300 years of British Prime Ministers: Part 1

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 4 April 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We're heading back to the Eighteenth century as 300 years ago Sir Robert Walpole became the first prime minister. In this first episode of our Prime Minister's season, Dan is Joined by Dr Hannah Grieg for a whirlwind tour of the eighteenth century's many Prime Ministers. From Sir Robert Walpole through William Pitt the younger through to Lord Liverpool they discuss the creation of the office, prime ministerial control of the House of Commons, conflicts with the king and how politics has changed from continuity to constant change.

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0:00.0	Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all.
0:02.6	Otto?
0:03.3	Otto?
0:04.0	O-T-T-O.
0:05.2	You don't hear that name very often, I do.
0:07.4	He's a man who gets easily annoyed.
0:09.3	What are you doing?
0:10.2	Parallel parking. Parallel the Wattee.
0:12.4	Has had enough.
0:13.4	Are you always his unfriendly?
0:15.4	I am not unfriendly.
0:16.6	OK, you're like a warm cuddle.
0:18.2	But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place.
0:21.4	I'm not sure about this.
0:23.6	He's going to be very fun.
0:25.2	A man called Otto, only in cinemas now.
0:30.2	MUSIC
0:33.0	Hi, everybody. Welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit.
0:36.4	This is one of my favorite subjects on this podcast day.
0:39.0	We are returning to the 18th century.
0:41.2	The best century, folks.
0:42.7	The best century.
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