The Spartans
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner is joined by comedian and king of the I’m a Celebrity jungle, Joel Dommett, and Warwick University classics professor Michael Scott as the trio charge headlong into the legend of the Spartans.
As they debunk the myths in the movie 300, find out why even burly Spartans wouldn’t fight in just a leather nappy. Why did Spartan women have it so much better than other women in Ancient Greece? And what colour cape would Joel demand to wear if sent into battle?
Script and Research: Greg Jenner Producer: Dan Morelle
A Muddy Knees production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.6 | Hello and welcome to Your Dead To Me. |
| 0:08.8 | A brand new history podcast for people who don't like history? |
| 0:11.6 | Or rather, what you hated at school, it was boring, irrelevant, you were 16 for Pete's |
| 0:15.6 | sake and who gives a crap about the VIMR Republic, whatever that is. |
| 0:19.3 | But things change, you're older. |
| 0:21.2 | You've grown up, you've noticed that there's things you'd like to know, actually, or |
| 0:24.5 | rather you've looked out the window and noticed the world is on fire and the news is terrible |
| 0:27.7 | and nothing makes sense. |
| 0:28.7 | But you're thinking, I wish I knew some history. |
| 0:30.6 | But there's so much history, where do I start? |
| 0:32.4 | Well, start here. |
| 0:33.4 | We have a podcast for you that's cheerful and fun and we'll tell you all the things |
| 0:36.5 | you need to know. |
| 0:37.6 | My name is Greg Jenner, I'm your host and my public historian. |
| 0:40.1 | I've spent the past decade making history funny, factual and accessible for kids on the |
| 0:44.1 | BBC show Horrible Histories. |
| 0:46.0 | Now, I'd like to do it for you. |
| 0:48.0 | Every episode will take a major event, topic or biography and we'll break it down into bite-sized |
| 0:52.1 | morsels. |
| 0:53.1 | And I'll be joined by expert guests who know their onions and expert comedians who can do |
| 0:56.8 | jokes about onions. |
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