Storytime with the Snows: 1066

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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1066 is one of the most critical and dramatic years in British history. In the space of one year, the country had three kings, three major battles and a year that decided the fate of British history. To tell the thrilling story of this infamous year Dan is joined by three very special guests his children Zia, Wolf and Orla. They test Dan's historical knowledge to its limits and ask the questions we're all too afraid to ask.

This episode was produced by Marianna Des Forges, the audio editor was Dougal Patmore.

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0:00.0	Hi, buddy. Welcome to Dance Know's History Hit. After the, well, let's be on this mixed
0:05.3	success, mixed reviews, which I attracted for a previous podcast in which I tried to
0:10.4	tell my kids a story from the past. In that case, Buda Kuzra volt of 60 AD. We decided
0:15.3	to give it another go. That was a Christmas special. This one is for everyone driving somewhere
0:19.7	on this long bank holiday weekend. Have we seen in the UK? For everyone else, we've got
0:23.5	a famous public holiday here in the UK this weekend, which means we sit in long traffic
0:28.2	jams and bad weather. It's going to visit people we'd rather not see. And then we come
0:32.8	back again. Anyway, for those of you doing this journey, this is a podcast for all the
0:37.0	family. This is one of the greatest stories in English and British history. This is the
0:41.8	story of 1066 a year of three kings of at least three major battles. And he had decided
0:49.5	the fate of subsequent British history. So here's me and my little brood of housecalls.
0:55.4	Three kids, Zia, Wolf and Alla talking through 1066 and the battle of Hastings. Enjoy your
1:01.7	bank holiday weekends. Enjoy this part.
1:10.0	All right, everyone. This is the story of one of the most famous battles in British history.
1:13.5	It is a story that everybody in this country knows about. It is the battle of.
1:18.4	Why the hell? No, not what a loop. I can call.
1:22.8	No, not what a link street. I mean that was booted. Can we did last time? It is.
1:29.0	Zanzibar. No, Zanzibar. No, that was the shortest war in British history. The Zanzibar.
1:36.4	Yeah, it was not that one. It was the one fought in 1066. It was the battle of.
1:41.4	Hastings. There you go. That's more like it, which was fought where? Where was battle
1:45.6	Hastings fought? Hastings. No. It was fought.
1:49.8	No, it was fought. Anyway, I never mind. It was fought at a place simply called battle,
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