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Elizabethan Boy Actresses
Episode 519
Why were Shakespeare’s greatest heroines played by teenage boys? How did they learn their craft? On the Elizabethan stage, highly trained young men p…
1 month ago
When the Spanish Armada Reached Ireland
Episode 518
What happens when a fleeing armada meets an unforgiving coast? Shipwreck, slaughter and survival collide as Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Michael B…
1 month, 1 week ago
Henry Wotton: Outlaw and Royal Spy
Episode 517
Assassination plots, Venetian stand‑offs and a diplomat in disguise: how did one maverick change the course of history?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb an…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Rise and Fall of Pirate Captain Kidd
Episode 516
Was Captain William Kidd a ruthless pirate or a pawn in a royal gamble gone wrong? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Debbie Kilroy trace his meteoric …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Plantagenet vs. Tudor: Who was the Rightful King?
Episode 515
Who had a stronger claim to the English throne than Henry VII? When Henry Tudor took the crown on the battlefield at Bosworth, his hereditary claim …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Tudor True Crime: The First Female Serial Killer?
Episode 514
Was there really a 17th century Italian woman who helped hundreds of wives murder their husbands, or is her story a myth born of fear and gossip?
Prof…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Plots against Elizabeth I
Episode 513
Who wanted Elizabeth I dead, and how close did they come to removing her? Who were the conspirators and rebels who plotted to put Mary, Queen of Sco…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Colonial Women of the Americas
Episode 512
Warning: This episode contains references to sexual abuse
What became of the women whose worlds collapsed when the Spanish arrived in Mesoamerica? Pro…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Regime Change: From Stuart to Hanover
Episode 511
Who would rule Britain after the childless Queen Anne died in 1714? Why was a distant German Protestant dynasty chosen over closer claimants to the t…
2 months ago
Henry VII: Reign of Jeopardy
Episode 510
Was Henry Tudor a tyrant obsessed with control, or a visionary who created peace and prosperity? How did a penniless exile with a tenuous claim to th…
2 months ago