Harriet Tubman (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Desiree Burch and historian Dr Michell Chresfield to explore the life of the American hero and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman. From a torturous childhood to surgery without anaesthetic, get ready to understand true bravery as we uncover the events which made Harriet Tubman a phenomenal force for change.
Produced by Dan Morelle Scripted by Greg Jenner Researched by Emma Nagouse Radio edit by Cornelius Mendez
A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Greg here. |
| 0:01.0 | Hope you're doing all right. |
| 0:02.4 | We are making Series 3 right now. |
| 0:04.2 | In the meantime, we've been making these radio 4 versions of the previous episode. |
| 0:08.3 | We are putting them in the feed here permanently. |
| 0:10.3 | They will be alongside the long versions. |
| 0:12.5 | So make sure you scroll down and choose which version you want. |
| 0:15.6 | So you can have the shorter, punchier, swear-free versions. |
| 0:19.0 | Or the long, rambling, sweary versions. |
| 0:21.4 | Up to you. |
| 0:22.4 | Thanks very much for listening. |
| 0:23.4 | Take care. |
| 0:24.4 | Bye. |
| 0:25.4 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:26.4 | Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, the history podcast for everyone. |
| 0:33.8 | For people who don't like history, people who do like history, and people who forgot |
| 0:37.5 | to learn any at school. |
| 0:39.1 | My name is Greg Jenner. |
| 0:40.3 | I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy |
| 0:44.8 | show Horrible History. |
| 0:46.4 | You might have heard my radio 4 series, Home School History, although that was for |
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