What Tom Holland has said about The Great Game
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on The Great Game once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland argues that British fears of a Russian invasion of India were ludicrous at the time.
“At this point, it's a ludicrous thing to be worrying about. The Russians have no, you know, they're in no position to invade India”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 55:31
Episodes
721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Nov 9, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a series on the Charge of the Light Brigade, profiling Lords Cardigan and Lucan and tracing the Crimean War's origins.
Others on The Great Game
- Dominic Sandbrook · 1 quote
Tom Holland on other topics
- Samurai · 9 quotes
- Odyssey · 7 quotes
- Slavery in the United States · 7 quotes
- Crimean War · 4 quotes
- Charge of the Light Brigade · 4 quotes
- Fall of Maximilien Robespierre · 4 quotes
- Habsburg monarchy · 4 quotes
- Jefferson–Hemings controversy · 4 quotes