The Terracotta Army

You're Dead to Me

BBC

Comedy, History

4.7 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Greg Jenner is joined in Ancient China by Professor Julia Lovell and special guest Phil Wang as they take a closer look at The Terracotta Army.

In 1974 a family of farmers made arguably the greatest archaeological discovery of all time when they uncovered arrowheads and fragments of terracotta whilst digging a well. Join us as we examine one of the most astounding mausoleum sites in the world - one so large that much of it still remains to be explored.

Research by Jon Mason Written by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner with Jon Mason Produced by Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Assistant Producer: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow Project Management: Isla Matthews Audio Producer: Abi Paterson

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
0:11.1	My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and former chief nerd
0:15.6	on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories.
0:18.3	And today we are off to Ancient China to dig deep into one of the most astonishing archaeological
0:22.8	discoveries of all time.
0:25.0	The first Emperor of China's tomb guarded by his famous terracotta warriors.
0:30.0	And to help me do that I am joined by two very special guests.
0:33.3	In History Corner she's professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature at Birkbeck
0:37.3	University of London and specialises in the relationship between culture and modern Chinese
0:41.6	nation building.
0:42.6	She's written countless academic publications and several books including two prize-winning
0:46.3	books on the Open War and Maoism.
0:49.0	It's a fantastic professor, Julia Lovell.
0:51.1	Welcome Julia, thrilled to have you here.
0:52.8	It's great to be here, thanks so much for inviting me.
0:55.3	And in Comedy Corner, returning for his third tour of duty on your Dead To Me, he's a fantastic
0:59.5	comedian and actor who's gone global since last we had him on the show.
1:03.6	Not only has he previously bossed it on Taskmaster, Live at the Apollo and have I got news
1:07.0	for you, but he's got a hilarious stand-up special on Netflix.
1:10.2	He's an Amy Schumer's new sitcom, Life and Beth.
1:12.9	He's even written a funny book, Side Splitter and he's been on Letterman recently.
1:16.4	What a busy guy.
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