Cast51
Diane Morgan
Philomena Cunk
Ashley Jackson
Self - Imperial & Military History, Kings College London
Ruth Adams
Self - Cultural & Creative Industries, Kings College, London
Jim Al-Khalili
Self - Professor of Public Engagement in Science
Shirley J. Thompson
Self - Composer / Professor of Music, University of Westminster
Mark Lawson
Self - Cultural Commentator
Robert Peston
Self - Political Editor
Howard Goodall
Self - Composer and Music Historian
Douglas Hedley
Self - Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
Shini Somara
Self - Mechanical Engineer
Vanessa Harding
Self - London History, University of London
Ronald Hutton
Self - British History, University of Bristol
Neil Oliver
Self - Archaeologist and Historian
Laura Ashe
Self - Assoc. Prof., Medieval Literature, Oxford University
Nigel Spivey
Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics
John Man
Self - Historian / Author, The Mongol Empire
Brian Klaas
Self - Associate Professor in Global Politics
Tom Holland
Self - Historical Writer
Jessica Nelson
Self - Head of Medieval Collections, National Archives
Francis Pryor
Self - Pre-Historic Archaeology
Stephen Gunn
Self - Early Modern History, Oxford University
Kate Williams
Self - Royal Historian
Gregory Dart
Self - English, University, College, London
Emma Griffin
Self - Modern British History, UEA
Chris Packham
Self - Naturalist and Zoologist
Doron Swade
Self - Computer Historian
Jason Farries
Wilfred Owen (uncredited)
Paul Bahn
Self - Archaeologist
Irving Finkel
Self - Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Script
Eleanor Robson
Self - Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History
Joyce Tyldesley
Self - Professor of Egyptology, University of Manchester
Lyndsay Coo
Self - Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek Language and Literature
Myrto Hatzimichali
Self - Senior Lecturer in Classics (Ancient Philosophy)
Kate Cooper
Self - Professor of History Royal Holloway, University of London
Shahjadha Asghar
Jesus Christ
Ads Odedra
Crusader / Saracen
Deip Patel
Crusader / Saracen
Darryl Smith
Crusader / Saracen
Adrian Woolmer
Crusader / Saracen
Martin Andrews
Self - Printing Historian
Martin Kemp
Self - Professor Emeritus of the History of Art
Gus Casely-Hayford
Self - Director, V&A East
Sara Taglialagamba
Self - Leonardo Da Vinci Expert and Scholar, Da Vinci Museum
Kathleen Burk
Self - Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History
Catriona Seth
Self - Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature
Kieran Hodgson
B8-Hoven (voice)
John Goldup
Galileo
Jonathan Ferguson
Self - Keeper of Firearms and Artillery, Royal Armouries
Patricia Fara
Self - Historian of Science, University of Cambridge
Aleksander Kolkowski
Self - Research Associate, Science Museum, London
Anu Ojha
Self - Director, UK National Space Academy