Introducing... Dead Funny History

Homeschool History

BBC

History, Kids & Family, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Attention kids of all ages! Greg Jenner introduces his brand-new comedy history show for all the family.

From Ramesses the Great to the History of Football, the team behind You're Dead to Me serves up a smorgasbord of the funniest, messiest, and most astonishing stories from history.

Expect pirates, spies, superstars, chariot races, bouncing cats, ancient toilets, radioactive notebooks, and a pig named Albert, all crammed into 14-minute episodes packed with jokes and sketches.

You can hear Dead Funny History in the You're Dead to Me feed on BBC Sounds.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	Hello, Greg Jenner here, host of You're Dead to Me, the comedy podcast that takes history seriously and then laughs at it.
0:13.4	This Christmas, forget about socks. We've got the best present of all.
0:17.2	Dead people!
0:18.2	All that sounds like zombies. Sorry, it's not zombies. Let me start again.
0:21.8	In our new family-friendly podcast series, Dead Funny History,
0:25.0	historical figures come back to life
0:26.8	but just long enough to argue with me,
0:28.7	tell their life stories and sometimes get on my nerves.
0:31.8	You're Dead to Me, Dead Funny History.
0:34.1	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.6	Hello, Greg Jenner here.
0:38.2	Host of You're Dead to Me, the comedy podcast that takes history seriously and then
0:42.3	laughs at it. I'll be back in the new year with a brand new series of Your Dead to Me,
0:46.7	but before that, I have some news of something else from the Your Dead to Me team.
0:51.0	This Christmas, you can enjoy my new family-friendly podcast series, Dead Funny History.
0:56.2	Gather everyone around your audio-playing device and listen as various historical figures come back
1:01.4	to life for just about long enough to argue with me, tell us their life stories and sometimes
1:06.0	get on my nerves. There'll be 15 lovely episodes to unwrap, including Ramesses the Great, Josephine
1:12.0	Baker, the history of football, and much, much more. So, this Christmas, give your ears,
1:17.4	and indeed your family's ears, a treat with dead funny history. You can find it in the
1:21.8	You're Dead to Me feed on BBC Sounds. And if you're one of those people who can't wait to
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