The Great Fire of London

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days that small fire would devastate the third largest city in the Western world.

Adrian Tinniswood is a historian, teacher and writer, as well as a consultant to the National Trust. Adrian joins Dan to explore the cataclysm and consequences of the Great Fire of London. Together, they piece together the story of the Fire and its aftermath - the panic, the search for scapegoats, and the rebirth of a city.

This episode was produced by Hannah Ward, the audio editor was Dougal Patmore.

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0:35.0	In the early hours, the second of September 1666,
0:38.0	300 something, 50 something years ago,
0:42.0	a small fire broke out in a little bakery in putting lane London.
0:48.0	Within five days, within five days that fire had destroyed
0:52.0	the vast majority of one of the largest cities in Europe.
0:57.0	If not the world.
0:59.0	It was a catastrophe, the great fire of London.
1:02.0	Exactly what happened that week in 1666?
1:05.0	Well, here, tell you about it.
1:07.0	Adrian Tinnerswood, he's a historian, he's a teacher, he's a writer,
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