• Ghosts of Hampton Court Palace
    Nov 7 2024

    The ghost of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, screaming down a corridor. A nursemaid's spinning wheel clicking in the walls. Robed Tudor figures slamming open fire exits. A noisy group of ghosts haunt Hampton Court Palace.


    Tracy Borman, Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, joins Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney to guide them through the spectres of Hampton Court.


    Edited by Tomos Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    43 mins
  • Titanic: The Final Hours (Part 2)
    Nov 4 2024

    Part 2/2. Iceberg, panic and lives changed forever. Loss, survival, and myth-making. Today is part two of the most famous maritime disaster in history.


    Maddy Pelling takes Anthony Delaney through the tragic sinking of Titanic, from the fateful moment the iceberg is spotted through to what the wreck means today for people around the world.


    Special thanks to our guest Marnie Wood a cultural historian and a producer on Titanic: In Colour.


    Voice acting by Lucy Davidson and Stephen Ventura.


    Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick and Charlotte Long.


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    48 mins
  • The King's Witch Trial: North Berwick Witches
    Oct 31 2024

    Maddy and Anthony have a new TV documentary out all about King James VI of Scotland's witch hunts, available on History Hit TV.


    When James VI of Scotland's new wife, Anne of Denmark, is almost lost in a storm at sea he thinks he knows who is to blame. Witches. The King personally leads the investigation that follows, coming face-to-face with at least one of the accused, Agnes Sampson. What on earth is going on here?


    Anthony and Maddy are joined by Dr Louise Yeoman, historian of witchcraft and radio producer for BBC Scotland who latest series is House of the Lion.


    Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    34 mins
  • Titanic: The Doomed Ship (Part 1)
    Oct 28 2024

    Part 1/2. Come on board the White Star Line's latest marvel, the splendour of the sea, the Titanic. Today we begin the story of the most ill-fated voyage in history.


    Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story this week with special thanks to our guest Marnie Wood a cultural historian and a producer on Titanic: In Colour.


    Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    43 mins
  • Irish Origins of Halloween
    Oct 24 2024

    Pumpkins, trick or treating and ghost stories are what we associate with Halloween, but what about turnips, fairies and a fortune-telling cake? Anthony and Maddy are joined by historian Dan Snow, and host of sister podcast Dan Snow’s History Hit. They go in search of the origins of Halloween, rooted on the island of Ireland, in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when the harvest ends and winter looms.


    The trio try Barmbrack cake, a fruit loaf filled with charms that foretell the fate of the consumer, and Dan speaks to food historian Dr Regina Sexton about the traditional

    Samhain practices that inform our present Halloween customs. Meanwhile, Maddy and Anthony discover the historic Irish folklore of the ‘three worlds’, and the ghouls and fairies that occupy them, with Dr Kelly Fitzgerald. You can discover more at Ireland.com/homeofhalloween


    Produced by Charlotte Long, Mariana Des Forges, Freddy Chick, edited by Tom Delargy, Dougal Patmore and the production coordinators were Beth Donaldson and Peta Stamper.

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    49 mins
  • Execution of Lady Jane Grey
    Oct 21 2024

    This Tudor's story is intense and tragic. She's known as Lady Jane Grey but we ought to change that to 'Queen Jane'. That's who she was, even though she didn't want it, and it cost her her life in the end. Hear how Jane Grey became Queen Jane and how the shortest reign in English history ended in execution.


    Our guest is Dr Tracy Borman who has a documentary on Channel 5 about Queen Jane and whose latest book is Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History.


    Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    40 mins
  • Final Days of Anne Boleyn
    Oct 17 2024

    Today we’re exploring the grim and heroic final days of the Anne Boleyn, the thousand day queen.


    We are joined by the one-and-only Dr Tracy Borman who bestselling book on this topic is Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History.


    Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    37 mins
  • Ménage à Murder: 1920s Love Triangle Killers
    Oct 14 2024

    Edith Thompson was the model 1920's flapper girl. Her husband Percy was more suburban. When young Freddy Bywater entered the marriage home, things became deadly.


    This week Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story of a murder case that gripped the nation.


    Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited and Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.


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    49 mins