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Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a BBC Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history

seriously.

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

nerd and the BBC Kids Show Horrible Histories.

And as it's the most wonderful time of the year, we are back for a one-off festive special

on the merriest of subject matters, medieval Christmas, and to help us digest this feast

of facts about the yuletides of yesterday, I am joined by two very special guests.

In history corner, she lectures on medieval history at London's School of Economics,

at the University of London and is an expert on late medieval sexuality, apocalyptic thought

and propaganda, all the good ones.

And you may have read her fun new illustrated book The Middle Ages, A Graphic History,

it's Dr. Eleanor Janega.

Hello Eleanor, how are you?

Hi Greg, I'm great, very, very excited to make Christmas slightly weird for everyone.

And in Gumballie Corner, he's an actor, comedian, author and I think, shoe-in for future national

treasure.

You'll have heard him on tons of radio, including as the host of the news quiz and his list

of screen credits is longer than the Hundred Years War, including Rev, The Darls, The

Thick of It, Mock, The Week, Have the News for You, Would I Lie To You, What an incredible

CV.

Plus, he was in a Christmas movie, the man who invented Christmas, so he knows about

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