Episodes 8

1 King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death

January 12, 2015

21m

Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.

2 The Great Fire of London/Burke & Hare/Queen Victoria's Unwanted Cheese

January 19, 2015

22m

Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on graverobbers Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

3 Tutankhamen/Dick Turpin/Byron's Pet Bear

January 26, 2015

22m

Romesh Ranganathan talks Tutankhamen, Joe Lycett on highway man Dick Turpin, and Tom Rosenthal explains how Byron had a pet bear!

4 The Krays/Guy Fawkes

February 2, 2015

21m

Russell Kane regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes & the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.

5 King Charles II/1966 World Cup Trophy Theft/Lady Godiva

February 9, 2015

22m

Russell Kane talks King Charles II, Alex Horne on the 1966 World Cup trophy theft, and Diane Morgan chats Lady Godiva.

6 Blackbeard/Colonel Blood/Henry VIII

February 16, 2015

22m

Kerry Howard on the pirate Blackbeard, Joel Dommett yaks Colonel Blood stealing the crown jewels, and Tiff Stevenson talks Henry VIII starting a war.

7 Henry II and Thomas Beckett/Discovery of DNA/William the Conqueror

February 23, 2015

22m

Tiff Stevenson on the discovery of DNA, James Acaster talks Henry II and Thomas Beckett, and Romesh Ranganathan chats William the Conqueror.

8 Baden Powell/Florence Nightingale/Worst Zoo Ever

March 2, 2015

22m

Joel Dommett yaks Baden Powell and the boy scouts, Diane Morgan talks Florence Nightingale, and Andrew Maxwell on the worst zoo ever.

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