Georgian Courtship (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner is joined by guests Dr Sally Holloway and comedian Cariad Lloyd in the long 18th Century to explore Georgian love and courtship.
Forget Bridgerton and Jane Austen – this is a historical how-to guide to finding a spouse in Georgian England. This episode takes you through a typical courtship in the era, from where to meet a potential partner, what gifts to buy them, and how much involvement your parents might have in the whole affair. This was a time when penning a love letter was a serious commitment, whilst sweets and spoons were considered flirtations of the highest order!
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Hosted by: Greg Jenner Research by: Bethan Davies Written and produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Executive editor: Philip Sellars
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| 0:00.0 | Why would anyone want to steal a toilet? |
| 0:05.0 | If they think they can get away with it, they'll get away with it. |
| 0:08.0 | But this isn't any old toilet. |
| 0:11.0 | This is a solid gold toilet, worth nearly five million pounds, stolen from a palace. |
| 0:17.0 | A solid gold toilet has been stolen. |
| 0:20.0 | Police are trying to flush the robbers out. |
| 0:23.0 | It's a tale of security failures, ruthless robbers and missing millions. |
| 0:27.7 | Crime next door, the golden toilet heist. |
| 0:30.4 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.1 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello, and welcome to You're Dead to Me, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.2 | Hello and welcome to You're Dead to Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously. |
| 0:44.2 | My name is Greg Jenner. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster. |
| 0:47.9 | And today we are channeling our inner Colin Firth's and emerging soaking wet from the Lake of history to bring you a special guide to love |
| 0:55.6 | and courtship in Georgian Britain. And to help us navigate this topic with sense and sensibility, |
| 1:01.1 | we have two very special guests. In History Corner, she's a Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow in |
| 1:06.0 | History and History of Art at Oxford Brooks University, where she studies the history of gender and |
| 1:10.4 | emotions in 18th and 19th century Britain. Indeed, she's the author of the Game of Love in Georgia and |
| 1:15.9 | England, courtship, emotions and material culture. Perfect for us is Dr Sally Holloway. Welcome, Sally. |
| 1:21.2 | Thank you very much. I'm happy to be here. Delighted to have you here. And in Comedy Corner, she's a comedian, actor, improviser, author and podcaster, a quintuple threat. |
| 1:30.1 | You'll know her from the award-winning podcast Griefcast, which is now a beautiful book, |
| 1:33.8 | and you'll have seen her on all the telly, including Kevin News for you, |
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