Ranked #1
Episode 1 - Victoria and Albert’s birthdays at Osborne
Episode 1 - Victoria and Albert’s birthdays at Osborne
One of the most important anniversaries we are celebrating this year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of both Queen... Read more
4 Apr 2019
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21mins
Ranked #2
Episode 2 - Setting a date for Easter – the Synod of Whitby
Episode 2 - Setting a date for Easter – the Synod of Whitby
This week we interview senior properties historian Michael Carter to find out about Whitby Abbey’s role in setting the d... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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21mins
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#1: Discover The Wall: About the Wall
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Episode 24 - The story of a real Downton Abbey at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire
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Episode 46 - Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley at Kenilworth Castle
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Episode 36 - The rise of Mead: Toasting the world’s oldest alcoholic drink
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Once the Vikings’ drink of choice, mead now has a new and growing following who are putting a modern twist on the histor... Read more
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Episode 12 - Behind the scenes of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
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Episode 22 - The Iron Bridge and the Industrial Revolution
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On the 240th anniversary of the creation of the iconic Iron Bridge in Shropshire, we meet head collections curator Matt ... Read more
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Episode 14 - The story behind Kenilworth Castle’s Elizabethan Garden
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Ten years since our gardening team recreated the Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth Castle, we meet landscapes advisor Emi... Read more
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Episode 20 - Mary Tudor and the succession crisis at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk
Episode 20 - Mary Tudor and the succession crisis at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk
Mary Tudor and the succession crisis at Framlingham Castle in SuffolkThis week we join head historic properties curator ... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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Episode 3 - The origins of myths, legends and folklore
Episode 3 - The origins of myths, legends and folklore
This year English Heritage is celebrating the myths, legends and folklore connected to our properties, but where did the... Read more
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Episode 37 - Celebrating Christmas with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Osborne
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This week we’re joined by Osborne curator Michael Hunter to reveal how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert celebrated Chris... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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Episode 38 - A weird and wonderful history of Christmas
Episode 38 - A weird and wonderful history of Christmas
We’re in the studio with English Heritage Trustee Ronald Hutton to discuss many of the weird and wonderful Christmas tra... Read more
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Episode 45 - Unearthing Wrest Park’s Mithraic Glade and Root House
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6 Feb 2020
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Episode 23 - Enter a lost industrial world at J.W.Evans Silver Factory in Birmingham
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This week we’re in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter to discover the story of the J.W. Evans silver factory with t... Read more
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#3: Discover The Wall: Life of a Roman Soldier
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Episode 21 - Steam power at Stott Park Bobbin Mill in Cumbria
Episode 21 - Steam power at Stott Park Bobbin Mill in Cumbria
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Halloween Episode 2: The Mysteries of Audley End House
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#2: Discover The Wall: Building the Wall
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Episode 35 - Deal Castle and Henry VIII’s ‘device forts’
Episode 35 - Deal Castle and Henry VIII’s ‘device forts’
480 years since Henry VIII started building his ‘device forts’ in 1539, we travel to Deal Castle in Kent to meet senior ... Read more
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