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54. The Pitchfork Rebellion, Somerset.
Season 1 Episode 54
In this podcast we’re landing in Lyme Regis with a swashbuckling Duke who is determined to be the King.
Charles II’s eldest illegitimate son, James Sc…
4 years, 7 months ago
53. Civil War! Lansdown Hill, Bath.
Season 1 Episode 53
In this podcast we’re travelling the sharp end of a war which ripped the British Isles apart.
King Charles I went head to head with increasingly bold …
4 years, 7 months ago
52. Civil War Coming! Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Season 1 Episode 52
In this podcast we’re teetering on the brink of a war that would rip the three kingdoms apart.
In what is one of the most significant moments in Scot…
4 years, 7 months ago
51. White Slavery, Dunashad Castle
Season 1 Episode 51
In this podcast we’re prowling the beautiful coves and bays of the Irish coast with Barberry Corsairs.
On a dark night in 1631 a notorious Dutch pirat…
4 years, 7 months ago
50. Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre, London
Season 1 Episode 50
In this podcast Neil takes us to a place where all our modern senses and sterile sensibilities are thrown into shock. London at the turn of the C17th…
4 years, 8 months ago
49. Hampton Court Palace
Season 1 Episode 49
In this podcast Neil takes us with him, setting foot into a building whose history is inextricably woven into the story of the British Isles.
A landma…
4 years, 8 months ago
48. The Spanish Armada, the Giant’s Causeway
Season 1 Episode 48
This week we’re witnessing the final destructive crescendo that put paid to a powerful, but ill-fated invasion fleet bent on conquering England. Quee…
4 years, 8 months ago
47. Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada
Season 1 Episode 47
This week Neil takes us along an Elizabethan jetty to hear one of history’s great speeches.
In 1588, as Sir Francis Drake sailed to meet the mighty Sp…
4 years, 8 months ago
46. Francis Drake and the Golden Hind, Aldeburgh
Season 1 Episode 46
This week Neil is taking us aboard the Golden Hind, a legendary ship that sailed around the world and into history.
In 16th century Aldeburgh, which w…
4 years, 9 months ago
45. The Battle of Flodden, Northumberland
Season 1 Episode 45
This week Neil marches with us across the wild beauty of Northumberland to a battleground
that broke Scotland’s heart.
In 1513 Margaret Tudor watched …
4 years, 9 months ago