WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Susie Donkin, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
31 May 2011
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A raiding party can either overcome a series of incredibly dangerous obstacles to get into a castle–or they can do it the hard way
The siege forecast
Historical Masterchef: Whale phlegm is on the menu on
A dinner party is made awkward by Walter Raleigh’s severed head
Stupid Deaths: Greek boxer
Words We Get From The: Greeks
Historical Pet Shop: Smuggling lace in a goose’s crop
Inventor John Joseph Merlin belatedly discovers a few key design flaws while filming an advertisement for the first practical roller skates
HHTV News: Mike Peabody live from the Battle of Maldon
Monk Magazine: All the ‘modern’ monk needs to know
Opening the first public toilet in more ways than one
The strange story behind the establishment of Alfred Nobel’s Peace Prize
The Monarch’s Song
SONG:
The Monarchs’ Song
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