Stonehenge

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner digs into the history and mystery surrounding Stonehenge. Is it really the symbol of fertility and scene of sacrifice it’s portrayed to be, and what part of Stonehenge is the henge exactly?

Featuring podcasting legend Richard Herring alongside archaeologist Susan Greaney from English Heritage. It’s history for people who don’t like history!

Produced by Dan Morelle Script by Greg Jenner Research by Emma Nagouse

A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.6	Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, a history podcast for people who don't like history.
0:10.1	Or at least forgot to learn any of the school.
0:12.2	My name is Greg Janna, I'm a public historian and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy show
0:16.2	Horrible History.
0:17.2	I like jokes and I like facts.
0:18.5	And in this podcast we cram them together in a sort of Frankenstein monster's way.
0:22.1	In each episode I'm joined by an expert historian with years of accumulated knowledge and
0:26.5	a top comedian with years of accumulated penis gags.
0:29.5	Today we're dining our waterproofs and wellies and heading to Wiltshire to learn about
0:33.2	an ancient majesty of Stonehenge.
0:36.2	Joining me in this studio are two people with very different skill sets when it comes to
0:40.1	assessing a field full of stones.
0:42.2	In History Corner we've russled up a proper expert.
0:44.7	She's the senior properties historian for English heritage.
0:47.8	She's a qualified archaeologist.
0:49.2	She's midway through her PhD at Cardiff University.
0:51.4	It's Sue Greeney.
0:52.4	Hi Sue, thanks for coming.
0:53.4	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:54.4	Thanks for coming.
0:55.4	And in Comedy Corner, he's one of the finest stand-ups in the country.
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