Bad King James VI & I

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

You might know him best as the longest reigning Scottish king, the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, the father of Charles I, or the eponymous poster of the translation of the bible into English.

But King James VI of Scotland, and I of England, had some very questionable traits and got up to shady stuff… Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets with Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller to explore why James was actually a very naughty King indeed.

You can listen to Huw and Ben’s podcast, Bad Gays, here.

*WARNING* There are adult themes and fruity language in this episode.

Senior Producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Sophie Gee. Edited and mixed by Anisha Deva.

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0:00.0	Hello Bedwixers! It's Kate Lister and this is your Fair Doos Warning.
0:05.0	Fair Doos, we are going to be covering adult themes, themes of the sexual
0:09.2	nurture, lots of swearing and it's just generally an adult bonanza.
0:14.6	So if that's just not your thing, if you don't want to hear about gay kings,
0:18.8	then just give us a swerve, no problem.
0:21.3	You might know best as the longest reigning Scottish king,
0:32.8	the king who unified, kind of unified, the English and Scottish crowns,
0:38.8	the son of Mary Queen of Scots, the father of Charles I,
0:42.8	or the eponymous poster of the translation of the Bible into English.
0:51.7	Oh dear.
0:57.6	But King James the 6th of Scotland and the 1st of England also had some questionable
1:04.4	traits and got up to some pretty shady shit, you know.
1:08.9	Today we're questioning why James may have actually been a very naughty king indeed.
1:16.0	Why do you look funny man?
1:20.2	Oh, money of course.
1:21.9	You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.
1:24.0	I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs by just turning it up and pushing it up.
1:36.5	Yes, social courtesy does make a difference.
1:39.1	Goodness, my beautiful dad.
1:40.7	Goodness, I've nothing to do with it, dear.
1:45.8	Hello and welcome back to Betwixer Shates, the history of sex,
1:50.6	scandal and society with the Kate Lister.
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