THE BEARDY HISTORIAN – Tony McMahon – as seen on TV!
Contact: tonymcmahon@rostraconsulting.org
Join me on YouTube: @tonymcmahon_historybear
Over the last decade I’ve been a presenter and on-screen contributor on several primetime multi-season documentary series. My approach is to make a vast range of topics engaging and inspiring for mass audiences around the world. I’m an investigative historian, journalist, and storyteller comfortable filming on location or in the studio. Topic areas I cover range from true crime to amazing incidents in history and popularising science.
In 2026, I filmed with Dr Alice Roberts in multiple locations on a quest for the Holy Grail as pictured below.
In 2025, I appeared across a mini-series with Bradley Walsh investigating the various theories about who built the Ancient Egyptian pyramids. Alongside the TV series, produced by Hearst Networks and broadcast on Sky History, I guested on specially filmed podcasts and wrote features for the Sky History website.
Here I am on Laurence Fishburne’s History’s Greatest Mysteries talking about the Knights Templar – broadcast in 2024 on History.
And I’ve just appeared in the latest season of William Shatner’s The UnXplained having already been a regular face in three seasons already.
I’m one of the four Truthseekers (Big Media/RMC) on History, now in its third season. We’ve investigated the truth behind the Nazca Lines; the secret burial site of Genghis Khan; the myth of the Bermuda Triangle; and how Easter Island became depopulated.
I’m an expert on Royal Family scandals and appeared on several seasons of Channel 5’s Secrets of the Royal Palaces – broadcast weekly at primetime on Saturdays.
With my journalistic ability to take challenging ideas and simplify them for mass audiences, I’ve been asked to appear on several popular science documentaries such as Deadly Science and Oops I Changed the World – streamed on Curiosity.
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