Greg Jenner and his guests look at a range of scientific discoveries spanning 1000 years of history, widely known as the medieval period. How were knowledge and scientific findings shared across a world with its countless languages and regions before the internet?
Greg is joined by Dr Seb Falk and comedian Josie Long to look at some of the weird and wonderful advancements of the period which we still use today.
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Research by Rosanna Evans Script by Emma Nagouse, Rosanna Evans and Greg Jenner Project manager: Siefe Miyo Edit producer: Cornelius Mendez
The Bloomsbury Group (Radio Edit)
The History of Kung Fu (Radio Edit)
Catherine the Great (Radio Edit)
Mozart
Old Norse Literature (Radio Edit)
Ramesses the Great (Radio Edit)
Emma of Normandy
The Inca Empire
Queen of Sheba
History of Bollywood
Simón Bolívar
Madam C.J. Walker
Pythagoras
The Bloomsbury Group
The History of Kung Fu
Catherine the Great
Christmas with Charles Dickens (Radio Edit)
Shakespeare (Radio Edit)
Shakespeare
Medieval Ghost Stories
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