History Extra podcast - July 2008

HistoryExtra podcast

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🗓️ 1 July 2008

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Code-breaker Jerry Roberts recalls his work at Bletchley Park in the Second World War, David Musgrove interviews a panel of historians about the latest research on the Bayeux Tapestry, Professor Tim Blanning takes our Time Machine to 1876 for a night at the opera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	excludes plug-in hybrids, Delantis Financial Services. Hi. Hi. Hi, welcome to this month's BBC History Magazine podcast.
0:44.2	I'm the magazine's editor, Dave Musgrove.
0:46.4	And I'm the deputy editor, Sue Wingrove.
0:48.8	We're giving away free copies of the magazine to podcast listeners in the UK this month.
0:53.6	Find out more later. Meanwhile,
0:55.9	coming up in this issue... I'm going to look at individual features, eyes and chins and noses.
1:01.7	Professor Gail Owen Crocker is just one of the experts who reveals their latest research
1:05.5	on the biotapestry to me. The message of the ring was diametrically opposed to the ethos of the new German Empire.
1:13.6	That was Professor Tim Blanning, who's heading back to 1876 in our time machine this month.
1:18.6	So this was strategic stuff of the utmost value.
1:23.6	And finally, we have an exclusive interview with a man who was involved in making history in himself.
1:27.9	Jerry Roberts was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park in the Second World War.
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