The History of Ice Cream

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner and his guests Dr Annie Gray and Richard Osman get the inside scoop on the history of this delicious dessert while packing in as many of their 'flavourite' ice cream puns as possible (final count: 15!). They savour the dubiously 'legendairy' origins of frozen cream dishes, explore some weird early flavours (whale vomit!), and discover how ice cream went from glamorous luxury to dangerous health risk. Plus Dr Annie teaches us how to make our own ice cream in the Nuance Window!"

Research: Chris Wakefield Script: Emma Nagouse, Chris Wakefield and Greg Jenner Project Management: Siefe Miyo Edit Producer: Cornelius Mendez

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a BBC radio for comedy podcast that takes history
0:10.6	seriously.
0:11.6	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and I'm the chief
0:16.0	nerd in the BBC Kids Show Horrible Histories.
0:18.6	And today we are keeping it sweet and playing it cool as we explore the history of ice cream
0:23.7	and to help us separate the soft serve from the sorbeto we're joined by two very special
0:28.0	guests in history corner.
0:29.8	She's the best-selling author and food historian.
0:32.0	You'll recognise her from regular TV appearances such as programmes like Victorian Bakers and
0:36.4	the Sweet Makers.
0:37.4	She's also the resident food historian on BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet, a fantastic
0:41.6	show.
0:42.6	And is the author of some splendid books, including Victory in the Kitchen, The Life of
0:45.6	Churchill's Cook and a biography of Queen Victoria's Food Tastes.
0:49.2	It's Dr Annie Gray, welcome Annie, how are you?
0:51.5	Hello, very well, thank you.
0:53.3	And in comedy corner, he is a television and publishing titan who you will recognise from
0:57.3	all the TV.
0:58.3	Pointless, House of Games, insert name here, Taskmaster Charles Genius, plus many, many
1:03.0	more.
1:04.0	He's also the new reigning monarch of crime novels, having smashed the charts with his Thursday
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