Nell Gwyn (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner and his guests travel back to 17th-century England to meet a celebrity of the Restoration era. As was one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II, Nell Gwyn's life was as eventful as her turns on the stage. Greg is joined by associate professor and writer, Diana Solomon and by comedian, actor and writer, Jess Knappett. Script by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Research by William Clayton Produced by Cornelius Mendez

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a BBC Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history
0:10.1	seriously.
0:11.1	My name is Greg Jenner.
0:12.1	I am a public historian, author and broadcaster and the chief nerd on the funny kid show
0:16.2	Horrible Histories.
0:17.4	And today we are packing our theatre programmes and interval snacks to travel all the way back
0:21.7	to the 17th century to England, to learn all about the actress Queen of comedy and mistress
0:26.7	to King Charles II, it's Nell Gwynne.
0:30.2	And to do that, I'm joined by two very special guests.
0:33.0	In History Corner, she's an associate professor at Simon Fraser University in Canada and
0:37.2	is an expert on theatre, print culture and best of all, the careers of funny women in
0:41.3	the 17th century.
0:42.3	It's Professor Diana Solomon, welcome Diana.
0:44.7	Thank you so much for having me.
0:46.5	And in Comedy Corner, we are joined very handily by a comedian, actress, writer and producer.
0:51.2	You'll know her from loads of staff including her hilarious sitcom Drifters, which she wrote
0:55.1	and produced and starred in, as well as the in-betweeners movie, eight out of ten
0:58.4	cat's drunk history and an unforgettable turn on Taskmaster and sitcom Ghosts, one of
1:03.7	the best out there.
1:04.7	It's the brilliant Jessica Nappet.
1:06.1	Was it Jess Nappet?
1:07.1	Well, I answer to both, really.
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