Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a Radio 4 History Podcast for everyone.

For people who don't like history, people who do like history and people who forgot

to learn any at school.

My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster and I'm the chief nerd

on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.

You may have also heard my other podcast, Home School History, although that one's mostly

for the kids.

So what do we do on this show?

Well here we serve up a steaming bowl of historical hot pot with silly puns for pudding.

Delish.

And today we're grabbing our bibles and tobacco pipes to journey back over 400 years to

blow the story wide open on King James VI of Scotland, who would become spoiler alert,

James I of England.

And to help me do that I am joined by two very special guests.

In History Corner, she's a historian, author and broadcaster and is the head of the History

Department at Royal Holloway University of London.

You'll have seen her on TV as a royal expert and commentator on the tutors and the monarchy

and politics and all the other staff and public history of course.

And you may have read one of her books.

It is of course Doctor Anna Whitelock.

Hi Anna, so happy to have you here.

Hello, thank you for having me.

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