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Crime & punishment in Britain: everything you wanted to know

HistoryExtra podcast

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History

4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Who maintained law and order before the police? When did Britain ban capital punishment – and why? And what are some of the weirdest punishments doled out through history? Historian of crime Nell Darby answers listener questions on crime and punishment through history. Speaking to Rachel Dinning, she discusses subjects ranging from the origins of the police to the history of prisons and the death penalty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.3

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:31.0

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Reveal.

0:52.3

I'm Ellie Cawthorne.

0:56.6

Who maintained law and order before the police?

1:00.1

When did Britain outlaw capital punishment?

1:02.6

And why?

1:03.7

And what are some of the weirdest punishments doled out through history?

1:07.7

In our latest Everything You Wanted to Know episode,

1:14.0

historian Dr. Nell Darby answers your top questions on crime and punishment throughout British history. Nell was joined in conversation

1:20.5

by Rachel Dining. So before we get started on some questions submitted by our listeners,

1:29.8

I was wondering if you could just briefly introduce yourself as well as your areas of expertise. I'm Nell Darby. I'm a crime

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