WRITTEN BY:
Dave Cohen, Gerard Foster, Greg Jenner, Giles Pilbrow, Laurence Rickard and Ben Ward
ORIGINAL AIRDATE:
25 June 2013
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Plague victim finder recruitment comes with some built-in occupational hazards
Charles II’s attempt to discourage anti-government plotters leads to some difficulty in securing a hot beverage (parody of Starbucks)
Wonders of the Roman Universe: A ‘handsome scientist’ extols the Roman Universe
The Battle of Drepanum hinges on the fate of a sacred–and not incidentally seasick–chicken
The experts of “Middle Ages Antiques Roadshow” assess the value of a well-travelled lump of medicinal metal (parody of Antiques Roadshow)
Creating your own miracles is easy with the Middle Ages Magic Set (advertisement)
Lord Stanley literally waits to the last minute to decide who to fight for at the Battle of Bosworth Field
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Historical Wife Swap: Pharaoh Rameses II and Queen Nefertari swap with a peasant family
Thomas Edison makes an essential–if rather surprising–improvement to the new telephone
Photographic Monthly Chronicle: Pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot shares his tips for a great photo, including neck irons; post-mortem photography, the latest craze in remembering the dead
Words We Get From The: Stone Age
A cave couple are hopeful of a more permanent home in “A Historical Place in the Sun” (parody of A Place in the Sun)
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Terrible Tudors: “Henry VII: The Original Tu-Tu-Tudor” (glam rock parody).
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