-life hero
    Mar 8 2024

    For the first episode of a new series of That Wilbur Smith Show, and in honour of International Women’s Day, Tom and Christopher talk to a real life hero who might have stepped out of the pages of a Wilbur Smith book, Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone!


    Felicity's website : http://www.felicityaston.co.uk/



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    1 hr and 1 min
  • That Wilbur Smith Show : Series Two Trailer two

    That Wilbur Smith Show : Series Two Trailer two
    Mar 1 2024

    Historian Tom Harper and author Christopher Winn explore the exhilarating world of legendary adventure writer Wilbur Smith with special guest and real life hero Felicity Aston, polar explorer and the first woman to ski across Antarctica alone.




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    1 min