4.7 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Hosted by Greg Jenner.
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0:00.0 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, so I'd like to tell you where you'll find more just like it. |
0:05.5 | I'm Izzy Lee Poulton, an assistant commissioner for BBC Sounds, which means I'm involved in the whole podcast making process. |
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0:48.7 | Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio Comedy Podcast that takes history seriously. |
0:52.2 | My name is Greg Jenner. I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. |
0:55.4 | And today we are channeling our inner Colin Firth's, |
0:57.9 | and emerging soaking wet from the Lake of History to bring you a special Valentine's Day guide to love and courtship in Georgian Britain. |
1:04.0 | And to help us navigate this topic with sense and sensibility, |
1:07.1 | we have two very special guests. |
1:09.5 | In History Corner, she's a Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in History and History of Art at Oxford |
1:14.4 | Brooks University, where she studies the history of gender and emotions in 18th and 19th century |
1:18.6 | Britain. |
1:19.5 | Indeed, she's the author of The Game of Love in Georgian England, courtship, emotions and material |
1:24.2 | culture. |
1:24.8 | Perfect for us is Dr Sally Holloway. |
1:26.7 | Welcome, Sally. |
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