The Jacobites

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Jeremy Filet and comedian Eleanor Morton to learn about the Jacobites. During the 17th and 18th centuries, across Britain and Ireland, the Jacobite movement was at its height. The Jacobites were mainly, but not exclusively, Irish or Scottish and most, but not all, were Catholic. They wanted the restoration to the British throne of the Stuart line that began with James VI of Scotland who was also James I of England and Ireland. If you’re thinking it’s complicated, you are right. Across roughly two centuries there were lots of battles and, spoiler alert, the Jacobites did not succeed. In this episode we focus more on the culture of Jacobitism, such as why all the best pub names in the UK are probably Jacobite in origin. We also look at how an illegal, and often brutally punished, revolutionary movement managed to communicate and coordinate in secret across multiple seas and countries. Research by Anna-Nadine Pike Written by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Manager: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Steve Hankey You’re Dead To Me is a production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:06.5	Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
0:11.4	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.
0:14.9	And today we are grabbing our tartans and donning our revolutionary rosettes
0:18.9	as we travel back to 17th and 18th century Europe
0:21.8	with a long way over in Scotland to learn all about the Jacobines.
0:25.8	And to help me do that, I am joined by two very special guests.
0:28.6	In History Corner, he teaches French and linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University
0:32.7	and as a specialist in early modern history and literature.
0:35.4	Best of all, he's an expert on all things Jacobite, it's Dr Jeremy Filet.
0:38.7	Welcome Jeremy.
0:39.8	Thank you for having me, Greg.
0:41.3	It's a pleasure.
0:42.7	And in Comedy Corner, she's a comedian, writer, actor and viral internet sensation,
0:47.2	as well as writing jokes for various radio four shows.
0:49.7	You may have heard her on Radio 4's The Rest of Us, exploring overlooked historical figures,
0:54.0	but mostly you've probably seen her on the internet being very silly with her online sketches,
0:57.6	including the iconic Craig the uninfused heathetic tour guide.
1:00.9	It's Eleanor Morton. Welcome Eleanor.
1:02.8	Hiya. Hello. How are you?
1:04.8	I'm alright. And just glancing at the titles of your many viral comedy sketches.
1:10.3	But they are things like money saving tips from Victorian Urchin
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