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Wheelhouse has teamed with Goalhanger, the UK’s largest independent podcast production company, to bring its chart-topping podcast The Rest Is History to television.
Wheelhouse, whose numerous content labels produce series such as Max’s Smartless: On the Road, Netflix’s The Menendez Brothers and King of Collectibles, and Hulu’s upcoming Got to Get Out, will collaborate with Goalhanger to develop unscripted projects based on The Rest Is History and the hit podcast’s growing library (600-plus episodes).
The deal was orchestrated by Wheelhouse EVP of Business Development Fanny Baudry, who also serves as managing director of the company’s digital and audio division (DNA), Wheelhouse EVP of Development Kate Collier and Goalhanger Co-Founder Tony Pastor. Baudry and Collier will oversee the partnership for Wheelhouse. The deal was negotiated by WME (William Morris Endeavor), which represents both Wheelhouse and Goalhanger.
Hosted by lauded British historians-turned-pop-culture-sensations Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, The Rest Is History has been anointed “the world’s most popular history podcast” – garnering more than 12 million downloads per month and averaging two million monthly YouTube views – with a devout Gen-Z and Millennial audience (seven out of every 10 listeners are under 40), as well as passionate high-profile fans such as Conan O'Brien, Rachel Maddow, Bob Iger and Nick Cave. Launched in 2020, The Rest Is History has become Britain’s most subscribed-to podcast, consistently ranking among the top charts globally and frequently topping the U.S. history podcast charts.
The Rest Is History is a twice-weekly podcast that offers in-depth explorations of a wide range of historical events, people and topics – from the rise of the Nazis to the fall of the Aztecs, to debunking Hollywood myths about the Titanic and examining the lives and deaths of legendary figures like Julius Caesar and John F. Kennedy. With irreverent humor, world-class expertise, a variety of accents and the occasional impromptu reenactment, the hosts deliver captivating and easily digestible 50-minute episodes, making history so entertaining that listeners may not even realize how much they’re learning.
The Rest Is History’s success has also resulted in two best-selling spinoff books and in 2024, Holland and Sandbrook embarked on a completely sold out, live podcast tour across the UK and U.S.
Brent Montgomery, CEO of Wheelhouse and creator of Pawn Stars, said, “The Rest is History is a unicorn. The podcast's global popularity, propelled by Tom and Dominic's rapport, dynamic and ridiculous knowledge and expertise, has paved the way for best-selling books and sold-out live tours across the UK and the U.S. This partnership fits squarely into our strategy of being a bridge between the creator economy and legacy media and we’re excited to work with Goalhanger to bring this incredible brand to yet another medium.”
The Rest Is History Hosts Holland and Sandbrook said, “We couldn’t be more excited at the thought of bringing The Rest Is History to TV — who wouldn’t want to see Julius Caesar’s toga or Winston Churchill’s cigar in glorious 4K? Our show has always been about making history accessible, intelligent and entertaining, and we’re thrilled at the chance to bring our favourite stories to life on screen. This partnership with Wheelhouse will allow us to make history unforgettable for a whole new audience, showcasing all the best elements that make our podcast so enjoyable – both for us and for audiences all over the world.”
Pastor added, “The global success of The Rest Is History proves there's a strong demand for entertaining and intelligent storytelling, dispelling the myth that younger audiences only want short-form content. Watching audiences respond to Tom and Dominic during their recent U.S. tour confirmed they are truly the rockstars of history. We're thrilled to partner with Wheelhouse, who deeply understand the show's unique dynamic. Together, we aim to introduce the show to new audiences who love history and enjoy it with the most engaging historians around.”
About Wheelhouse
Wheelhouse is an entertainment, talent and investing platform founded in 2018 by entrepreneur Brent Montgomery. The multi-faceted business encompasses Wheelhouse Entertainment (which includes prodcos Spoke Studios, Campfire, Butternut, Wheelhouse UK and Twist, as well as physical production partnerships, including with Chef David Chang’s Majordomo Media and NBA star Anthony Edwards’ Three Fifths Media); creator and digital division Wheelhouse DNA; marketing arm Wheelhouse Labs; talent management company Additive Creative Partners; and the newly launched Wheelhouse Sports. The company maintains operations in NYC, Los Angeles, Stamford, CT, and London.
About Goalhanger
Goalhanger is the UK’s largest independent podcast production company, and we generate tens of millions of listens from around the globe each month. We produce a variety of popular podcasts, including The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics, Leading, The Rest Is Football, The Rest Is Entertainment, The Rest Is Money, Sherlock & Co., The Rest Is Classified, Empire, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, and Battleground. Our diverse lineup covers history, politics, current affairs, entertainment and sports. For more info, head here: https://www.goalhanger.com/
Tom Holland Bio
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, biographer and broadcaster. He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire, his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League’s Runciman Award in 2006; Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom, a panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic year 1000; In the Shadow of the Sword, which covers the collapse of Roman and Persian power in the Near East, and the emergence of Islam; and Dynasty, a portrait of Rome’s first imperial dynasty.
Dominion, which tells the epic story of how those in the West came to be what they are, and why they think the way they do. And, Pax, the definitive history of Rome’s golden age – antiquity’s ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatness. He has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC. His translation of Herodotus was published in 2013 by Penguin Classics. His biography of Æthelstan, the first King of England, was published in 2016 under the Penguin Monarchs series, and his biography of Æthelflæd, England’s Forgotten Founder, was a Ladybird Expert Book published in 2019. In 2007, he was the winner of the Classical Association prize, awarded to ‘the individual who has done most to promote the study of the language, literature and civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome’. Holland is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Making History. He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries, for the BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from ISIS to dinosaurs. He is also co-presenter of the top 10 podcast, The Rest is History. He served two years as the Chair of the Society of Authors and is Chair of the British Library’s PLR Advisory Committee.
Dominic Sandbrook Bio
Dominic Sandbrook is a historian, broadcaster and columnist. He is known for his best-selling series of books on life in post-war Britain- Never Had It So Good, White Heat, State of Emergency and Seasons in the Sun, The Great British Dream Factory and Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979-1982– He has also written two books on recent American history, Eugene McCarthy and Mad as Hell and a six book series called Adventures in Time for younger readers. Dominic has written and presented several series for television including the four-part series The 70s and The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook for BBC Two, Dominic has presented a number of other series including, Tomorrow’s Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction, a three-part series, Strange Days; Cold War Britain and a four-part series, Let Us Entertain You, in which he explored the extraordinary success of British popular culture over the last century all on BBC Two.
He also presented a documentary about the German car industry’s successes, Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us for the channel. Dominic co-presents the world’s most popular history podcast, The Rest is History, which has tens of thousands of subscribers and more than 100 million downloads. He has presented live history shows to sell-out audiences in New York, Washington, Dublin, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, as well as venues across Britain, including the West End. He has been a book critic for the Sunday Times for almost twenty years, and joined The Times as a columnist in 2023. He wrote a column in BBC History for more than a decade and was previously a columnist for the Evening Standard, the New Statesman and the Daily Mail. Marking their 25th anniversary in 2007, Waterstones picked him as one of their 25 Authors for the Future. Dominic was nominated as Critic of the Year in the National Press Awards for 2018, and as Comment Journalist of the Year in the British Journalism Awards for 2021. Dominic was born in Shropshire and educated at Malvern College before studying at Balliol College, Oxford, the University of St Andrews and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was formerly a history lecturer at Sheffield and senior fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is also a fervent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan.
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