The Bayeux Tapestry
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner is joined by special guests Dr Janina Ramirez and Lou Sanders in 11th-century Europe to take a close look at the Bayeux Tapestry. They explore the history of this famous artefact which is in fact, not a tapestry at all! Who commissioned it, and more importantly who made it and where? Is the famous image of the death of Harold II accurate or have we been missing another part of the picture? What are the often overlooked margins of the Bayeux Tapestry trying to tell us and above all, how on earth has this extraordinary piece of history survived all these years?
You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.
Research by John Mason Written and produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Siefe Miyo Audio Producer: Abi Paterson
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.9 | Hello and welcome to your Density Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history |
| 0:09.9 | seriously. |
| 0:10.9 | My name is Greg Jenner, I am a public historian, author, broadcaster and former nerd on the |
| 0:15.2 | BBC comedy show Horrible Histories. |
| 0:17.0 | And today we are travelling back nearly a thousand years to 11th century Western Europe |
| 0:21.8 | to dive into the rich tapestry of tapestries that buy your tapestry. |
| 0:26.0 | To be exact, except it's not a tapestry, I'll explain later. |
| 0:29.6 | To help us learn more about everyone's favourite medieval craft project, I am joined by two |
| 0:34.0 | very special guests. |
| 0:35.4 | In History Corner, she's an art historian, broadcaster and author, and fellow at the University |
| 0:40.2 | of Oxford De Boote. |
| 0:41.4 | You may have seen her many fabulous BBC history documentaries or read her books, including |
| 0:45.4 | recent hit Goddess and also her upcoming book Feminine about the women written out of history. |
| 0:51.4 | And of course you'll remember her from our episode on Old Norse literature, what I hope |
| 0:54.8 | that was, is the wonderful Dr. Janina Ramirez. |
| 0:57.5 | Welcome back Nina. |
| 0:58.5 | Hello Greg, I am delighted to be back. |
| 1:01.7 | And in Comedy Corner, she's one of Britain's funniest comedians, writers, podcasters and |
| 1:05.0 | panel show queens, who you will recognise from her acclaim stand-up shows and countless |
| 1:09.3 | TV appearances like Live with the Apollo, 8 out of 10 Cats, Countdown and Mel Gedroyd, |
| 1:13.8 | she's unforgivable, plus she's a taskmaster champion, so a proper brain, she's one of |
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