Owain Glyndŵr
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner is joined by comedian Elis James and historian Dr Kathryn Hurlock to explore the life and political career of medieval Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr, the last Welsh-born Prince of Wales, who led an uprising against English rule. It’s an extraordinary tale of war, vengeance, poetry, annoying next-door neighbours, top-notch gardens and probably a lot of damp and drizzly battlefield action (and inaction). Plus Greg squeezes in an obligatory Tottenham Hotspur reference.
Research: Kierri Price Script: Emma Nagouse, Kierri Price and Greg Jenner Project manager: Siefe Miyo Edit producer: Cornelius Mendez
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a comedy podcast that takes history, seriously. |
| 0:10.3 | My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster and I'm the chief |
| 0:14.3 | nerd on the funny kids TV show, Horrible Histories. |
| 0:17.5 | And today we are wandering into the verdant valleys of Medieval Wales to get to know the |
| 0:21.8 | historical hero, O'Wain Glindour. |
| 0:24.4 | And to help me do that, I'm joined by two very special guests. |
| 0:27.7 | In History Corner, she's a reader in Medieval History at Manchester Metropolitan University |
| 0:32.1 | and is an expert in the impact of the crusades in Medieval Britain, how experiences of |
| 0:36.2 | warfare affected those who took part and the history of religious pilgrimages. |
| 0:40.4 | But, handly for us, she also teaches the politics of Medieval Wales, it's Dr Catherine |
| 0:44.7 | Herlock, hi Catherine, how are you? |
| 0:46.2 | Hello, I'm great. |
| 0:47.7 | And in Comedy Corner, he's a comedian, actor and broadcasting legend. |
| 0:51.3 | You may recognise his sonorous voice from his ex-affem and BBC Radio 5 Live shows, |
| 0:55.5 | how he hosted it with the Ace John Robbins or you may have heard his BBC sounds podcast, |
| 0:59.4 | how do you cope? |
| 1:00.4 | Or you may have caught him in sitcoms like Crimson or Josh or seen on game shows like Richard |
| 1:04.4 | Osmond's House of Games, he's a busy man and he does loads of sports documentaries, |
| 1:08.0 | it's Camarthen's finest, Ellis James, welcome Ellis. |
| 1:10.5 | Hello, thank you for having me, I'm tremendously excited to be on. |
| 1:14.1 | Ah well, which tremendously excited to have you here, Ellis, I'm not even going to pretend |
| 1:17.9 | that I'm going to ask you about, do you like History because I know you love History, |
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