episodes
A wide range from Tudors to present day. Basically anywhere a story has got stuck in our collective memory but looks, to us, like it would benefit from a re-visit. But you’ll have to be patient with us. These fresh reinterpretations take time to research, argue and record.
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We broadcast this celebration of our 60th episode of well-researched reinterpretations of history using the latest academic research but brought to you in an accessible format.
We’ve broadcast over 80 episodes to date and are just starting a new series of 10 episodes called Trading with the Nazis, investigating how Hitler was able to afford his mechanised war after Germany lost WWI.
Shakespeare: reading the minds of poor Londoners
What do Shakepeare’s plays tell us about the preoccupations of the ordinary people of London? The tailors, carters, seamstresses, apprentices, lace-makers and ‘the lewdest persons in the land’ who took the afternoon off and paid a penny to stand for a couple of hours – not only to be entertained but also to be challenged and validated. [Five episodes]