Lord Byron (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Who was Lord Byron and why did he drive the girls (and many boys) so wild? Find out about this scandalous early celebrity who was described as, "mad, bad and dangerous to know". Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Ed Gamble and historian Dr Corin Throsby. This episode was produced by Dan Morelle and scripted and researched by Emma Nagouse.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.6	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the history podcast for everyone.
0:09.4	My name is Greg Jenner, I am a public historian, author and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC
0:13.6	comedy show Horrible Histories.
0:15.6	Here I'm joined by an expert historian with a head full of facts and a top comedian with
0:19.8	more lovelies than an emoji factory.
0:21.7	Today we are taking a trip to early 19th century Britain, dusting off our quill and parchment
0:26.8	and penning a saucy love letter to one of history's most outrageous poets and most famous
0:32.0	early celebrities.
0:33.3	It is Lord Byron.
0:34.8	As ever I'm joined by two Marvelous guests in history corner.
0:38.0	She's an expert on Byron's celebrity and especially all the naughty fan letters he got
0:42.0	from the ladies.
0:43.0	She teaches at the University of Cambridge and is a BBC radio new generation thinker.
0:47.0	It's Dr. Corrin Thorosby.
0:48.1	Hi Corrin, how are you?
0:49.1	Oh I'm very well.
0:50.1	I love talking about Byron so I'm very pleased to be here.
0:52.8	Well we're very glad to have you.
0:54.5	And in comedy corner he's a hilarious stand up comedian, he's a writer, he's an actor.
0:58.6	I'm terrible at acting.
1:00.2	He's a terrible actor.
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