Black Georgian England

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Host Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Gretchen Gerzina and special guest Kwame Asante in Georgian England as they meet some of the leading figures of Black History. With communities thriving in London and the port cities of England, we take a look at some of the amazing life stories of the time. From writers, musicians, sailors, heirs and heiresses, we examine how vital their work was in preserving the lived experience of Black people in Georgian England.

You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4 Research by Genevieve Johnson Written by Emma Nagouse, Genevieve Johnson, Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner. Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Abi Paterson

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:06.0	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history
0:09.9	seriously.
0:10.9	My name is Greg Jenner, I am a public historian author and broadcaster and I was the chief
0:14.7	nerd on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
0:17.4	And today we are journeying back a couple of centuries to learn all about England's
0:20.9	Black History in the 1700s and early 1800s.
0:25.0	And to help me explore this fascinating story I am joined by two very special guests.
0:29.8	In History Corner she is the Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English
0:34.4	at University of Massachusetts Amherst in the USA and it is an expert on the history of
0:39.3	Black people in Britain.
0:41.1	She presented the BBC Radio 4 series Britain's Black Past as written and edited several important
0:45.9	books including an absolute classic, Black England which is very soon to be reissued
0:50.9	as Black England a forgotten Georgian history.
0:53.6	You'll of course know her from our Mary C. Cole episode it's Professor Gretchen Gersino,
0:57.8	welcome Gretchen.
0:58.8	Hello Greg nice to be here again.
1:00.8	A delighted to have you back.
1:02.8	And in Comedy Corner he is a rising star in not one but two notoriously difficult jobs.
1:07.5	He is an award-winning comedian who was also nominated for the prestigious Best New
1:11.1	Come a Prize at the Edinburgh French Festival.
1:13.5	You may have heard him on James A. Castor's Perfect Sounds podcast or hosting BBC Sound
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