The Great Game
Event in History
The Great Game has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
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
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook says Britain's central strategic anxiety in the mid-19th century was Russian expansion across Asia threatening India.
“the great anxiety in mid-century Britain is about India. And it's about the enormously rapid expansion of Russian power across Asia”
The Rest Is History: 721. The Charge of the Light Brigade: Outbreak of The Crimean War (Part 1) (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 54:33
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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.