Hello Greg here, just popping in to say that this is a radio edit of the episode, which

means it's a bit shorter and some of the naughty stuff has been removed, so it's a bit more

appropriate for family listening.

If you want to hear the full-length versions scroll down to the original episode, further

back in our feed.

Thanks very much, enjoy the show!

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Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the History Podcast for everyone.

My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and I'm the chief nerd on the BBC comedy

show Horrible Histories.

If you haven't listened before, this podcast is all about mashing together first-class history

and comedy gold for a winning combination of learning and roles.

And as it's an Olympic year, today we are donning our Lycra, wrapping ourselves in the

flag and lighting our fancy torches as we get to grips with the history of the Olympics.

But none of your Johnny come lately in modern stuff.

Oh no, we are journeying all the way back to Ancient Greece.

To cheer on our favourite local legends at the original Olympic Games.

That's right, we're chatting OG OGs.

And to help me do that, I'm joined by two champions of your Dead To Me.

In History Corner, he's a class assist from the University of Warwick, an author and

a BBC broadcaster.

You may know him from his amazing documentary series Invisible Cities, in which he pointed

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